Current Events > If you won $100,000 USD tax free what would you do with it at this stage?

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Kombucha 03/29/23 9:51:52 AM #1:	If you won $100,000 tax free what would you do with it at this stage? Blow most of it (spend it on consumer goods) Invest most of it (real estate, stocks, crypto, etc) If you won $100,000 tax free what would you do with it at this stage? - Results (81 votes) Blow most of it (spend it on consumer goods) 28.4% (23 votes) 23 Invest most of it (real estate, stocks, crypto, etc) 71.6% (58 votes) 58 $100,000 is arguably not THAT much given the state of real estate and such (at least in the US). If you won $100,000 USD tax free what would you do with it at this stage in your life? --- http://www.last.fm/user/walkingishonest <cite>Kombucha posted [p:972489624] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote> If you won $100,000 tax free what would you do with it at this stage? Blow most of it (spend it on consumer goods) Invest most of it (real estate, stocks, crypto, etc) Vote View Results If you won $100,000 tax free what would you do with it at this stage? - Results (81 votes) Blow most of it (spend it on consumer goods) 28.4% (23 votes) 23 Invest most of it (real estate, stocks, crypto, etc) 71.6% (58 votes) 58 Show Voting Form function poll_vote() { var vote_option = $("input[name='poll_vote']:checked").val(); if(!vote_option) return; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/ajax/forum_poll_vote', data: { option: vote_option, board: '400', topic: '80395073', message: '0', key: '6659c6f4' }, success: function(response) { if(response.error) { alert(response.error); } else { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").html(response.html).show(); } } }); } function view_results_legacy() { $("#poll_vote").hide(); $("#poll_results").show(); } function hide_results_legacy() { $("#poll_results").hide(); $("#poll_vote").show(); } $100,000 is arguably not THAT much given the state of real estate and such (at least in the US). If you won $100,000 USD tax free what would you do with it at this stage in your life? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bigblu89 03/29/23 9:53:43 AM #2:	I'd pay off my mortgage, as that's approximately what I have left on it. --- It takes zero effort to be a good person. <cite>bigblu89 posted [p:972489660] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I'd pay off my mortgage, as that's approximately what I have left on it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CaptainStrong 03/29/23 9:54:35 AM #3:	Move to a state where weed is legal and be constantly high as a kite. <cite>CaptainStrong posted [p:972489678] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Move to a state where weed is legal and be constantly high as a kite. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
whitelytning 03/29/23 9:55:27 AM #4:	Nothing fun. Invest/save it all. --- ************************************************ http://i.imgur.com/iZdWIKJ.jpg <cite>whitelytning posted [p:972489697] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Nothing fun. Invest/save it all. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bluezero 03/29/23 10:00:37 AM #5:	No option to pay debt? --- i7-12700F - 3080 - 32GB 3200 - 1440p Ultrawide <cite>bluezero posted [p:972489780] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>No option to pay debt?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Spurner 03/29/23 10:00:55 AM #6:	Buy a couple more guitars and put the rest towards my mortgage. <cite>Spurner posted [p:972489787] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Buy a couple more guitars and put the rest towards my mortgage.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
asdf8562 03/29/23 10:03:20 AM #7:	Invest 70% Pay off my debts minus my mortgage. 25% Splurge 5% <cite>asdf8562 posted [p:972489833] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Invest 70%Pay off my debts minus my mortgage. 25%Splurge 5%</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
modena 03/29/23 10:03:31 AM #8:	Build a house on my land. --- I'm surrounded <cite>modena posted [p:972489839] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Build a house on my land.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 03/29/23 10:04:04 AM #9:	Leave this country --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:972489846] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Leave this country</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FaultyCircuitry 03/29/23 10:05:52 AM #10:	Pay off debt. Address medical/dental issues. Invest some. Have fun with some/buy things that will improve our living conditions (new living room furniture & comfortable computer chairs come to mind first) --- And I'd never do it but it's not a joke; I can't tell the difference when I'm all alone // https://www.last.fm/user/crushedaria ~[she/her\|they/them]~ <cite>FaultyCircuitry posted [p:972489879] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Pay off debt. Address medical/dental issues. Invest some. Have fun with some/buy things that will improve our living conditions (new living room furniture & comfortable computer chairs come to mind first)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AldousIsDead 03/29/23 10:12:46 AM #11:	Crypto is the equivalent of spunking it up the wall, but it'd be down-payment towards a house for me. --- In simplicity, utility. Through utility, simplicity. <cite>AldousIsDead posted [p:972489990] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Crypto is the equivalent of spunking it up the wall, but it'd be down-payment towards a house for me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pauIie 03/29/23 10:12:46 AM #12:	invest or mortgage --- http://i.imgur.com/O5APL.jpg http://www.last.fm/user/jaeganja <cite>pauIie posted [p:972489993] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>invest or mortgage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kombucha 03/29/23 10:13:13 AM #13:	bluezero posted... No option to pay debt? Yeah I should have added this, my bad. --- http://www.last.fm/user/walkingishonest <cite>Kombucha posted [p:972490006] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>bluezero posted... </cite><quote>No option to pay debt?</quote>Yeah I should have added this, my bad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aysander 03/29/23 10:14:39 AM #14:	Shove it in a Roth IRA or something similar to hopefully be able to retire easily in my 60s-70s. --- Ernie. <cite>Aysander posted [p:972490040] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Shove it in a Roth IRA or something similar to hopefully be able to retire easily in my 60s-70s. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Itachi157 03/29/23 10:19:34 AM #15:	Use it to pay my mortgage for a good long while. <cite>Itachi157 posted [p:972490127] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Use it to pay my mortgage for a good long while.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 03/29/23 10:20:05 AM #16:	Id get a fat tat of a sweet ass squishmellow on my neck --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:972490136] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Id get a fat tat of a sweet ass squishmellow on my neck</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cobra1010 03/29/23 10:23:59 AM #17:	It'll go towards buying a house. One can't have too many houses. As much as I hate landlords, being one is the way to easy money. I know a few friends of relatives. Their rich parents help them out so they own 2 properties for each sibling. They obviously work but they also get a nice 800 a month pocket money from renting out the other. --- Load me into the matrix and dont pull the plug <cite>Cobra1010 posted [p:972490222] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>It'll go towards buying a house. One can't have too many houses. As much as I hate landlords, being one is the way to easy money. I know a few friends of relatives. Their rich parents help them out so they own 2 properties for each sibling. They obviously work but they also get a nice 800 a month pocket money from renting out the other. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 03/29/23 10:25:05 AM #18:	I'd want to invest it but I know so little about investing that the outcome will probably be the same as me just blowing it. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:972490243] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I'd want to invest it but I know so little about investing that the outcome will probably be the same as me just blowing it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aressar 03/29/23 10:26:45 AM #19:	Does anyone still seriously consider cryptocurrency to be an investment, instead of gambling? --- One time, CE triggered me so hard with their objectively wrong opinions that I accidentally punched myself in the balls. <cite>Aressar posted [p:972490278] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Does anyone still seriously consider cryptocurrency to be an investment, instead of gambling?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DipDipDiver 03/29/23 10:26:51 AM #20:	Pay off my mortgage. I still owe $70k so that leaves me some to use elsewhere while also increasing the amount of my paychecks I get to keep <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:972490281] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Pay off my mortgage. I still owe $70k so that leaves me some to use elsewhere while also increasing the amount of my paychecks I get to keep</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 03/29/23 10:27:00 AM #21:	Right now? Nothing. In a year or two Im going to buy a house in cash. This would mean I could get a slightly nicer one. <cite>Glob posted [p:972490284] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Right now? Nothing. In a year or two Im going to buy a house in cash. This would mean I could get a slightly nicer one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MonumentValley 03/29/23 10:27:38 AM #22:	I would buy NFTs and crypto. <cite>MonumentValley posted [p:972490292] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I would buy NFTs and crypto.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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FaultyCircuitry 03/29/23 10:31:18 AM #24:	Cobra1010 posted... One can't have too many houses. More than one is too many. --- And I'd never do it but it's not a joke; I can't tell the difference when I'm all alone // https://www.last.fm/user/crushedaria ~[she/her\|they/them]~ <cite>FaultyCircuitry posted [p:972490359] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Cobra1010 posted... </cite><quote>One can't have too many houses.</quote>More than one is too many.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Rinku_ 03/29/23 10:35:50 AM #25:	I'd buy a new car (I'd estimate roughly $30k after everything). I'd stuff $20k in the bank and invest the remaining $50k. <cite>_Rinku_ posted [p:972490461] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I'd buy a new car (I'd estimate roughly $30k after everything). I'd stuff $20k in the bank and invest the remaining $50k. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pitlord_Special 03/29/23 10:38:46 AM #26:	Invest 80k Spend 20k on toys and a nice vacation --- Posted from my iPhone 13 <cite>Pitlord_Special posted [p:972490520] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Invest 80kSpend 20k on toys and a nice vacation </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ToasterStrudeI 03/29/23 12:59:43 PM #27:	bigblu89 posted... I'd pay off my mortgage, as that's approximately what I have left on it. --- http://error1355.com/ce/ToasterStrudeI.html <cite>ToasterStrudeI posted [p:972493273] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>bigblu89 posted... </cite><quote>I'd pay off my mortgage, as that's approximately what I have left on it.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mistere_Man 03/29/23 1:05:25 PM #28:	Hopefully find a way to invest it to bring in some money to help my family, if not just give it to them. --- Water+Fall=Radiation. <cite>Mistere_Man posted [p:972493415] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Hopefully find a way to invest it to bring in some money to help my family, if not just give it to them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R_Jackal 03/29/23 1:16:54 PM #29:	Give a way to grow half, keep half ready for life/emergency expenses/a little bit of fun. Granted the most fun I would do is probably go on vacation and build a badass new PC. <cite>R_Jackal posted [p:972493668] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Give a way to grow half, keep half ready for life/emergency expenses/a little bit of fun.Granted the most fun I would do is probably go on vacation and build a badass new PC.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bishop_Hastur 03/29/23 1:50:55 PM #30:	I voted invest, and I would invest most, but I'd keep some fix up the house and buy a new bass. --- Have you seen the Yellow Sign? Quando omni flunkus moritati <cite>Bishop_Hastur posted [p:972494464] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I voted invest, and I would invest most, but I'd keep some fix up the house and buy a new bass.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MedeaLysistrata 03/29/23 1:52:06 PM #31:	Pay off student loan, put half in my TFSA, give the rest to my mom. --- updated 3/26/2023 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1568-100-presidents <cite>MedeaLysistrata posted [p:972494488] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Pay off student loan, put half in my TFSA, give the rest to my mom.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 03/29/23 1:54:20 PM #32:	Ten million pennies <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:972494538] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Ten million pennies</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamingsince1989 03/29/23 1:55:52 PM #33:	Gamble all of it and attempt to double or triple it. <cite>Gamingsince1989 posted [p:972494578] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Gamble all of it and attempt to double or triple it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mistere_Man 03/29/23 3:21:42 PM #34:	Questionmarktarius posted... Ten million pennies Penny angels or Scrooge Mcduck money swim, but with Pennies? --- Water+Fall=Radiation. <cite>Mistere_Man posted [p:972496430] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>Ten million pennies</quote>Penny angels or Scrooge Mcduck money swim, but with Pennies?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Arcanine2009 03/29/23 3:26:36 PM #37:	pauIie posted... invest or mortgage --- Less is more. Everything you want, isn't everything you need. <cite>Arcanine2009 posted [p:972496525] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>pauIie posted... </cite><quote>invest or mortgage</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cocytus 03/29/23 3:36:59 PM #38:	I'd like to think I would be smart with it...I would like to think that. --- Is this reverse psychology? And if I ask, will you lie to me? <cite>Cocytus posted [p:972496731] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>I'd like to think I would be smart with it...I would like to think that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArkhamOrigins 03/29/23 4:14:58 PM #39:	Winning $100k would literally change my life in absolutely no way and I would probably forget about it the next day. --- The <cite>ArkhamOrigins posted [p:972497595] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Winning $100k would literally change my life in absolutely no way and I would probably forget about it the next day.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
toadfan64 03/29/23 4:17:29 PM #40:	Invest 70% of it and spend the rest on fun stuff. --- Brawl FC - 5412-9555-6314 Also known as Toadfan64 <cite>toadfan64 posted [p:972497654] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Invest 70% of it and spend the rest on fun stuff. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cokewave 03/29/23 4:20:07 PM #41:	Put the full 100k in a 5.5% APY 2 year brokered CD And then take my 111k and buy a house when the rates go down --- Wave. PSN: WaveyyyA <cite>Cokewave posted [p:972497713] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Put the full 100k in a 5.5% APY 2 year brokered CD And then take my 111k and buy a house when the rates go down </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anony1125 03/29/23 4:22:58 PM #42:	retire and never work again I could live off that forever --- Feeling really good. Faceless goofus in a sea of alts <cite>Anony1125 posted [p:972497766] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>retire and never work againI could live off that forever</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Gamingsince1989 03/29/23 4:38:18 PM #44:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] I do, but my game of choice is 4-card keno. It's easy to double your money if you understand the location where you're gambling and check the winnings board regularly to see which machines are hot/cold that day. <cite>Gamingsince1989 posted [p:972498062] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> I do, but my game of choice is 4-card keno. It's easy to double your money if you understand the location where you're gambling and check the winnings board regularly to see which machines are hot/cold that day. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letron_James 03/29/23 4:40:24 PM #45:	Us use 10 grand for QOL upgrades (and a PS5) and invest the rest --- Ask me if I would eat da booty. <cite>Letron_James posted [p:972498110] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Us use 10 grand for QOL upgrades (and a PS5) and invest the rest</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nth 03/29/23 4:43:18 PM #46:	Bank 80% of it towards retirement and leave the rest in my savings. --- "I understand that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears." - Grendel <cite>Nth posted [p:972498159] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Bank 80% of it towards retirement and leave the rest in my savings.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garan 03/29/23 4:46:15 PM #47:	Upgrade my car situation and save up the rest for a down payment on a house-- where I live real estate is still fairly affordable because I live in fly over country. <cite>garan posted [p:972498209] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Upgrade my car situation and save up the rest for a down payment on a house-- where I live real estate is still fairly affordable because I live in fly over country.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonStar 03/29/23 4:46:18 PM #48:	Get a new car, and spend the rest on addressing any medical issues. <cite>CommonStar posted [p:972498212] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>Get a new car, and spend the rest on addressing any medical issues.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nightmare_Luna 03/29/23 4:56:57 PM #49:	completely pay off my mobile home, leaving my rent + utilities at a comfortable ~780 a month --- How to play Monster Hunter Step 1: Hit the monster. Step 2: Don't get hit. <cite>Nightmare_Luna posted [p:972498421] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>completely pay off my mobile home, leaving my rent + utilities at a comfortable ~780 a month</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CrimsonWaffle 03/29/23 5:01:06 PM #50:	AldousIsDead posted... it'd be down-payment towards a house for me. --- How smart are you? How dumb am I? Don't count any, of my advice. PSN: Crimson_Arcade, Switch FC: 2459-7124-5704 <cite>CrimsonWaffle posted [p:972498518] in If you won... [t:80395073]...</cite> <quote>AldousIsDead posted... </cite><quote>it'd be down-payment towards a house for me.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > If you won $100,000 USD tax free what would you do with it at this stage?