So, you got home and found that you won the state lottery. Now what?

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Hypothetical situation:

You get home from work, dig out your lottery ticket, check it and lo-and-behold: all SIX numbers match. The lottery drawing date is correct. It's the real thing, and the cash option value is a little over $9 million.

What do you do?

I dunno exactly but at some point shortly thereafter you are gonna get one hell of an Amazon kickback.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I dunno exactly but at some point shortly thereafter you are gonna get one hell of an Amazon kickback.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Shooooot, man, I ain't kiddin. With that much money? I am buyin' ALL FOUR of the Karajan/Beethoven symphony box sets.







Edit: AND the dvd.


Seriously, though, I've already had to start thinking about this on a MUCH smaller scale, with mom's estate in the process of being settled. We don't know how much the house/property will bring, especially in this market, but whatever my share of it is it will certainly be more money than I would otherwise see at one time.

With any sudden influx of a substantial amount of $$, my priorities are:

1. Pay off all debts.

2. Acquire decent transportation (which in my case is covered since I'm inheriting a very nice car).

3. Put as much as I can, for the time period in question, into my HSA and retirement accounts.

4. Put 6 months wages into savings.

5. Buy a condo or townhouse, with as big a downpayment as I can manage with what's left over.


Given more money than those things would require, I'd probably travel.

[Armistead]

My wife and I would get a set of real life love dolls...

[Gerald]

Neal,get a gift

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I dunno exactly but at some point shortly thereafter you are gonna get one hell of an Amazon kickback.

That is worthy of a "SS Best Response Award"