If you inherited ten million dollars tomorrow what would you do with it?

Posted by Chris Tingom on January 6, 2006 at 9:00 am.

So what would you do? And you can’t invest it because we would all do that. ;-)

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  • Comment posted by mark rush on January 6, 2006 at 10:02 am
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  • buy a ford GT
    go to japan for 6 months
    do up my house (and buy my next door neighbours house from them because I HATE HIM)
    get some fly cloathing
    pay off my debts
    pay off my parents and brothers debts
    design websites for free for companies i deem worthy :)

    mark

  • Comment posted by Ara Pehlivanian on January 6, 2006 at 10:08 am
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  • 1) Pay off my debts
    2) Buy a house
    3) Pay off the debts of my immediate family members
    4) Quit my job
    5) Write a book
    6) Invest some of it
    7) Give some of it away

  • Comment posted by Levi on January 6, 2006 at 10:21 am
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  • 1) Pay off my house
    2) Pay off our minivan
    3) Finish my book
    4) Keep working at my business but with less stressing over money
    5) Start a non-profit organization to financially support my (small and not-very-wealthy) church.
    6) Same some

  • Comment posted by Jessica on January 6, 2006 at 11:44 am
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  • 1) Hire a lawyer to keep it secret
    2) Give Mom half
    3) Pay off debts (including house)
    4) Save the world (ok, it’s not /that/ much money so I’d donate some to a good cause)

  • Comment posted by Dafne on January 6, 2006 at 12:17 pm
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  • Wait, before all this i’d have to give his money to God! 10% of it.. my pastor would loooove me..
    1. Buy a sweet bass for my brother (this is definitely the first thing i’d do if he finds out i’m suddenly a millionaire)
    2. I’d pay for all my college education in an Art Institute
    3. I’d pay off my dad’s new car.. no wait.. yes, i’d pay for it and give it to my mom or my brother and then
    4. Buy a new car for my dad (his BMW)
    5. Buy a couple of houses for my sister and my parents to live on
    I think i have no leftover, but if i did, i’d save it..

  • Comment posted by Thomas Chapin on January 6, 2006 at 1:20 pm
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  • I’d take it and get it converted to 100 bills. Then I’d put it all in a giant pile and roll around in it.

    After I got bored of that, I’d get bodyguards and go around town and give 20 bills to everyone I saw, with my name on them. (the ensuing chaos and news reports would be fun)
    I wouldn’t spend more than 50,000 on this little project, though.

    I would then go over to Moller, Inc. (http://www.moller.com/), and kick their butts for taking so long to develop the Skycar. Then I would personally oversee and finance the project until it was completed, dang it.

  • Comment posted by Me on January 6, 2006 at 3:44 pm
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  • give my parents 3 million.
    give my brother 3 million.

    give the finger to many people.
    marry the woman i love.
    no no.. wait, back up a bit, BEFORE i marry, travel the world with new camera equipment and kick ass puter stuff.
    come back, marry the woman i love :P

    then travel the world again and never stay in one place for more than a year for the rest of our lives.

  • Comment posted by Fernando on January 7, 2006 at 6:08 am
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  • 1) Buy a small and promissing software company, like Panic
    2) Build my Graphic Design Studio
    3) Build my Music Producing Studio
    4) Pay the best Music Engineering school and study the whole 6 years like a mad man
    5) Join the underground drum & bass scene as a producer/dj
    6) Put the rest of the money on a (huge) safe and earn my living through music and design.

  • Comment posted by Pixie on January 8, 2006 at 12:47 am
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  • Become a super villain, complete with awesome costume, sweet batmobile-type cars and secret lair/house… and defeat super heroes. Yup.

  • Comment posted by shonnett turner on January 11, 2006 at 1:43 pm
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  • 1. Buy my grandmother a house and pay all her debt and give her 1 million dollars for taking care of my daughter while Im here in Iraq.
    2. Help my family get out of debt.
    3. Buy houses for family members who don’t have a house.
    4. Start a buisness(family owned).
    5. Have the wedding and honeymoon of my dreams.
    6. build homeless shelters, emergency shelters.
    7. Thank God

  • Comment posted by brian on January 18, 2006 at 9:16 pm
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  • i would probably support my family first.

    use the money for school.
    nintendo ds.
    singing lessons.
    dance classes.

    when all is stable i might donate a small amount but i would probably save the rest otherwise.

    oh yea id make small minor changes to our 1 story house to improve the quality of regular living in the house (fix walls roof etc)

  • Comment posted by Anonymous on January 25, 2006 at 9:08 pm
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  • I WILL LIVE IT UP. WHY WAIT IF I HAD TEN MILLION HATERS BETTER WATCH CAUSE DADDY BACK AND HOTTER THAN BEFORE.

  • Comment posted by Anonymous on March 13, 2006 at 1:57 pm
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  • have enough capital to start my own buisness and make 10x that much to provide free health care to all americans.

  • Comment posted by Millionaire in training on March 20, 2006 at 11:20 pm
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  • I would also give 10% to God. 25% to offering. Just giving him back what he gave to me.

    Buy my dream home
    Live debt free
    Educate the woman of this world.
    Leave financially legacies for my children.
    Buy other peoples dream homes for them.

  • Comment posted by Emmy on May 11, 2006 at 12:19 pm
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  • 10 million is a lot of money. I don’t personally need so much. One million is enough to change my life and my family’s life forever. I would use about 1 million to open a horse rescue center which my family and I would run. Thats my goal. In future to expand to an all animal rescue, but Im the type to start small. I would give to charities like feed the children, and Earth foundation, and other shelters. I would also choose people at random who have asked for money because they needed it, not because they wanted a new tv or something silly like that. There are so many that need that kind of money, and as 10 million is a lot, it isn’t enough to help everyone :( However, to the right people, its a start of a new life. I like the Pay It Forward concept.

  • Comment posted by Michael Erickson on June 15, 2006 at 2:14 pm
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  • I would give a good protion of it to St Jude Hospital for children and the breast Cancer assoiation. I would also start an organization to help the survivors of the Katrina victims. Then what I had left after that I would start a college fund for my 10 month old Daughter. Pay off my parents house and By my Mom 1. Then Last but not least Buy my wife and I a rental property and A Home for my daughter and my wife. My wife wants a hard top convertable so we would get her 1. That would just about Zero out the entire 10 million dollars. Oh yah I would put 1 million in to an account and live off the interest for the rest of my life.

  • Comment posted by grace on July 3, 2006 at 6:55 pm
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  • 1. I would put 7 million into a CDC account for 4 year intervals.
    2. I’d take care of my grandparents health and wellbeing, and pay off my parents house and debts ~700k
    3. I’d take my family on a nice vacation to somewhere incredible, first class all the way. ~300K
    4. I’d finish my degree and become a travel nurse and Use the 2 million for my family and I to ensure our wellbeing.
    5. I’d buy $1000 in Gift cards and vouchers to give to people who look like they need some clothes or a meal or something.
    6. I’d try to give any kids I had a nice life, and provide for them.

  • Comment posted by Ev on September 23, 2006 at 9:53 pm
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  • I’d split it in half:
    - half for my family (a million for each kid, one for my retirement)
    - half for a charity foundation that I would run and plan to spend all the money in it on needy children all over the world during my lifetime.

    The reason I’d split it in half is to eliminate the temptation, because morally I’d say give it all to charity, but I’m human…

  • Comment posted by Lela Marcus on November 15, 2006 at 11:59 am
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  • There are many opportunities with Ten Million dollars. I think I would have to ask for professional advice on this matter. It should be managed very wisely to grow so that many wonderful things can happen for alot of wonderful people Responsible Investing. Yes, changing lives would be the Ten Million Dollar Dream.. What a dream…..Thats it… ok, back to reality… there’s a hole in my pocket… I like dreaming… I guess Id buy a new pair of pants first… so there would be no hole in my pocket… Ok time to do the laundry and sew this hole in my pocker…

  • Comment posted by Netta Parker on January 6, 2007 at 6:01 am
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  • First I would be grateful. I would thank the powers that be.

    Hire a finance planner. Learn how to keep the money.

    Travel. Slowly around the world.

    Buy a new car. I have not had a “new” car since 1978.

    Buy a farm and let my lesson horses retire (I teach riding)

    Then be grateful, once again.

  • Comment posted by Ray on June 10, 2007 at 6:21 am
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  • I already have 10 million dollars but I am no happier and just as insecure. It definitely doesnt suck though although I am always woorying about being left behind by my other successful peers.

  • Comment posted by RY on June 10, 2007 at 6:22 am
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  • I already have 10 million dollars but I am no happier and just as insecure. It definitely doesnt suck although I am always worrying about being left behind by my other successful peers.

  • Comment posted by Joe Newberry on June 17, 2007 at 8:11 am
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  • I would build a community of solar homes in Lake Havasu City AZ.

  • Comment posted by Rogers on July 13, 2007 at 8:29 am
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  • I might faint initaly,. Im not sure, the excitement of my dreams happening, and my worries coming to an end.. Its overwhelming to even think about. I might smile for the rest of my life to know that I would be entrusted to this amount of money. That the Lord might change my life, MY LIFE, in such a way that I could change others. Never put yourself last, but always put the Lord first and do to one as you would want done to you. My family, and close friends would all be taken to an Auto Mall for their choice vehicle. I would invest in stocks with brokers making sure funds were increasing monthly. Charity is nice, its great, but most take 20 to 80 % of your donation. so look into the right ones. I would create a buisness that would idealy expand creating a career for individuals with the drive to succeed. Live life to the fullest, give my children the life I never had, and treat everything and one with respect. Oh and Id go fishing. =o)

  • Comment posted by Rowe on September 5, 2007 at 8:06 pm
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  • Pay myself,
    Pay my wife,
    Pay my kids,
    Pay my parents,
    Pay my wife’s parents
    and spend the rest of my life demonstrating
    how grateful I am to have so
    many people to love.

  • Comment posted by caroline on September 12, 2007 at 10:18 pm
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  • I probably wouldn’t even believe I had actually inherited the money until I actually saw a deposit slip from the bank…..It goes without saying that I would pay off my bills and get out of debt……buy myself a nice comfortable home….I would also like to go to New York city for about two weeks and stay in the most expensive hotel suite in the most expensive hotel in the city….you know, just be totally pampered….I would treat myself to a $250,000.00 shopping spree…..next I would most defintely buy that brand-new 2008 Cadillac CTS, black exterior and black leather interior..as far as sharing it, I would defintely help out a legitimate charity..and help out my kinfolk who have helped me out…I don’t have any vices like gambling or drinking, so I don’t have to worry about throwing away the money on stuff like that….Since I can’t say I would invest it, I would defintely say that short of what I have stated, I would definitely be careful how I spent the rest of the money….you know being prepared for famine in the time of feasting kinda of situation….

  • Comment posted by wesley perez on September 18, 2007 at 9:22 am
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  • 1.Take my family on a trip around the world.
    2.Start up a fundraiser for poor children in
    Guatemala,this is the most important one.
    3.Give some to my church.
    4.Open up a school for kids to go to for free in Guatemala
    5.Build my dream house in the US and Guatemala so that my family will always have a place to go.
    6.Then of course my mother would never have to work agian
    neither would my aunt in Guatemala.
    7.Last but not least myself,i eould travel and go arould the world feedind kids because thats what I like to do.

    WHAT YOU VISUALIZE,WILL MATERIALIZE.
    YOU MUST BELIEVE IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART
    AND SOUL.I’M GETTING TEN MILLION.
    ASK AND YOU SHALL RECIEVE.
    GOD BLESS

  • Comment posted by San on September 23, 2007 at 7:50 am
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  • 1. buy a small farm
    2. build a studio
    3. have a family
    4. buy a jeep wagoneer
    5. quit my job
    6. go on a very long holiday
    7. make myself famous
    8. share it with my family and friends

  • Comment posted by Patricia J Oliver on September 24, 2007 at 12:54 am
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  • IF I won 10 whole million, I’d give God his money first. Then I’d remodel my parents home (of course they wouldn’t have anymore money worries), then I’d give the sisters and brother their portion, their kids their portion,my 3 favorite cousins their portion, my best friend her portion, or course I’d give to the need children and a few charities. The rest I’d put in an account to live off the interest. The interest would keep me close to the earth so my head wouldn’t get to much bigger than it already is. Oh, wait, I’d take a 6 month leave, so the crazies in the neighborhood wouldnt get any ideas :)

  • Comment posted by Alex on September 29, 2007 at 1:33 pm
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  • I’d buy starbucks or ebay. Start a company and buy a sports car and show it off. Get the girl of my life and get my cousin to america.

  • Comment posted by caroline on October 9, 2007 at 10:44 pm
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  • some more things I could do with that kind of money…
    Disappear to some secluded tropical paradise for about a month….
    Figure out a way to multiply the 10 million a hundred times over
    Give some of the money to all black and universities in the state of Mississippi…
    what the heck….life is short…..After I pay the taxes on the money and take a big chunk of it and put it away for a rainy day…..I would probably blow the rest of it…you know how these things go….someone suddenly gets rich and all the creeps start coming out of the woodwork……

  • Comment posted by Duane on October 21, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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  • First I would give God His 10%
    I would pay all my bills
    I would help others
    I would buy th house next door and move my sister-in-law and brother -in-law into it.
    I would help to feed the hungry.
    I would take the whole family to Hawaii for two weeks.

  • Comment posted by mdaives on October 23, 2007 at 11:12 am
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  • retire/ give everyone I love some help

  • Comment posted by Sue Ellen Warren on October 28, 2007 at 11:07 am
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  • I would buy each one of my Children a home, pay off their
    bills, I would take my 10 grandchildren and my 3 great
    grandchildren on a nice vacation. and than I would pay
    for my funeral.

  • Comment posted by Mike Puckett on October 28, 2007 at 9:18 pm
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  • I would find 9 people random people. I would screen them ask them about thier life they would have to be creative but couldnt ever of had anything came from nothing or lost what they had trying to better thier selves.

    I would give each of the one million dollars.
    They would have to find one atleast three people to help and give up $300,000 and get them started somehow in a business and as each person makes money they would have to help someone else and so on.

    Ithink it should be a people helping people world

    inventor12@comcast.net

  • Comment posted by Brian Ingle on November 4, 2007 at 10:50 pm
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  • Two chicks at the same time.

  • Comment posted by Michelle G on November 7, 2007 at 10:56 am
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  • I started thinking about this and I am really stuggling. Of course I would help my family and pay off all of our debts but that can’t be more than a million or so. I would want to help different charities, homeless and wish for more money so I can make sure that everyone has health insurance. I would also want to travel and have a home here in Missouri and one in Key west and maybe even st. Thomas.

  • Comment posted by Shane on November 9, 2007 at 4:11 pm
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  • Implement many and or all of the solutions to world problems that I have been carrying around with me for years and years.
    Also I would treat myself to a vacation for the first time in my life.

  • Comment posted by Richard Hubbard on November 13, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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  • Get my diet and health business staarted,

  • Comment posted by Richard Hubbard on November 13, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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  • Get my diet and health business started,

  • Comment posted by Vilyen on November 14, 2007 at 9:01 am
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  • Although this is a lot of money to spend it is not at all difficult to acquire expensive habits and taste to loose it fast. First, in my opinion, one should seek an advice from a reputable financial specialist and pay off the necessary taxes. Then, it would be wise to invest at least 40% of the remainder amount in various international mutual funds. Buy government bonds every year and help out the local economy. I would also try to make life around myself a little easier, kinder, happier through help to parents, siblings and relatives. My personal favourite would be to travel to Tibet for a year or so.

  • Comment posted by r on November 23, 2007 at 2:04 pm
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  • 1. buy a private island
    2. buy a tank
    3. buy a missle silo
    4. buy a cannon
    5. buy an attack helicopter

  • Comment posted by r on November 23, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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  • 1. buy a private island
    2. buy a tank
    3. buy a missle silo
    4. buy a cannon
    5. buy an attack helicopter
    6. and spend the rest on RPGs and ammo

  • Comment posted by Anonymous on November 23, 2007 at 7:49 pm
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  • first get a lawyer, accountant , and a financial advisor.
    take care of the tax issues
    separate the 10th portion
    sponser children
    attend to family needs
    then my own

  • Comment posted by Luke on November 26, 2007 at 1:51 am
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  • 1. Buy a really nice sports car.
    2. Pay off any debts
    3. Buy a really nice house
    4. Buy a really really nice suit, along with accessories such as shoes/belt/cuff links.
    5. Buy some fun things like jet ski’s, off road motorbikes, dune buggies and such
    6. quit my job
    7. invest half of it

  • Comment posted by John on December 2, 2007 at 7:28 pm
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  • I would invest most of it in low- risk bonds and annuities.
    I would invest a small percentage of it in high-risk speculative technologically and asian oriented businesses.
    I would invest a small percentage of it in commercial real estate.
    I would use a small percentage of it to pay for college for my siblings.
    I would give a small percentage of it to charity and church.

  • Comment posted by Frank Bacotti on December 14, 2007 at 12:09 am
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  • if i inherited 10 million dollars…

    i would travel the world and never look back….

  • Comment posted by Golf Pro on December 16, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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  • Dance around the block about six or seven times.

    Pay off Uncle Sam and Aunt State

    Give a bunch to foreign missions and Fred Jordan Mission

    Save some.

    Take a long overdue vac.

  • Comment posted by jj on December 26, 2007 at 9:12 pm
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  • Pinch myself to see if I was dreaming!
    Of course, pay off my debts.
    Buy 5 wooded acres for which to build my log cabin home on.
    Start shopping for a yellow Jeep Wrangler with black convertible top.
    Take my daughter shopping in New York.
    Help others in financial need.
    Visit most, if not all, of the lighthouses around the world.
    Go bike riding, read, go roller skating, walk in the woods etc…. basically everything I haven’t had the time to do because it seems as I’m always at work.

  • Comment posted by Rebecca on January 5, 2008 at 11:44 am
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  • If by the mercy of God I inherited that much money…. WOW!!!!
    1) I would buy a nice home in the country, with at least 2 bathrooms, and ten acres of land.
    2) Pay off all of my mothers debt.
    3) invest 4 million for my children and grand childrens future.
    4) put 2 million in the bank for living expenses.
    5) put 1 million away for charities.
    6) take a trip to Las Vegas, then to other areas I’ve always wanted to go.
    7) What was left I would distribute among the very large # of family members left, I believe it would be around 40 people.
    8) Then I would begin to enjoy life.

  • Comment posted by glen kirk on January 7, 2008 at 7:50 am
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  • give it all away,hoping to make someone’s life a little better.

  • Comment posted by Peggy on March 23, 2008 at 9:33 am
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  • pay off all my debts,go on one nice vacation,buy me a nice house,a real nice car,new furniture,buy me some poodles to start a breeding bussiness,so i can quit my job and stay home,so i can go buy things i have never got.take my mom to dinners,take my mom shopping for ladies day out,and put money in the bank.

  • Comment posted by Larry on March 24, 2008 at 12:14 pm
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  • MONORAIL I am near my retired years,but can’t retire. I would buy a house for myself and my son and my daughter who has lupes and needs treatment. I would work to build a Rapid transit Monorail system which my father invented and did’nt get finished before he died. Our country country greatly needs this type of transportation.It would stop polution and traffic congestion. It is a very fesiable form of transportation. Also this monorail will move freght 24 hrs a day and be very helpful paying for costs. Thanks for reading this page.

  • Comment posted by me on April 9, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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  • I will pay off debts, family members debts, take a vacation finally after many many years.

  • Comment posted by jacob adams on April 14, 2008 at 8:19 am
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  • ide buy a house,
    buy all cideo games i can =)
    invest 5 million in companies
    ide buy life time suplies of candy =P =P =P =P
    peace out homies!!!!!! !W00000T

  • Comment posted by gassed out on May 3, 2008 at 10:22 am
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  • i would give it all to exxon mobile and the republican party they are going to get it anyway.

  • Comment posted by luis on July 14, 2008 at 9:39 am
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  • i would buy a ferrari and a kawazaki ninja,a mansion close to the beach,where i can park my boat.super fly cloathing and travel the world espetially england.

  • Comment posted by Anonymous on August 11, 2008 at 2:09 pm
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  • Invest

  • Comment posted by Jill H. on August 29, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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  • 1)Pay off my debts/house
    2)Pay off my immediate families debts/houses
    3)Like the first comment- buy my neighbors house so THEY WILL LEAVE!!!
    4)Perform random acts of kindness to reward people doing good things.
    5)First class vacation with no money stress for my family!
    6)I’d love to start a place for kids to learn and be creative on scholarship and citizenship in my community.
    7)I know we’re not supposed to say Invest, but I would- and live off the interest.
    8)I’d probably like to be a stay at home mom while my kids are still in school and golf more;)

  • Comment posted by Austin on September 6, 2008 at 11:35 am
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  • -buy 5 to 10 of my favorite cars (i like cars)
    -buy my mom, dad, and brother a house
    -pay for my college
    -pay for my brothers college
    -buy my 3 best friends each a car
    -buy my church a new building and pay the salary of the 3 people on staff there for a year or two
    -invest the rest for my future family

  • Comment posted by annonymous on November 22, 2008 at 7:09 am
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  • When making any investment decision, an investor must first consider an objective in mind, such as an expected rate of return the investor would like to earn over a given time horizon. The investor’s willingness to take on risk, or lack of risk tolerance, will also be an important decision in determining what investment vehicles to use. As a 24-year-old and the stock market being at a relatively low level now as compared to the past few years, I would invest a large portion, at least 70%, into stocks and mutual funds. These investment vehicles are more risky than government bonds and bank CD’s, but I have a higher risk tolerance because of my young age and lack of financial liabilities, such as mortgages, car insurance, etc. Of my investments into mutual funds, I would buy equity funds, bond funds, and growth & income funds (a mix of stocks and bonds) to diversify my risk. I would also invest in exchange traded funds, such as Spiders that mirror the S&P500 index, for greater risk diversification. Of the remaining 30%, 25% would be invested in CD’s and government bonds. Within the next several decades, I will be obligated to make fixed payments such as rent or mortgage payments. I want to make sure that I will have sufficient funds to accomplish this. By holding government bonds until maturity and CD’s, I can avoid paying transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions, allowing me to use the full value of my holdings to meet my fixed payment obligations. By holding government bonds until maturity, I also avoid interest rate risk. I would put the remaining 5% into a savings account as a safety net.

  • Comment posted by Donnie on January 9, 2009 at 10:25 am
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  • If I got 10 million I would…
    I would not give any of it to god or a church.. I would give it to people who actually need it like.. cancer research and things like this.
    1. Pay off my debt.
    2. Pay off parents debt.
    3. Buy a BIGGGG house.
    4. Buy a couple sweet vehicles
    – Silverado 2500 HD diesel with a big lift and all that
    – Tahoe super loaded
    5. Invest
    6. Build a music studio in my basement
    7. Buy all the video games/music stuff I ever wanted
    8. Get a few dogs
    9. Season tickets to the Redskins/Capitals
    10. Put the rest in the bank for my kids and the future.

  • Comment posted by Nancy on March 4, 2009 at 6:18 pm
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  • - sell my house and buy another big enough so my parents could live with me but not to big where I would need to call them to find them
    -give a large sum of money to the school my children attend. They need some updating.
    -give money for cancer research
    -put a big chunk of it in away for my children’s college education
    -give money to random strangers on Christmas eve.. or go to the projects and give money to momma’s so they can have a better christmas for their kids.
    -open my own real estate firm, I am tired of paying the man
    -open another business
    -travel to 3rd world countries with my kids so they know what it means to suffer and make they want to help others
    -create an environment for my children that doesnt revolve around the name brand on your shirt or the shoes you are wearing but the things you do for other people that make you a cool person

  • Comment posted by Dave on May 28, 2009 at 12:19 pm
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  • You guys know its only ten million right?
    I would first give my 10% to God.
    Next I would give 10 or 20 grand to my sisters and brothers. All 13 of them. Buy a house for my mother n law so she’s not stuck living with me. “Love you mom” Build a mtv gribs house like Shaq’s, no just kidding. Id get a 700 k 4 bed 3 bath for just me and my wife. Id get a V Dub for the family a Dodge ram SR10 for me and convertable for the wife. Id dump 100k in to growth stocks and commodities and technology funds. And still have millions left over to pass on to the future children. Oh yeah, Id buy some rehab properties and pay my friends to help me flip them and put them back on the market. 1 year later Id travel to great places around the world with my wife. Once all of that is done Id work on a kid or two.

  • Comment posted by saul on August 2, 2009 at 5:46 am
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  • The first thing I would do is quit my job
    1)I would go places I didn’t have the time to go to
    (I’ll probably lease a boat since that’s the best way to travel )
    2)I would go back to school and get a masters in city planning (I’ll need to get a place to stay in Paris.
    If you wanted to learn something about cities you need to live in the best one)
    3)I would learn how to fly a plane(I would end up buying a small plane)
    You get the idea
    I’ll spend the money on doing things I’ve always wanted to do.

  • Comment posted by RIch on January 22, 2010 at 2:14 am
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  • $10,000,000

    -$1,000,000 = Goes to tithing
    -$2,000,000 = Goes to parents (mom, then dad & step-mom)
    -$1,000,000 = Goes to in-laws
    -$2,000,000 = Split up between 10 siblings/inlaws/friends
    -$3,000,000 = Invest: Stock Market, CDs, etc.
    -$1,000,000 = Go Play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    With my $1 million in play money, i’d buy my wife a Murdered-out Range Rover and a Murdered-out F-150 for myself. I’d pay-off my home. I’d take my two friends and their families on a MASSIVE all-exclusive trip to somewhere amazing. I would quit work and simple study 8 hours a day for the GMAT and ace it. I would then get into a top-tier school to receive an MBA, then re-enter the work force, not as an employee but as an employer. Its game over after that! Meaning you wouldn’t be able to stop me! Wow, fun to dream! Now, time to go make it happen!

  • Comment posted by Rita on April 3, 2010 at 9:46 pm
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  • I already have $10,000. This is my list that I made when I recieved it

    1. Get my ever so dreamed of Range Rover
    2. $1,000,000 to charity
    3. $2,000,000 to the extened family
    4. $4,000,000 worth of investment properties (Altogether makes $150,000 a year income)
    5. My parents can quit their jobs
    6. $500,000 to my sister and I
    7. $2 million to my parents who will buy me stuff anyway.
    8. Get mum a volvo
    9. extend the house
    10. Pay the bills
    11. Get a Pool and a spa
    12. Get dad an excavator
    13. buy my neighbours on wither side
    14. Get dad a 5 bay shed
    15. bitumen a track to the bottom of the hill
    16. Holiday
    17. pay my Uni fees
    18. Live of the income of the 14 investment properties.

    19. Meet the guy of my dreams
    20. Live football in Europe
    21. Get married
    22. go to heaps of music festivals
    23. My life is freaking awesome

    ASK BELIEVE RECIEVE

  • Comment posted by Robert Hill on June 6, 2010 at 3:53 pm
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  • I am 29 and if I had 10 million dollars I would buy a house for $100,000 and buy a car for my wife. Then I would live of of 5,000 a month for the reat of my life.

  • Comment posted by Zach on July 10, 2010 at 12:45 pm
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  • I’m in high school… so I would use a lot of it (actually only about $400,000) to pay for 8 years of schooling (under grad, then medical school). Complete my residency (while living in a super nice $5 million dollar home in beverly hills and driving a fly sports car). Use the remainder (should be about $2 million left after lifestyle, schooling, and housing costs)to start a private practice plastic surgery clinic. After a few years of making bank from that, maybe upgrade my house a little, perhaps buy a new house in east hampton like I’ve always wanted, and live the easy life. I’ve found that cosmetic plastic surgeons in the region can make easily $150,000 a month after taxes and malpractice insurance.

  • Comment posted by Deb on July 16, 2010 at 8:40 pm
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  • I would give the first million to the church where I worship so they can pay off the debts of the church.

    I would pay off any debts that I have.

    I would set up trust funds for my grandchildren and my godchildren.

    I would start a foundation that promotes education.

  • Comment posted by Shirley on July 20, 2010 at 12:23 pm
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  • Start getting homes for homeless, a worldwide life center and ministry, that will teach the word of God free AND EVERYDAY and get as many people I CAN OUT OF DEBT. Put people back in homes that have lost their homes. help stop foreclosure. This my heart desire to deliver God, people and help restore and bring people that have been through a disater to total recovery as many as I can. give drug dealers, prostitutes and thieves a chance to start own legal and honest business. try me and see

  • Comment posted by Brendon on July 29, 2010 at 12:02 pm
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  • I would take 1M and spend it in 1 mall, or try to.
    Buy a house in 3 dif countries.
    have sweet rides BMW M3(V8) CL63 AMG yes please.
    world cruise
    oh and pay all the bills
    Balance in the bank and live off the interest.

    Set for life. bring it on

  • Comment posted by Mark J on August 1, 2010 at 4:56 am
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  • 10M
    1.pay of our family debts.
    2.Build housing to rent at cost value for young married couples to get started.
    3. go for a long surfing holiday with my wife and kids.

  • Comment posted by Racheal on November 15, 2010 at 8:08 am
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  • 1.$1m-give away in tithe
    2.$2-Build a childrens ward and mothers shelter at a local hospital
    3.$3-invest in real estate business
    4.$2m-Invest in family and myself to secure future generations
    5.$2m-Invest in a church buildings/community halls

  • Comment posted by deedra on January 25, 2011 at 1:23 pm
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  • go home, get my passport, then head straight to the airport with a one way ticket to…….

  • Comment posted by mr big dreams!! on February 27, 2011 at 9:54 am
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  • take half and make it grow, build my awesome mom a great house so she can stop living in a single-wide that’s growing black mold in the walls!!
    buy houses for my brothers and sisters
    build my dream home , with kick butt, home studio,theater,gym,pool,micro farm and garden and at least 20 acres of dirt track for atv riding
    hire a personal trainer
    fix my teeth,
    build the biggest baddest computer money can buy! or 2
    buy all the things I have been wanting!
    figure out a way to help people achieve their dreams and goals buy building a school/foundation ect(whatever will work)
    buy a second and third home in Ireland and possibly Jamaica (some place warm & exotic,
    theres so much more too but thats the basics of a 10 mil life starting out anyway!! peace and wealth to everyone!!

  • Comment posted by A on March 8, 2011 at 12:48 pm
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  • Not much. That’s really not much money, you know. Probably invest half of it.

  • Comment posted by John B on March 14, 2011 at 9:46 am
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  • I would purchase property and build an independant laboratory. I would buy materials to invent with. With the money I have, I could patent other ideas I have, and make even more money!

  • Comment posted by Ashton on March 24, 2011 at 8:38 pm
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  • 10 million… well I’d need more money for my dreams so from there, start flipping real estate… land and houses, apartment buildings and condos… and if all goes as planned eventually be able to build hotels, and hopefully celebrities will buy a hotel of their own and each hotel have it’s own owner’s touch to it… after the hotel makes back it’s money, all profits are donated to help certain communities and charities… main foyer could be timeline photos of the people helped by staying in the hotel. I’d definately wanna stay in a hotel like that, not only am I helping others, I’m staying in a wicked hotel furnished by my favorite celeb… definately stay in the Villa :)

    Of course some of that money I’d blow of the get go, may have to wait a bit for some things though depending on how far I’d jump into that real estate as stated above… I’d wipe out the debt of myself and loved ones, buy myself and loved ones a house/car (should be pretty reasonably-priced for the houses there getting into real estate and all), nice house on the lake, fire pit outside, nice yard, out of the city somewhere I can jump on my 4-wheeler and go visit a neighbour, a garage of course for my beautiful 1970 mach 1 mustang i’d be purchasing or convincing my father to rebuild it for me whichever’s easier, toys!!! (ski-doo, 4-wheeler, motorcycle, maybe a boat or ski-doo), at least one good vacation definately, Australia. I am female and all, so I guess I should go clothes shopping or something… meh I’ll just pay a friend with their own shopping spree who knows my style to do it for me, I hate shopping. Can’t forget about donating to my workplace(a not-for-profit organization, healthcare-related) which is a good cause in itself. And one more just for me, train my ass off and go outdoor rock-climbing on a crazy mountain :) Talk about big dreams lol And not really investing any if real-estate isn’t concidered investing :)

  • Comment posted by Ashton on March 24, 2011 at 8:57 pm
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  • I’d also quit my part-time job and stop selling make-up products on the side, I’d like to still keep my full-time job but may think about dropping down to part-time or casual… take a LOA or something as I would assume I’d be fairly busy with other things… wow wouldn’t that be something, I feel strange enough because I’m on my 7th day of vacation from all jobs, a real vacation out of my province, yup definately’d be taking some time off and dropping a couple jobs :D

  • Comment posted by K Easy on April 25, 2011 at 9:03 pm
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  • Fix up my grandparents old Farmyard. Restore an old tractor with my dad. Go mudding with my buddies. Drink a hell of a lot of beer. Live the rest of my life with no worries. :)

  • Comment posted by Kyle on May 21, 2011 at 8:24 am
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  • Give it to God, help my wife get her dream started for a home for pregnant teens who want a better life. Put two million away let it gain intrest and start up college fund for our kids. Also start a chain of homes in a small town as rental properties as subsidized housing alowing the renters to get on there feet. And after observing them trying to do good for themselves and family offer them the home to buy for a doller. Also to pay it forword.

  • Comment posted by eddy on June 30, 2011 at 10:58 pm
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  • 1. buy 3 properties around the world to live
    2. buy some toys, boat, car, bike etc
    3. pay my immediate families debts, including mortgages
    4. invest 1M to bring an ongoing income of 100k+ a year
    5. save 5M and any other solid investment opportunities come up, I can join
    6. change 1M to gold and bury it in a safe, location only known to myself
    7. travel the world 4-5star style with my wife
    8. provide for my kids
    9. GROW THE $ FASTER THEN I SPEND IT TO BUILD AND BUILD A FAMILY TRUST FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

  • Comment posted by ashe on July 1, 2011 at 12:55 am
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  • i will help as many ppl around me …. and the rest of the money go about enjoyin every moment without any regrets

  • Comment posted by Michael on July 2, 2011 at 4:55 am
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  • Donate 1 million to charity for that life-long feel good.

    Put 8.5 million into investments.

    Buy a nice car and home in the country with the remaining half a million.

  • Comment posted by Anonymous on July 26, 2011 at 3:15 pm
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  • 1. invest in gold/silver bullion and gold/silver stocks with good fundamentals
    2. watch this 10 million investment grow to 30 to 50 million before the top falls out this sector
    3. rotate profits into real estate or what ever the next long term trend is..
    4.quit work and start traveling the world, living in one country for a few months at a time…
    5. i’ve got no debt, so that wouldn’t be an issue
    6. give a million each to parents, brother, sister and wife’s parents… after the gold/silver trade runs its course…

  • Comment posted by Kayden Nelson on July 27, 2011 at 12:20 pm
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  • I would help the needy with it! I would also like to invest in cancer research! :) Like Bill Gates!

  • Comment posted by sir smoke alot on August 10, 2011 at 12:31 pm
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  • First and fore most I would buy at least 5 lamborginis and a bugatti then I would buy 3,000 pounds of the best marijuana put 50 pounds in a trashcan in my garage have some friends over light it and shut the door :) then I would sell the rest and quadruple my money.. probably a few thousand in strip clubs (gotta support single moms ) and I would pee on homeless people and tell them to quit being a bum and get a job then get in the Lambo and flip them off..

  • Comment posted by Lee Taylor on September 20, 2011 at 1:31 pm
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  • I would provide jobs in restructuring rehabbing existing structures into homes for each homeless person ……….in turn creating new jobs and solving the homeless society……. each home would be Totally Green & providing a small garden for each to grow their own food…
    And Of Course I also would help my Sons & Grandchildren and our families……

  • Comment posted by Mike on December 26, 2011 at 12:36 am
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  • 1. Invest my money into the stock market using my own strategies and my own time, save up to 50 million.
    2. Spend half and keep the rest in the stock market.
    3. give money to my family to peruse their dreams.
    4. Move to Oahu -insert in line before 2-
    5. Live out my days a happy happy man

    -18 year old wishes haha

  • Comment posted by Hart Family on December 27, 2011 at 1:28 pm
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  • I make a check out to my church, Saint Charles of 1 million, then Pay of all bills, especially the ones that are pink, like the gas and electric bill and water…..!
    buy a house a big fat family home.
    buy a few cars that actually work.
    start our family business, and support our invention ideas and put them on store shelves.
    buy new clothes for all of us( there is six of us and we need new clothes and shoes, really bad.)
    fill up the pantry, and fridge.
    help our moms out in everything financial
    and our brothers and sisters.
    and once all of us are o.k. then we will go on vacation to disneyland world for two weeks or even a month.
    then the hubby and me will sit down with a lawyer and set up the legalities. and then we will help more friends and family…and church… and travel and buy a nice piece of land in temecula, ca. and start a vineyard and then rest the end of the days with a glass of wine, cheese and crackers.

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