Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 41

Thread: What would you do with a million?

  1. #1
    Yekhefah
    Guest

    Default What would you do with a million?

    You just won a million dollars after taxes. What would you do with it? Would you keep working? Change careers? Go to school, travel, what?

    I would pay off all my debts, put $100,000 in savings, take a fucking bitchen vacation, produce another short, and put the rest down on a condo or house. Maybe a condo here in Hollywood and a house in Memphis, which I would rent out and maintain as an investment. And yes, I would keep working in the same field.

    What would you do?

  2. #2
    cameron_keys
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Pay off mine and my families debts...I second the bitchin' vacation....and invest the rest in real estate, etc...

  3. #3
    Banned Blade's Avatar
    Joined
    Jan 2004
    Location
    The Road To Hell
    Posts
    5,171
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    You just won a million dollars after taxes. What would you do with it? Would you keep working? Change careers? Go to school, travel, what?

    I would pay off all my debts, put $100,000 in savings, take a fucking bitchen vacation, produce another short, and put the rest down on a condo or house. Maybe a condo here in Hollywood and a house in Memphis, which I would rent out and maintain as an investment. And yes, I would keep working in the same field.

    What would you do?
    I'd keep working, pay off our bills, buy a house and a couple of cars, go on vacation and invest some of it.

  4. #4
    God/dess
    Joined
    Jul 2005
    Posts
    4,704
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Pay off my debt. Put myself through school. Put enough in the bank for my little sister to go to school. Get my first apartment that I don't have to use the word 'ghetto' when describing to my friends. Shop shop shop shop shop. Travel.
    And I would work. Probably not as hard, but usually, working in a club is fun for me.
    And I would get an accountant or something to tell me how to invest this and not have to freak out over taxes, etc. Cuz I don't know anything about that..

  5. #5
    aussiepunkshocker
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Consult a financial adviser.
    Stick some in the bank, give my mum some, buy a property (doesnt have to be flash) and take various family members on an overseas holiday. But I would sit on it for a few weeks after winning and have a real good think about it because so many people spend winnings without thinking and they can go so quickly!

  6. #6
    Pamela
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Invest much of it, i love investing!!!! Then open a haven for children (with multiple problems) and also a sperate haven for mainly Reticulated Pythons (as they are the longest snake in the world and have no business in the US)
    other snakes would be welcome however.

  7. #7
    Lola Rose
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    hmmmm. I'd use it to travel, buy a 2 houses, and adopt.

  8. #8
    God/dess Mr Hyde's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2004
    Location
    Tampa
    Posts
    4,035
    Thanks
    278
    Thanked 586 Times in 346 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Sell my current house, which would get me about 100k, so now we're talking 1.1 mil

    Pay cash for a new house in the 450-500k range (although I'd wait til prices came down a little more).

    Spend about 30k decorating the place.

    Spend 30k on a nice ski boat

    That would leave me about 500-600k, which I'd slide into a mutual fund, hopefully making about 10%, and I'd use that money to live off of and travel with.

  9. #9
    God/dess
    Joined
    Oct 2003
    Posts
    3,083
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Buy some property, travel (nothing too lavish) and invest the rest.

    You would have to invest some. A million won't get you that much nowadays.


  10. #10
    God/dess shasta's Avatar
    Joined
    Sep 2005
    Posts
    2,175
    Thanks
    778
    Thanked 658 Times in 317 Posts
    My Mood
    Breezy

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    ^^^ That is what I would do.

  11. #11
    Banned cherry_sin's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2006
    Posts
    1,708
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    PM Melonie for advice, LOL.

    Buy property, probably, with some rent houses - yay for semi-passive income!

    And I third (or fourth, or something) about the kick-ass vacation.

  12. #12
    God/dess UtahMike's Avatar
    Joined
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Utah
    Posts
    2,998
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked 64 Times in 43 Posts
    My Mood
    Amused

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    10% to my church and favorite charities. Then, I'd pay off all my degt and all my son's debt. I'd endow a scholarship for inner city kids who were once in my class who stick with it and graduate from high school. I'd do all the repairs to my house that are waiting "'til I can afford it." I'd live off the interest of what was left, and I would visit as many of you as I could in the VIP. Oh, and go to Yekkie's premier.

  13. #13
    Featured Member georgiapeach's Avatar
    Joined
    Apr 2006
    Location
    on Falkor the luckdragon's back
    Posts
    938
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    i'd buy a REALLY nice horse and get back into the show circuit. get something nice for my parents and my brother. donate a bit. invest the rest.

    and make even more money at work, bcs i always do the best when i have no pressure to make money

  14. #14
    Featured Member london's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2004
    Location
    http://playtimewithsandra.com
    Posts
    1,068
    Thanks
    708
    Thanked 300 Times in 136 Posts
    My Mood
    Yeehaw

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    I'd immediately put half the million in savings. Get a one yr lease on a beautiful 1 or 2 bedroom apartment in Paris, LA, and New York and go from there. Pursue a couple more degrees. Volunteer in South Africa, Morocco, and Brazil. Get a dog who can fly everywhere with me! Write a kick-ass novel/blog of my adventures throughout the world..and prob still dance...picking and choosing short term contracts/stints in different US and overseaas clubs....Go to tons of film festivals and big events like Burning Man, Coachella, etc every year....Then as the money dwindles, use one of my degrees for a 'real' job...maybe.
    The Official Sandra London Website and Blog

    My Live and Grind Emporium:


    Listen to Playtime with Sandra Radio.


  15. #15
    cameron_keys
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pamela View Post
    Invest much of it, i love investing!!!! Then open a haven for children (with multiple problems) and also a sperate haven for mainly Reticulated Pythons (as they are the longest snake in the world and have no business in the US)
    other snakes would be welcome however.
    Oh yeah..as soon as I started seeing a profit off the investments..I would open up a rescue and sanctuary. Concentrating on abused and abandoned animals from household pets to those rescued from shows and circuses.

  16. #16
    God/dess VenusGoddess's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Home
    Posts
    13,598
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 28 Times in 23 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    I would put all of it into an interest earning account and sit on it for a year or two...then I would only live off of the interest and never touch the principal. I'm a SAHM, so yeah...I would keep the same career.

  17. #17
    God/dess Lena's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2002
    Location
    On a sweet muddy river.
    Posts
    6,399
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 78 Times in 43 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    I'd upgrade my van. And invest the rest (lets see, 900k, at five percent... hmmm... 45k/year, yeah, I could deal with that).



  18. #18
    BrunetteGoddess
    Guest

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Pay for school.
    Pay off R's student loan so we'd be truly debt free.
    Buy us both paid off new model cars of our choices.
    Go back home to Milwaukee and see the family.
    Finance my move to Phoenix.
    Buy hubby and I a new wardrobe since we really need one.
    Get all animals groomed.
    Save the rest.

  19. #19
    Banned Katrine's Avatar
    Joined
    Nov 2003
    Posts
    13,855
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    I would payoff this condo and rent it out, because I dont' like this 'hood so much. I prob. won't buy another place for a little while because I'm not sure if I want to stay here.

    Once I paid off some S-T debts and put one year of expenses in savings, I would invest it. As a F.A. I can invest NAV, so I would creat a sweet core 80%/satellite 20% portfolio: let the core sit there and earn me a consistent 8-12%, then play with the rest for returns.

    Once again, I am saddened, but not suprised, that most of the above posters would keep all of their money in cash and real estate, and not diversify. But hey, its your fantasy thread...

    Oh, and I'd help my family out with some debts. And I'd give myself a month or three in some posh rehab resort (ala Britney) to work on my sobriety and spiritual development.

    What am I saying...fuck it, I'd spend it all on drugs and strippers within a year!

    "Have you ever been to American wedding? Where is the vodka, where's marinated herring?" - GB
    "And do the cats give a shit? No, they do not. Why? Because they're cats."-from The Onion

    Quote Originally Posted by Mia M
    If a cupcake was tossed at me... well, I'd only be upset if it missed my mouth

  20. #20
    Veteran Member christian211's Avatar
    Joined
    Jun 2006
    Location
    ma
    Posts
    384
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    ^^^ Drugs and strippers, heh heh
    Nah, I'd do what Venus is doing. That sounds good. And if Mel wants to chime in soon, I'd prob want to do what she's doing too!
    Oh, and I would prob get some delightfully tacky blinged out watches Cuz I'm trashy like that!

    Sonya

  21. #21
    Veteran Member lwtex52's Avatar
    Joined
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Dallas, ByGod, Texas
    Posts
    658
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    I'd stay on the job for a couple of weeks. There are a few people I'd want to get even with. After that, It's a coin toss. I'd either devote my time, money, and effort to bringing about World Peace, or I'd move to Cozumel or Cabo San Luca to find out how long $1 Million will last.
    My latest conspiracy theory: I am convinced that Dick Cheney is, in reality, Elmer Fudd.

  22. #22
    Featured Member Windy's Avatar
    Joined
    May 2006
    Location
    Erotic City
    Posts
    882
    Thanks
    1
    Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    hmm...if only..

    id probably still go 2 college...

    id...give my parents all the money they need to get out of debt and for them to retire and live comfortbaly...spoil my sister rotten..go on a vacation all over...buy myseld some nice cars, try to put a down payment on a house with a huuuuge backyard so i can have a pool, trampoline, and a seprate place for tons of animals. uh invest in real estate or something because its only 1 million...i was thinkin bout like 50 million dollars...
    [True Passion Demands Respect]
    [Question All Answers]



    Money Makes Me Horny

  23. #23
    God/dess GoldCoastGirl's Avatar
    Joined
    Oct 2002
    Location
    ...hehehe... email me to ask me where i am ! (i dare you!)
    Posts
    11,486
    Thanks
    42
    Thanked 127 Times in 51 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    1 million dollars US or AUD after tax? What denomination of money are we speaking? I'm going to assume USD because you are US citizen.

    1,000,000.00 USD
    United States Dollars =
    1,195,900.00 AUD
    Australia Dollars

    I just made an extra $195,900.00 converting it! Hell yeah!

    Regardless, buy a house for me (PPoR - principle place of residence) and a CP+ IP (cash flow positive investment property). I'm not speaking high end here... I want a house that I can do stuff to do impriove its value.. the worst house in the best street as such.

    After that I would put $10,000 into a cash management account or term deposit or something similiar where it can sit and earn interest yet I can withdraw any amount at any time without incurring fees/charges etc.

    Then the left over money if i still have enough.. buy a vet clinic or other animal orientated business so i don't have to rely upon dancing so much...

    and if i still had money left over...

    go back to vegas! write it off as a business expense by attending one of the DW seminars

    then let the rest sit in my bank account until i decide what to do with it.

    i'd still work in this industry even with the animal orientated business or vet clinic to take care of because i'm addicted to a certain extent... just not as much as i have to right now.. maybe work once a week doing private parties or something...


    enter: E3167322D9 for your 10% discount

  24. #24
    God/dess
    Joined
    May 2004
    Posts
    6,336
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Buy a small house on horse property a little ways outside of the city. Adopt a couple rescue horses (at least two ridable and the rest just companion horses that need good, safe homes).
    Pay off the rest of my mom's house so she doesn't have to worry about it anymore ($70K).

    And save/invest the rest. I just want to help a few horses.



    Because there ain't no tits on the radio

  25. #25
    God/dess leilanicandy's Avatar
    Joined
    Aug 2005
    Location
    where they like American Boys
    Posts
    2,111
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts

    Default Re: What would you do with a million?

    Well uhm, first I scream yahoooooooooooooooo! dance around and singing "glamorous", by Fergie. Than I will make an appointment to visit a finicial advisor , yek do you know how I can get that kinda of money by any chance after taxes
    If you want the present to be differant from the past, study the past.
    Baruch Spindza

    It is what it is, not what you want it to become, that's important -- at least for now. Today, remember that things worth having are worth waiting for!
    The Stars

    Minds are like parachutes: They only function when open.
    Thomas Dewar

    Dont throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
    Swedish Proverb

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. If I Had a Million Dollars....
    By Mr Hyde in forum The Lounge
    Replies: 40
    Last Post: 07-31-2012, 02:02 PM
  2. Palomino's for sale 25 million
    By AmyLynne in forum Club Chat
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 12-19-2010, 07:33 AM
  3. An Inch or Year for a Million?
    By Sh0t in forum General Board
    Replies: 40
    Last Post: 04-16-2008, 07:39 AM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •