An amount that would significantly change the way you live.
For me it would be pretty high, at least $500,000. Under that most of the change would not be significant.
At least $100,000.
Then I could pay off all my debts and still have play money.
Believe me, paying off the debts would significantly improve my lifestyle
Chrisbar
Hmmm . . . well, $15K would pay off my debts and get me through next year’s schooling. That would certainly change my life.
$100K would get me a down payment on a house even with my lousy credit, plus allow me to invest enough that I wouldn’t be two paychecks away from disaster anymore.
$200K would allow me to buy a house outright, rig it up just the way I want and generally get some profound security.
$500K would let give me enough security to remove financial burdens from my parents and brothers and several others near and dear to me.
Of course, smaller contributions are always welcome.
Does anyone have $5? I forgot my lunch today…
If I received $400,000, after paying off debt and taxes on the $400k, I should have about $200k left over. That goes into a mutual fund bringing 20% interest a year, giving me an income of $40,000 a year without touching the capital. That’s enough to totally supplant my regular income should I lose my job or get fed up enough to quit. Keeping my job, that’s a lot of money for bubblegum.
200k of after tax money. Enough to pay off the house, the rest of my debts, and some left over to play with.
Um… $1000 would make me happy. I could pay off the credit card bills.
I don’t owe a lot, but I feel guilty for owing it, none-the-less.
Any amount of money would significantly change my life right now!! I wouldn’t care if it was $100 or $100,000… I’m living paycheck to paycheck right now and am still coming up short every month. (I know, I know… sell the computer and stop the internet service. No can do! I have to have something to keep me sane!)
I would be really happy with $100,000 right now. I would be able to stop worrying about how I’m gonna pay the bills every month for one thing… I wouldn’t be so stressed over paying rent and day care and car payments, and student loans, etc., etc. I’d finally be able to relax and have some money in the bank!
Now, with $500,000… I’d be sittin pretty! I’d have a nice little house built out in the country, I’d have a newer car and I’d be able to spoil my kids!!
Eight grand would do it. It would allow me to pay off my car, computer and all of my credit card bills so I could start saving instead of living paycheck to paycheck.
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Yup. Any amount would help!
But to significantly “improve” my life–$200,000. I’d pay off my graduate school debt, which would make me feel better. I’d pay off the mortgage, which means we’d be able to “keep” much more of our paychecks. I’d take a trip to Italy to visit my cousin. I’d splurge on some cool plants for my garden!
But the first thing I’d do is adopt another dog.
$ 10,000.00 = debt free with a little left over to party with.
Since we’re just talking lets think bigger. We’re talking significant change, not just pay off debt. After all, paying off debt would not make you significantly better, just give you some respite. And debt is going to accumulate again after that.
Only about 10 million bucks would make a difference nowadays. You need about 2 million bucks for a waterfront house due to inflation of money from high tech stocks. My only material wish is a used sports car. Then I’d semi-retire.
Money isn’t horribly important to me, but if I could get my hands on…well, $20,000 would put me completely out of debt and give me enough to afford a significant change. I would put my house up for sale, quit my job, and move to KC (where my grandchildren and several friends live). Since everything would be paid off…I wouldn’t have to stress over how soon I sold the house.
I tend to live paycheck to paycheck and it’s good to know that I’m not alone in that. Having always lived that way (except when I’ve lived on less…), I am accustomed to it and it doesn’t bother me.
To escape my job would be …as close to heaven as I can hope to get at this point in time. And I’m determined to escape in the next year or so, if I have to sell my new car to do it!
Wouldn’t hitting the jackpot at a casino, or the lottery, make a person’s year!
learae
Well I have a very high income, own a household of furniture, a car and truck, all paid off, I owe no money to anyone and my life is miserable. Now that I got to the point in my life where I have money, I am finding what I want I apparently can’t buy. I mean does anybody know where I can buy a good woman to date or marry, friends to hang out with, and a life that isn’t so stinking lousy? I will pay a reasonable referral fee.
Money is money and things are just things. I learned this when I got cleaned out of everything I owned when the ex left. Rebuilding is expensive but also fun, its like a new beginning. I guess i’m just not a materialistic person.
Well I am materialistic, I’d like to have about $70,000. That would pay off ever bill I owe and leave some to boot. Then what would I do with all my paychecks?
Let’s see… car, student loans, credit cards…
Gimme about $25,000 and I’ll be a happy man. Then I could really start saving some money.
All I would really need to improve my life would be 11,000. That would pay off my student loans and the last bit of my credit card debt. It would not help put me into a fancy car or new home, but I would be able to live as I currently do (modestly), without having to obsess about money. Just not having to worry would be improvement enough for me.
“If we had $10,000, we’d be millionaires. We could buy all sorts of useful things, like love.”
Reference?
There seems to be a wide variety of opinion on this subject, so I propose an experiment to come up with a realistic answer. Everybody send me some money, and when it starts to change my life I will let you know how much it took. What could be more fair?