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What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

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nov04libride
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Posted by FeliciaDP

To make it "life changing?"

I hate to sound greedy, but it would probably take a minimum of 50K to change my life --

Yes even 10K would be a huge help, but I cannot see it really changing our lives per se --



Here too. We'd need $100,000 to put down for any house we'd want, but the $50,000 would pay off my grad loans so that money can be the rest of the downpayment.

ETA: It wouldn't be life-changing though because we don't want to sell our condo yet. Probably no amount would be life changing...Even if I won a million it wouldn't be enough to quit my job and live on forever. I know I need at least a million in retirement. Probably by the time I retire I'll need 2 or 3 million to live comfortably if I retire at 60 or 62. I guess if we won like 10 million I would quit my job.

Message edited 4/20/2006 11:40:30 AM.

Posted 4/20/06 11:35 AM
 
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MrsS2005
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

DH and I have about $150,000 of law school debt, but I'm not really worried about that. We make our monthly payments and we'll eventually pay that off. I would love to have at least $50,000 - $100,000 that we could use towards a house (down payment, furnishing it, etc).

Posted 4/20/06 11:49 AM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

just enough to send my girls to a good college.

Posted 4/20/06 11:54 AM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

100K..pay of school loans, a few credit cards, buy a new car and put a down payment down on a house. But even a few thousand would help get us started too.

Posted 4/20/06 12:07 PM
 

BaroqueMama
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

15K. It would be enough to add to what we already have for a downpayment on a home. A house of our own would definitely change our lives.

Posted 4/20/06 12:07 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Posted by Elbee

I would say $50,000 to change my life. Anything under would be nice, but I don't think it would have any great bearing on my life currently. I currently have zero debt and zero car payments so it's not a matter of paying off anything. It's a matter of using the money I currently have saved as a down payment and using the $50,000 to cover initial renovations without sweating too much - since every house we look at needs a gazillion things done to it.



I would say almost exactly the same thing Chat Icon

Or $50,000 for 2 new cars to replace 2 that are old. Then we wouldn't have to touch the downpayment $ we already have saved up.

Posted 4/20/06 12:30 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$50k.

Posted 4/20/06 12:32 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Enough to pay for our infertility treatment.

Posted 4/20/06 12:46 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Posted by juju

Enough to pay for our infertility treatment.



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Posted 4/20/06 1:04 PM
 

Leon29
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$50K

Posted 4/20/06 1:04 PM
 

Daveswife
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

20k would help alot

Posted 4/20/06 1:10 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

I would love 100K. Pay off our HELOC and then some.

Posted 4/20/06 1:13 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Honestly, no less than $100k. We have no debt (besides DH's car) but it would help us either remodel our house to what we want or buy what we want, where we want it.

Posted 4/20/06 2:02 PM
 

IluvBo
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$100K

Pay off Car Loan
Pay off Credit Card Debts
Lower mortgage payment considerably.

Posted 4/20/06 2:04 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Posted by BabyAvocado

Honestly, no less than $100k. We have no debt (besides DH's car) but it would help us either remodel our house to what we want or buy what we want, where we want it.



I have to agree. We have no debt except our mortgage right now. Rather than renovate I'd like to move to a different house but even then it probably wouldn't change my life. It would make us both a lot happier.

Posted 4/20/06 2:10 PM
 

dm24angel
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$25K

Posted 4/20/06 9:18 PM
 

Shanti
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$100K

Posted 4/20/06 9:18 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$5k to pay off the rest of the CC would be great.
if I could push it $27k (to pay of CC and my MBA loan)

Posted 4/20/06 9:24 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

at least $100K... or more like $200K.
We have no debt either (besides our tiny mortgage) so it would take a lot to "change my life".
Although I would accept $10KChat Icon

Posted 4/20/06 9:29 PM
 

Redhead
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

i would be a happy camper if i won 100...

actually any money that is free is ok by me

ETA...and when i say 100 i mean 100 DOLLARS...

i mean come on...don't we all like money...Chat Icon

Message edited 4/20/2006 9:31:58 PM.

Posted 4/20/06 9:31 PM
 

jaysee00
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

To significantly change my life...40,000

Posted 4/20/06 9:32 PM
 

Bri
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

15,000

Posted 4/20/06 9:45 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Enough for me to quit my job and go back to school for 2 years to do something else - so enough to cover the bills and pay for school and everything else. So probably $100K at least.

Posted 4/20/06 10:04 PM
 

Mushpot
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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

$30 a month to work out at Ballys 3 days a week and lose weight!!! Chat Icon

Posted 4/20/06 10:07 PM
 

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Re: What's the smallest amount of money that would change your life?

Posted by Mushpot

$30 a month to work out at Ballys 3 days a week and lose weight!!! Chat Icon





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Posted 4/20/06 10:12 PM
 
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