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You have 10 million dollars, what now?

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jamers
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title says all, what would you do?
Jan 4 2010 7:37PM
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jibbinc.
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hookers and blow
Jan 4 2010 10:00PM
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Franny
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I would rent out a fully functioning walmart and live in it.
Jan 4 2010 10:04PM
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DJohnson
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get a ride in a helicopter and make it rain
Jan 4 2010 10:11PM
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gstaff
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invest 5
house/cars/toys 3
china white 2
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Jan 4 2010 10:11PM
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SDrvpr
Posts: 851 - Karma: 649
a small cabin in whistler, a few skis, 3 years worth of food and a founders pass
Jan 4 2010 10:12PM
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charmander
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a house in the woods, away from every body

trucks

skis

guitars

y'know
Jan 4 2010 10:17PM
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Dirty.Harry.
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Bring back Jibij.
Jan 4 2010 10:25PM
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ifli
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get a home in BC
skis and skidoos
A large sail boat
open a ski business
Jan 4 2010 10:34PM
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kzrstf
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kill it with fire
Jan 4 2010 11:38PM
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skiminnesota
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is this post cereal? you would really put all of your eggs in one basket like that? not to mention putting it all into silver? you crazy.

i had 10m, lets say the government takes about half, so now i have 5-6m. i would. do some nice things for my parents, and family. Then i would buy a nice house not far from where i live now. then i would buy another nice house in Park city. I would then hopefully be left over with 3-4m. i would then proceed to live off the interest the rest of my life. Or at-least for a little while, then ide get bored, find a real job and make more money.
Jan 5 2010 12:59AM
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squibble
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give it all away
Jan 5 2010 1:01AM
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SDrvpr
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how kind of you
Jan 5 2010 1:03AM
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Aenigma
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Best answer I have seen so far. If there is a better way to star the day than a line off a hooker's stomach, I would like to know it!
Jan 5 2010 1:04AM
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ThunderousFilms
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just eat it
Jan 5 2010 1:06AM
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wintersway
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- pay for college
- east coast pow skis
- remount my skis with new fks or just buy the newest volkl wall skis and put these bindings on, then keep my other pair for urban
- legit apartment or house with extra rooms to rent out near school and the mountain
- car (2006-ish would be fine even with all that cash)
- do some research on stock and invest in some that is doing well
- put the rest (still a huge amount) in the bank and collect interest off it. be set for life.

i would finish school, but i dont know if i would actually go all the way to the masters program like i plan to now. i would probably end up doing design work instead, and spend most of my life on the mountain and maybe working from home.
Jan 5 2010 2:57AM
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Leveroni
Posts: 367 - Karma: 11
Buy a Lambo and go on a sweet ass vacation.
buy my parents each something theyve always wanted.
and invest the rest.
Jan 5 2010 3:13AM
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*LiNeLover*
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I would get my dad at the top of the kidney transplant list (considering he has been on a list of 14 years and hasn't gotten one yet) so that he can live a normal life again.

& with the rest of it,
- i would invest a bit,
-and the two of us(my daddy and i) would travel and ski in every amazing country there is to ski in.
Jan 5 2010 3:32AM
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speedy29
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An expensive club drug habit!!!jokes

1st backpack around the world for who know how long maybe forever!!!200,000 way over estimating
2nd if back put a million in a high interest account(this is the oh shit fund so to speak only to be touched if all else is gone
3rd 1 million fund to educate myself and my family.(Should last generations)
4th 4 million to invest in companies that I want to support and are likely to succeed(organic farms, green companies, little business that are unique
5th 750,000 to open a lunch place for me to cook/run but small and easy to manage (I would need a job or I would go nuts.
6th Buy winter house in CO, buy a summer house Central Coast California, Baller apartment in the aesordimant of my choice in the best fucking city ever Paris, varias vacation spot through out the world(but not like super lugiourious like small place on the beach or a small comfortable country home)4 mil but I would rent property out.
7th most epic fucking movie collection ever
live the rest of my life off the money and as I make more probably just start a non-profit and run it myself.

Jan 5 2010 3:50AM
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theabortionator
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I would be crazy to invest in silver? I've already nearly doubled my money from previous investments. With the inflation that's going to hit that will go up even more.

Crazy, not really at all. I choose smart.
Jan 5 2010 3:51AM
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mxds
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everybodies that said i would invest is kindof boring, we are asking how would you spend your 10millions, but if u are about to invest 9millions are you gonna come back in a year and say THEN with the millions i invested i earned 2 more millions , with those 2millions i bought chocolate milk and stuff?
Jan 5 2010 5:15AM
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Nathn
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Shit myself.
Jan 5 2010 5:19AM
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SidSexBeat
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buy shitloads of musicgear, ski gear and skateboards..
Afterwards get a fully equipped partyhouse...
oh yeah, and then a mountain of smack...
the rest (like 5$) goes to investments
Jan 5 2010 6:20AM
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First.Aid
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Buy $10m worth of stickers from NS???!!!

Actually, I would buy $9m worth of NS stickers, and spent the rest traveling to put a sticker on every lift pole in the world.

Jan 5 2010 8:28AM
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I_Am_Mod
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Move to alaska or canada with some of my best friends; buy or build a sweet lodge somewhere in the mountains, buy a chopper or two, learn to fly these babies, buy some sleds, start my own skifilm company, start a freeride guiding business with the helis and the sleds

then buy some cats and build my own park at the bottom of the mountain à la andreas Hatveit or shaun whites private halfpipe...

and i'd organize a yearly ski/snowboard competition like JOI except its free entry for all !
Jan 5 2010 8:57AM
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I_Am_Mod
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metal and ore is almost allways a safe bet ...

i'd invest in coltan; the ore that's essential for electrical condensers, telephone antennas, etc...

Jan 5 2010 9:00AM
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Steeze_Cake
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Probs move into a sick log cabin up next to a great mountain (any to tell you the truth) buy me a subbie hatchback, then probs buy my rents and fam a bunch of shit, and see what i got left, not to needy, just wanna have fun
Jan 5 2010 9:04AM
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Uah
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6 mill in google, 1 mill in akai. I would spend the rest on making an artificial mountain. Inside the mountain/hill would be a falloutshelter/chill station.
Jan 5 2010 9:18AM
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aquinn
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create my own private army and invade canada
Jan 5 2010 10:02AM
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Backyard.Skier
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hahaha might be a bit more then 10 million
Jan 5 2010 10:08AM
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factory81
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buy my dad a motor home / pay for his house / pay for a personal trainer
go on a vacation 3 times a year for a week. christmas break, spring break, and summer break.
finish college
maybe buy a really efficient 4x4 SUV like the 2010 Equinox that gets 32mpg. I would still want an even more fuel efficient vehicle though.
Depending on if the 10 million was already taxed, I would put it either in a Roth IRA or a traditional IRA. Atleast I would max out my yearly IRA contributions until I retire, by investing 6 million in low risk / smaller return stocks and ETF's. I would more aggressively invest 2 million dollars. I would get a couple franchise restaurants in the right spots.

Bring a Chik-Fil-A to a place that doesn't have one near by, or a Qdoba / Chipotle. Open up a few of them and hire someone to manage them while I sit back and make bank off them.

Take a lot of investment classes, and invest aggressively daily.

Get a job and work enough to at least get work health care for my family in a job that is low in stress, and in a field that I enjoy.

I would get the job for the income obviously, because who is to say your investments will go well? I feel if I didn't have a job I would just spend my money foolishly.

I think investment in the stock market / precious metals / C.D.'s  combined with owning businesses would be the route I take. Maybe even a shipping logistics company, as well as some other ventures....like franchise restaurants in areas that need one.

You could in theory maybe live in 10 million for the rest of your life.

Oh yeah I would retire at like 40 also, sell all my businesses and just play the markets.

Jan 5 2010 12:11PM
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factory81
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If my investments did well I would consider doing more risky purchases like a ski in / out house in aspen or something and rent it year round but obviously vacation there often.

also purchasing apartments. i think apartments / owning rental property is an awesome way to make a return on your investment.
Jan 5 2010 12:17PM
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Brenone
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i think some of you guys think 10mil goes a lot farther than it actually does in real life.
Jan 5 2010 12:20PM
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sTr8_JiBbiN
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buy a house somwere with ill skiing... with a heli pad and invite pros to come heli skiing for freee. even though some can afford it and get it for free anyways. whos gona turn that down??? invest a fuckton. and live off the intrest which is about half a million a year, with 9 mill in the bank. plus the money you would make investing.
Jan 5 2010 1:08PM
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.Asain-Skiier
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Jan 5 2010 1:09PM
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Tasche
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I would finish my pilots license, buy a Cessna Citation, and travel the world.
Jan 5 2010 1:39PM
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have.faith
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i would travel around the world. buy a sick house and then split up the rest between mom&dad and savingss.
Jan 5 2010 2:21PM
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.Roockley.
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bribe a US citizenship, buy a house

put the rest in the bank and live of the interest
Jan 5 2010 2:31PM
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Lax_Bro40
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gave you 10 karma for that answer. good vibes to ur uncle.
Jan 5 2010 2:33PM
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hellomynameisjef
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buy a small (we're talking cabin/shack small) house near keystone and just trick the shit out of it inside, maybe get a part time job, and ski for the rest of my life.
Jan 5 2010 2:40PM
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theabortionator
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I was trying to invest in something that held some value on it's own. Silver was previously money, and it still has many industrial uses. I didn't want to invest in something that was solely dependent on industry for it's value.

Not that you might no make money with that, but silver has a large potential to grow, and it's good enough for me. I'm just trying to save enough for a down payment on a house
Jan 5 2010 2:46PM
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theabortionator
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For me it would go along way. I just want a decent house somewhere, and the rest as an investment to grow into the future. I'm not trying to buy 18 houses and 50 cars. Maybe one nice car.

Some people want to much. A not to shabby home in tahoe, would be good enough for me. I'd take some down time and build a really nice backyard setup. Then probably try to get a park job or even anything at one of the local hills.

If your goal with 10 million is to buy the best shit possible, and live like a king for ever, than 10 mil won't go very far. I'm just not that into commercialism.
Jan 5 2010 2:51PM
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Malcolm
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id buy a billion one cent candies
Jan 5 2010 2:55PM
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Brenone
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my point exactly. glad

Jan 5 2010 3:03PM
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Brenone
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*glad someone else realizes what 10M will get you.
Jan 5 2010 3:04PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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not a lot...especially after you pay the taxes on it.
Jan 5 2010 3:23PM
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THATS_STREET
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pay off my parents debts, my school debts.
send my family on vacations.
 
build/buy a cabin somewhere up big cottonwood canyon. with big garage and an indoor concrete skatepark.
Jan 5 2010 3:23PM
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thebeesknees
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yes!  stack it up in one large pile, set in on fire, then have a massive jib sesh!  minus the set on fire.

Jan 5 2010 3:30PM
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elle*
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i'd get a really nice house somewhere near little cottonwood and spend the rest on ski tickets and equipment for the rest of my life, give whatever i don't need to my family

then i'd just work a normal job
Jan 5 2010 3:33PM
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.Apex.
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buy a mountain and make a ski resort, but only for me :P
Jan 5 2010 3:35PM
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