What would you do with $201 Million dollars?

UpToAnyCool
UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
edited September 25 in Chit-Chat
Just curious. What would you do with that much money? I can't really even mentally visualize how much money that is!
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  • dorktv
    dorktv Posts: 30
    Waste the vast majority of it probably.

    Donate to causes I care about otherwise.
  • KaleighL
    KaleighL Posts: 159
    Pay for college, buy a nice home, get a car, and occassionally shop. :)
  • cdngirl71
    cdngirl71 Posts: 2,641 Member
    I would give most of it away. You don't need that much money to live comfortably. I would give lots to Japan right now. I would be fine with just 5 million. Pay off bills and mortgage. Buy a new house and car. Of course go travelling too.
  • chuckyp
    chuckyp Posts: 693 Member
    Pay off the house. Landscape the back yard like it was a 1-acre resort. Buy a really nice airplane. Travel a LOT more. And probably the requisite expensive sports car.
  • clahut
    clahut Posts: 211 Member
    In the UK tonight we have Comic Relief (for those in the US - this is a telethon hosted by loads of standup comedians and actors). Having watched the films shown of kids dying young with not enough food to eat or suffering from preventable illnesses - I'd keep what I need to have me and my own comfortable and buy malaria nets and food supplies for these kids.
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    There are a couple people I would make sure were taken care of for the rest of their life.
    After that would have places to live around the country where I could hide from anything that resembles winter weather.:tongue:
  • LOVEsummer
    LOVEsummer Posts: 304 Member
    put 10% in a savings account...
    Hire someone kick *kitten* to invest 30% of it
    Split 25% of it between various charities or start a trust
    disperse 15% to my family, carefully, with stipulations (it's my lotto money biatches so you all have to spend it on things like college and paying off debt etc!!)
    Spend 10 % on frivolous fun things like buying my dad his dream home and a car, myself a car and a few trips, a ridiculous pair of YSL and Louboutin heels... :)

    10% on another savings account... you never know when 20.1M will come in handy ;-)
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    I agree I would help Japan. Pay off mortgages for my family members and mine and purchase a house for those that dont have one. Pay my student loan. Donate to downs syndrome. make savings for my kids so they dont have to worry about student loans the way we have. I think I would build a second floor at my house to make more space for us I dont think I would move.
  • hwjssc
    hwjssc Posts: 194 Member
    I would go on the honeymoon I never had..and give away some too:)
  • mandykasase
    mandykasase Posts: 110
    the 1st thing i would do is take my kids to disney world, the proper one not the one in paris. then i would put a chunk away for their college fund, buy a house put my kids in really good schools, buy my mama a big ol' house with maids. give to charities, set up foundation and blow a big chunk on shopping.
    You can tell i have thought about this!!!
  • Franticantics
    Franticantics Posts: 117
    Make sure all my family are debt-free and set for life. A house for my Aunt. Make sure my grandmother has no money worries ever.
    Buy myself a nice apartment in london and a house near my college which i would rent out.
    Create bursaries/scholarships in musical/dance theatre to help with the DADA situation.
    Give money to charities that actually mean something to me.
    THEN, i would seriously hit the shops :P
  • puggleperson
    puggleperson Posts: 740 Member
    okay there are just wayy to many things to list. :)

    First I would buy this house I have been eyeing for two mil :) Actually I would buy a few vacation houses. i would start my own business that I think about daily, take lots of vacations all around the world.

    I would most def help out in Japan and I would commit myself for life to all the homeless animals. spay and neuter prevention will be my thing :) wooo hooo


    Don't shop ADOPT! Spay and Neuter your pets please!
  • loriefolk
    loriefolk Posts: 352
    85% would go to a variety of charities immediately

    I would buy a home and land, make improvements in my community, and assist a family in need :)
  • Mindful_Trent
    Mindful_Trent Posts: 3,954 Member
    Pay off my debts, pay off my parents' mortgages, put some money in a trust fund for my siblings' educations (I'm done with college, but none of them are), put money aside for my retirement, future kids' college educations, and to cover any unanticipated crisis', buy a house, and then donate the majority of the rest to various charitable organizations.
  • ebkins7
    ebkins7 Posts: 427 Member
    10% of it would be given to my church for a tithing first off... then a house, pay off debt, save for child's college and investments... Probabaly give some to help out struggling family, and donate some to charities. That ammount of money is so unfathomable to me tho, but that's what I would do with it!
  • Giovanni_P
    Giovanni_P Posts: 107
    Hire someone to exercise for me. lol

    No seriously, I'd build and open up a gym that caters to children, and adults. Instead of the current system where children under the age of 16 have to go to the daycare room.
    I dont know why they cant put jungle gyms, trampolines, aerobics and dance classes, even mini treadmills and ellipticals in the gym. Kids are getting fat at the same rate we are.
  • chris0912
    chris0912 Posts: 242 Member
    Why 201 million? Seems like a random number. But hubby and I have talked about it so much, so here goes...
    1) pay off all debt, including our house
    2) make repairs necessary to sell our house (even if it's at a loss)
    3) build an "off the grid" dream home in Colorado and move
    4) replace our gas-guzzlers with 1 eco-friendly vehicle
    5) set up investments so that we only have to work if we want to (and volunteer instead)
    6) help out family members
    7) travel
    8) donate
  • FearAnLoathing
    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
    Party Charlie Sheen style!!!! Start my own porn star family.
    open my own adult bookstore(I really do want to do this)
    trust funds for the kids that they dont get unless they spend 2 years working for min wage
    start a no kill shelter
    donate
    go back to school myself
  • britt_fit
    britt_fit Posts: 169
    First a personal trainer and personal chef!!! :smile: Who knows what else after that. I'd definitely donate some.
  • lutzsher
    lutzsher Posts: 1,153 Member
    Roll around in it naked . . . that is a heck of a pile I would imagine!
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    Roll around in it naked . . . that is a heck of a pile I would imagine!

    You are MUCH BOLDER than I! I am a germophobe and suspect that money is crawling w/ germs! :laugh:

    Great answers!
    A lot of 'live life to the fullest' and also 'giver' types here! And combinations of both - my fave!
    YAY! You all never disappoint! :glasses:
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    buy a big house here, and a big house in France. Travel to lots of awesome places and help out my friends and family x
  • mjf0461
    mjf0461 Posts: 470 Member
    Pay off bills acquired.
    Put 25% in a 401K
    10% give to family, daughters, parents, and a few others.
    Start a retirement staphling for both my daughters that will draw good interest-Trust Fund.
    20% to my choice of charities ( Japan would be my 1st choice right now)
    Buy both daughter's a house of their choice and car of their choice-paying 5 yrs in advance for insurance.
    Buy myself the house, land of my dreams, the horses I want to have, and me a new truck and car.
    Horse Camp for Theraputic Care for the handicap and mental disabilities.
    Start a Horse Rescue Unit- where they can be brought and cared for and loved, till they take that last ride off into the sunset..

    Wow... if dreams could come true...
  • SoldierDad
    SoldierDad Posts: 1,602
    I am a pretty simple guy so I would just make sure my family was comfortable for the rest of our lives. I am not flashy so no big cars or nothign liek that. I would sow half of it into programs for abused kids and programs to help single parents. I can say from experience it is not easy beign both parents to a your kids while trying to hold down a job and still be involved in everything they do. I would def want to help fund programs that made that easier.
  • IanGiles
    IanGiles Posts: 54
    I'd become Charlie Sheen...
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    Clear my mortgage and bills, clear my brothers mortgage and bills. Keep about $1 million for myself to cover for "unforeseen circumstances" and then invest the remainder in a Charitable Trust to ensure an annual donation to numerous charities that are close to my heart.
  • Arynamber
    Arynamber Posts: 162 Member
    favorite charities, invest, pay off debt, pay off family's debt, get a new car and house and a vacation house.. build a town,.,.whi knows.. lol
  • Arynamber
    Arynamber Posts: 162 Member
    favorite charities, invest, pay off debt, pay off family's debt, get a new car and house and a vacation house.. build a town,.,.whi knows.. lol
  • Arynamber
    Arynamber Posts: 162 Member
    I'd become Charlie Sheen...

    LMAO!
  • jaegers
    jaegers Posts: 5
    I'd put half in bonds, then buy a house.

    With the rest, I'd start an IndyCar team and win the Indy 500!
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