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Stolen from pretty much everywhere: What would you do with $500 mil?
Re: Stolen from pretty much everywhere: What would you do with $500 mil?
Buy a house
Buy my sister a house
Pay off my parents' house
Travel the world and hit every continent except Antarctica (sp?)
Only work part-time and/or open a bakery
Donate a good chunk
Invest the rest
Pay off my loans.
Whatever the eff I want.
Make it rain, betches!
(I'm too tired to think)
Go to my Uncle (financial advisor) who will help me collect the winnings without disclosing my name publicly. He will help me do the following:
Pay off my condo and give it to a worthy single mom/dad.
Move to a warmer climate and buy a 2 homes (one for me and one close by for my parents.)
Let my parents retire
Set up trust funds for my sister, brother and cousins.
Spend a lot of time and money helping single parents and in need with focus on those going through what I went through and domestic violence. I am thinking free legal assistance, temp housing and job assistance. I am not sure yet is I will start my own organization or give to orgs that already do this.
Get 2 cars. My "mom" car (mid size, hybrid luxury SUV) and my fun car (sporty convertible)
Hire a bilingual nanny and spend a year traveling the world with my immediate family. I was thinking about having a family reunion while Greece. Renting a large villa and flying my mom's family all out there to say "thank you" for all the support they have given me in the last 2 years.
The rest will be split into chunks and put into various high interest savings, and investment accounts... whatever my uncle suggests.
Give my mom, dad and sis each a huge chunk to do whatever they want with. Would help out other close friends and family as well (although that could get sticky when my 8th cousin twice removed comes looking for a loan).
Take all my friends on an exotic vacation via private plane. Donate to some charities, especially animal rights/rescue. Set up some scholarship funds. And then? Who the hell knows....I am single with no attachments so the possibilities would be endless. Oh, and I would get that liver biopsy for my cat that I currently cannot afford ($2,300!!!) and hopefully cure whatever is wrong with his liver. Then, I would clone him so that when he does die I can just have another one just like him
Lastly, I would thumb my nose at all my exes, especially the one that broke up with me back when I made crap money because he "couldn't see himself having the lifestyle he wanted with me". Nah nah nah nah nah nahhhhh!!! Look how rich I am!!!
Pay off debts
Put money aside for my ds's college fund
Buy a house and dream car
Give money to my parents and sister
Give money to my favorite charities and volunteer more
Go on some fabulous vacations: 1) with my girls 2) with my BF 3) my family
Invest
Almost exactly this - except obviously substitute my family, friends, etc.
Andplusalso, hire the best frickin' attorney ever and bury Ex alive.
And never work another day in my life again at a "real" job.
Stop plagiarising my material Mint. You are on notice.
Parents and brother would have new paid for houses and cars.
Invest a ton for kids future
Travel a lot
Maybe try my hand at flipping houses
Season tickets to all my fav sports teams
Get my pilot's license
Donate to my church
I'd be really happy to be a stay-at-home mom with partial daycare time so I can have some me time.
Maybe a small house but I am really liking renting.
Build my dream house
Help my immediate family pay down debts
Buy a new car
Hire a financial planner
Invest
Go to school for what I really want to do
Travel
Donate to my local Children's hospital
becca has the right idea, I'd consult a lawyer first to see how to do it all smart.
Then I'd quit this stupid job
and go back to school
and turn my parents' old barn into my dream house
start an animal rescue
and toss gold coins in the air like scrooge mcduck
Duly noted!
Well, unfortunately since I am still married, I'd have to give half to H. But with my half, I would:
Donate to the SPCA and other animal shelters
Donate to a children's charity (Children's Hospital or something like that)
Invest a good chunk of it
Create a college fund for my DDs and each of my 4 nieces and nephews
Give some to each of my parents and my brother and sister
Pay off bills
Build and furnish my dream house
Hire a personal trainer and personal chef
Travel the world with my family
Spend, spend, spend!!!
This is a great idea! My favorite so far! Every filthy rich person needs a money vault full of gold coins to swim in!
I would host a SO GTG (But only invite the people I like) somewhere really awesome
Then I'd go shopping
Then I'd relax and enjoy my life