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What if you won 10 MILLION Dollars? How would you spend it?

Great Topic. . .sure wish this was real, but nonethless here is what I would do:

1. Give 10% to God
2. PAY OFF MY STUDENT LOANS and TELL SALLIE MAE where to stick it http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
3. Give $500,000 to my brother and $1,000,000 to my mom
4. Hop on the first thing smoking to ATL and leave Columbus behind
5. Pay life memberships for myself, my sands, and Kelli. **Oops forgot one, Life Membership for Ideal08. She might be a different organization but sisterhood knows no color http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif**
6. Buy a house
7. Take the month off and tour Jamaica
8. Buy a Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator
9. Contribute money to worthwhile charities, primarily AIDS and Cancer research
10. Investments
11. Money to Delta Sigma Theta
12. Give money to my cousin so she can go to college next year.
13. SHOPPING SPREE http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif
14. What is left over, to the BANK!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

P.S. I would continue to work, just call in sick more often http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

[This message has been edited by CrimsonTide4 (edited June 15, 2001).]

Headline: Nikki25 Wins 10 Million Dollars

Nikki25, the Greekchat Sisterfriend won 10 million dollars by the grace of God on yesterday. We here at Victorious Living Magazine caught up with Nikki25, and this is what she said: "I always knew that one day I'd be wealthy...see my Heavenly Father has always reminded me that He has many mansions and that I would prospereth. This is only a test of stewardship. This is how I plan to spend the money:

1. Tithe 10% of the $10 million to my church. This is an act of worship for me.

2. Select a financial planner who will help me make wise spending and investing decisions.

3.Partially fund a community center for my church adjacent to its new property.

4. Pay off all of my immediate family's debts (student loans, mortgage, sis' student loans,etc.)

5. Purchase a new home for my parents in the city of their choosing

6. Send my parents on a Cruise to Alaska

7. Purchase a premium car for myself. I'm thinking a BMW 740iL would be wonderful.

8. Purchase property in the city of my choosing to have my custom designed home built

9. Contribute to Christian charities as well as the Diabetes and Cancer Foundations

10. Travel around the country and world for about a month visiting close friends and family."

We sincerely enjoyed our time talking with Miss Nikki25 as when we looked at her, we could see the elation in her voice and humility in her spirit as she discussed what she would do with her money. She has sought to donate her monies to her church family, honor her parents, set forth a financial plan, and relax. We here at Victorious Living Magazine would like to thank Nikki25 for inviting us into her life, and pray God's blessings be upon her in her new endeavors.




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I will bless the Lord at ALL times His praise shall continually be in my mouth. (Psalms 34:1, KJV)

[This message has been edited by nikki25 (edited June 15, 2001).]

1. Pay off all debts
2. Pay my children's college tuition in advance
3. Set up a trust fund for my children
4. Send my parents on a month long vacation
5. Purchase a newer home.
6. Purchase homes for my sisters and brother
7. Secure a trust fund for my neices and nephews
8. Give a portion to my church
9. Pay a teen-mom's college tuition
10. Give to various charities (AIDS Research, UNCF, Habitat for Humanity...)
11. Invest
12. Go on a shopping spree
13. Bank the rest

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You forgot to get The Original Ape his birthday gift! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

15. Buy TOA a smaller ego http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif J/J. . .I would pay for his stay in N'awlins at this year's A Phi A convention. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

set my mother and grandparents up in any way they'd like...then i'd move to Cote d'Ivoire with my "three kids" and "hubby"...travel, travel, travel, and enjoy life...and run around bare foot... http://www.plauder-smilies.de/person/farmerjohn.gif

[This message has been edited by SableCherub (edited June 15, 2001).]

What I would do....

1. Give God his propers (10% minimum, but I would have to pray for how much to give above and beyond)

2. Pay off Mom's mortgage and refurbish her home just the way she want's it (attic converted to a bedroom with addt'l bath, renovate kitchen, backyard made into a Japanese garden with pond, and a sunroom with Jacuzzi). I have been wanting to do that for YEARS!

3. Pay off mortgage on current home and sell it so I can buy a bigger home, in either Dublin or Bexley (My house is 6 months old so the buyer will be getting quite a deal).

4. Pay off student loans, but I won't tell EFS and Fifth Third where to stick it http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Oh, I dunno about moving to ATL, though I want to. God is doing a work for the people of Columbus, and I wanna be there to witness it.

5. Start a scholarship fund for college-bound teens.

6. Donate to a worthy cause (I have to pray for what cause/s to give).

7. Buy my dream car; a 1999 Acura CL coupe.
8. Take my dream vacation; a transcontinental train ride west across the US, and east across Canada.

9. Start endowment funds for Beta Kappa Lambda and Sigma Phi Chi to insure survival of both orgs.

10. Set aside tuition money for doctorate program, either law or seminary school.

11. The rest? Tax-sheltered investments.

RM

After getting over myinitial shock and glee, I would:

1. Rememebr that I am only working with about 5.5M since I have to pay TAXES on it!
2. show my thanks to God by donating to my church
2. Continue to show my thanks to God by doing other good things with the money (contributions to chatrities)
3. Pay off all my debts
4. Quit my job
5. Find a good financial planner to ensure I never have to work again
6. DO something ice for my parents, I am not quite sure what though
7. Buy a house
8. Take all of my friends with me on a trip
9. Shop
10. Travel
11. Did I say SHOP!
12. Chill! Because I could- all day everyday! No, actually, I probably would go back to school and study something I just wanted to study Figure out what my true life's passion is and explore that.

1) Tithes and offering
2) Bye-bye student loans (I'd let CT4 tell 'em about how they were a WART . . .) http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif
3) Pay off everything on my credit report
4) Pay off my car loan
5) Trade in Sparkle (my car) and buy a 2001
Toyota Solara.
6) Pay off all of my sisters' debt
7) Buy houses for me and my (2) sisters
8) Buy a HUGE house from which to operate my non-profit (my dream): Shelter of sorts for women and all of their issues.
9) Create college fund for my God-chirrun
10) Quit my job (so that I can work full time on my non-profit and other community service. THIS WOULD BE THE LIFE!!)
11) TRAVEL (1st stop, The Great Pyramid)
12) Much money will be left over for investments

There are 10 things I would do with the $10 million:

1. pay off Visa
2. pay off Discover
3. pay off Mastercard
4. pay off Express
5. give 10% to the "chuch"
6. build my parents their dream home
7. build my dream home
8. buy me a jet black, 2002 Yukon Denali with tint, 20 inch rims, leather, 10 disc changer, etc.....
9. invest
10 a. SHOP
b. see numbers 1-4

Ditto CrimsonTide4 -- other than #11.

1. 2 Million to the Martin Luther King Memorial Fund
2. 1 Million in a Trust Fund to poor innercity youths (25% to be given immediatly and 50 percent reinvested and 25% for up and coming youth)
3. 2 Million to My Mom
4. 50,000 dollars in cars and clothes
5. 950,000 invested
6. 1 Million Saved
7. 500,000 dollar contribution to the member orgs of the NPHC(the other 7)
8. 500,000 to the Working office of Alpha Phi Alpha
9. 250,000 to Alpha Kappa Alpha(in dedication to their support of various programs I participated in when I was young)
10. 750,000 to my checking account
11. 998,000 to be split amongst Fam and Good Friends
12. 2,000 to go out to dinner.

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Sphinxpoet

http://www.plauder-smilies.de/lach.gif ROFLMAO @ YOU. I had to scroll up and read #11, and then I fell out. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

WooHoo, what a fun topic!!!

1)Give Mom a Million.
2)Buy and furnish a new home for Mom.
3)Buy Mom a new car.
4)Give both my aunts and cousin $500,000.00 each
5)Buy me a new home.
6)Buy me a Cadillac Escalade.
7)Buy my boyfriend the vehicle of his choice.(Yes, I love him THAT much!!!)
8)Start my own business.
9)Assist my boyfriend in starting his own business.
10)Invest the rest!

We can dream can't we? **sigh**

[This message has been edited by THICKNCHOCLATE (edited June 15, 2001).]

1. Donate to my two churchs and my mother's church.

2. Buy my mom a home and new car.

3. Buy sisters and brothers homes and cars.

4. Pay loans off.

5. Buy a house and my 01 Black 2 Dr Accord.

6. Donate money to charities and a homeless that I volunteer aat.

7. Help other family members.

8. Buy my bestfriend a house.

9. Put savings away for niece and nephew's college tuition.

10. Invest

11. Take vacations

12. Put the rest in savings and CDs/

With 10 million dollars I don't think I would DO ANYTHING, I would have others do it for me http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
But I would be sure to Pay God back for all he has done 4 me and I am sure it is worth more then 10% .... with what is left I would 1) pay off all debt that me and my entire family had ... come on this is 10 million dollars.
2)Buy property so that my entire family could be close, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE
3)fund education for my nieces, nephews, cousins and others in need
4)maybe invest - I am sure 10 million even 1 million can last till I am 95 ..why waste it on stocks and run the risk of losing it.
5)relax the rest of my life

If I had 10 million, I would...

1) Give my 10% in tithes
2) Hire a financial planner to keep account of my spending so that I don't go broke
3) Set up a college fund for my younger brother and sister
4) Buy a few pieces of property that are in the same location to move my immediate family into
5) Buy myself a house, a loaded champagne colored Escalade, a Mercedes convertible and a sportscar
6) Quit my job, finish college, using my spare time doing more volunteer work
7) Donate money to the homeless charities, work programs and teen mom programs in my area
8) Give my hairstylist a love donation
9) Buy some high-interest savings bonds for my future children
10) Travel
11) Buy my two best friends whatever they want (within reason)
12) Put the rest in the bank

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"Mind ya own, stay true to ya own, be ya own."

Peace and God Bless
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TTT
 

Had to bring this back up.....

1. Give to the church

2. I wouldn't quit my job...I would just work like 8 hours every week....(maybe every other week!), until I finish school.

3. Pay off all of my debt, all of my mother's debt, and all of my grandmother's debt.

4. Buy myself a "modest", Soprano-style house, preferably in Baltimore.

5. Buy myself a 2003 Yukon Denali XL, Cream exterior, cream leather interior, gold trim...on chrome!

6. Set up an allowance account for my little sister...(can't trust her with cash!)

7. Tell Sallie Mae to KISS MY ^$$...along with ERR'BODY in the financial aid office!

8. Buy 1 pair of Manolo Blahnik slip-ins, and 1 pair of "tims"

9. Go on a 'modest' shopping spree.

10. Open up one of those "welfare-to-work" consignment clothing stores to help dress women for new careers.

11. Hire an investment banker...preferably a FIONE one that I can get to manage my money...and introduce me to his equally FIONE brother who I will fall deeply in love with and bear beautiful caramel colored children! :p

$3.3 million - charities
$2.0 million - trustfund for niece and nephew
$100K - pay of family members bills
$200K - buy house
$400K - investing
$3 million - savings
That is all. I am not much of a spend thrift, but I probably give more money to charities. I like the feeling it gives me. :)

This was the hardest question I have ever answerd on GC. I honestly can say Im happy where we are finacially. The is nothing I truly long for. Weird Huh? :o Im am a favored child of God.

With 10 millioin after taxes!!
 

1. Get my sons mother and him and his little sister out of the living conditions they are in and into a nicer area.

2. Pay off all debts...PERIOD!

3. Don't have a home church so I would visit different ones and leave anonymous donations.(must make sure the money will get into the right hands)

4. Set up a charitable fund in the name of the late great Fellowman Walter "Philly Dog" Armstrong

5. Go on a cruise for about a month.(like your boy on the Royal Tennenbaums did!)

6. Buy my mom a condo in Florida

7. Buy some land

8. buy some apartment buildings(4 or 5)

9. Buy a Subway or a Chik-Fil-A(next Krispy Kreme Phenom watch my words)

10. Put 3MM into the bank into bonds and sinvestment and live off of the return which on the average would be around 5k+ a month. Not bad!

11. Build me a log mansion in the middle of nowhere in NC somewhere and get mme a pickup truck and dog and go the market every sunday in town woith my dog spot! :D

12. Last but not least donate 350M to the nation of Groove Phi Groove S.F.I.

$10M
 

1. Tithe and donate to the youth ministry at my church
2. Pay off all debt
3. Set up a trust fund for my sister, two cousins, god-daughter and future children (if I never marry and have children, I would give it to a deserving relative).
4. Pay my sister’s tuition for high school and undergrad. She can use the money in the trust fund to pay for med school.
5. Pay my mom’s debt
6. By her a house and new car
7. Send her on a vacation. My mom is the hardest working person I know who’s never taken a vacation.
8. Buy a new home w/ new furniture
9. Quit my job and pay for my MBA
10. But before I go back to school, I have to take my family, my man and my girls to Jamaica.
11. Become a silent partner in an up and coming business
12. Invest, primarily in real estate
13. Buy a new wardrobe

1. Pay all my credit card bills
2. Pay my student loans
3. Buy my mother a condo and the car of her dreams
4. Buy myself a nice car
5. Buy a house
6. Pay all those dang on book clubs that keep sending me book even though I didn't ask for them!!
7. Pay off my mother credit card and the loan she got me for school
8. Go on a nice vaction with my mother because we both deserve it!

1. pay off my loans
2. pay offf my friend's loans
3. buy a house for my Mom (penthouse please, 86th and York! Thaaanks)- that's about half of the money right there actually, lol.
4. pay for my fam's college educations (set up trustfunds)
5. buy myself a small, nice house somewhere in Miami where I could run on the beach every morning
6. get the ILL accountant/ investment portfolio manager (I know a couple already! My boy Teddy!)

Re: With 10 millioin after taxes!!
 

:eek: NEXT? Are they new in your area or something?

I'm in chicago sweetheart...nowhere in sight for another five years they told me! The Chik-fil-a that is!!!

After Taxes!
 

1. 10% to God but in my own way...I'm not for mindlessly handing a church that much money.

2. Bulid my dream house- my design 5 bedroom, 4 bath, 3 living areas, 2 offices, 3 car garage, 2. 5 acres of land, pool, sauna everything I've ever wanted! thats about 700,000.

3. buy a convertable Volvo and Escalade for me.

4. 67 mustang for my man, 2003 Mustang for my mom, convertable beetle for sister

5. mom a condo, sister a condo where shes going to school.

6. Have my dream 50,000 wedding- guess I'd have to get engaged first
:D

7. Buy lots of land all over Texas then sell it to developers and make me even more rich!

8. pay my papa back for college and send my man to grad school.

8. Save the rest and live off the monthly interest

Kelly

I just bought my Powerball tickets last night. The Powerball is up to $280 Million and the drawing will be on Christmas night. That would be the best Christmas present ever if I won.

Anyway, to answer the question.

1. One Million goes to my church
2. One Million to my mother and father
3. $250,000 each to my sisters = $500,000
4. $100,000 each to my aunts and grandmother = $500,000
5. $500,000 each to find cures for cancer and AIDS
6. $500,000 in mutual funds
7. Two Million to buy commercial real estate
8. One Million to donate to charities and my soon to be alma mater
9. Two Million to open my own businesses
10. One Million to live off of