Tell us something we don’t know.

[two_bit_score]

Around here...$5MM for a house on one of the lakes is just mid range...upper ranges are well into double digits...!

In a lot of Texas neighborhoods a $5MM house is just a starter home.

 

[/pine]

On the west central coast of FL...waterfront homes that were built in the 50s and 60s have mostly been bought up...new people buy two or three of those homes and lots (tear down the old homes) and build new mansions on the combined properties...

 

[MossRoad]

Any large all sports lake in Michigan

 

[RSKY]

If you want to look at houses go to www.zillow.com and put in a town or county. You will be amazed at what they are asking for homes in some towns.

RSKY

 

[MossRoad]

Homes for sale today on Zillow within 2.5 hour drive from me for $3,000,000 minimum price.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Be there in a Jiffy?

In the late 18th or early 19th centuries, scientist Gilbert Newton Lewis defined a jiffy as the amount of time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum, about 33.4 picoseconds. That’s one trillionth of a second.

 

[IndyJay]

 

[kenmbz]

Homes for sale today on Zillow within 2.5 hour drive from me for $3,000,000 minimum price.

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Same here, across the street $6.9m and in the area plenty for $3m + , how do people afford this?

 

[MossRoad]

Same here, across the street $6.9m and in the area plenty for $3m + , how do people afford this?

 

[MossRoad]

Same here, across the street $6.9m and in the area plenty for $3m + , how do people afford this?

But seriously, I knew a guy in 1979 whose goal was to be a retired millionaire in 10 years. He was about 20 years old. He did it. He got an engineering degree from Purdue, and got a job with Archer-Daniels-Midland.

Our kids have friends that went to Purdue for engineering. All of them had paid internships at least 2 of the summers between classes with companies that offered them jobs before they graduated. All make well into the 6 figures first year out of college.

I was at a trivia contest last weekend and spoke to an old friend that's been retired from banking for three years. He's 58. His wife is retired, too. They are doing well.

Had we not had children... oh boy! We figured our added expenses for children were around $3-400K over 23 years. Had we invested that over 23 years instead, we'd have had a couple million extra sitting around due to compound interest. Once you start adding up 5 years of day care, 13 years of Catholic school, and 4 years of college, EACH. Then all the clothing, books, toys, FOOD (man them kids can eat), SPORTS EQUIPMENT!, SHOES! Travel expenses to get them to schools, sports, events, etc....

It's a good thing we like them!