Now $15 million to spend. What would you buy?

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I guess I'll contribute, seeing as how I started the thread!

This house
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It's about 10 minutes away from my current house. And it has a 6 car garage!
$1,249,000
http://realestate.chron.com/homes/listing/2757-16202084
That's a good deal for a house like that!
This is what that kind of money buys in DFW.
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Anything like yours shown is $2.5+ easily.
 
@McLaren: that you house you posted is hideous.

I would probably buy my way into Harvard or something similar.
 
@McLaren: that you house you posted is hideous.

I would probably buy my way into Harvard or something similar.
Maybe so, but it was more to show my point. Something like what astro posted would be this:
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$3.65 million & this is an entry level home for its value in DFW.
 
Maybe so, but it was more to show my point. Something like what astro posted would be this:
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$3.65 million & this is an entry level home for its value in DFW.

Yes, similar pricing here. You typically get a decent chunk of land to go with it.

But alas, I hate McMansions.
 
Yes, similar pricing here. You typically get a decent chunk of land to go with it.
Land is usually thrown in dirt cheap out west. If the property is settled on good soil though for animals, that alone drives a few ranch homes up another $40-50K thanks to the fancy barns & equipment built in with the homes.
But alas, I hate McMansions.
I don't generally care for mansions, either. Sadly, if I had the money, I'm afraid my garage would be bigger than my home. :lol:
 
I would demolish my house and rebuild it brick for brick, bringing it to optimum conditions. Then I would give most of my money to charity, and what's left to GTPlanet.
 
I'd buy a house for not too much while the housing market is down. Then:

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And a fat retirement account or something.
 
Then I would give most of my money to charity
*goes to change his name to Charity* :p

As for what I'd do with $2.5M, that would be the same as the last thread that asked about a load of cash, with a few updates:

TB
Danoff, if you wouldn't mind specializing some of that medical research in CF, it'd be much appreciated. ;)

31 33, male, married

My house if fine, short of the modest changes we're making to it, as are both of our cars, so the first order of business is to pay those the house off. Then student loans and add to our kids' 529's. A few bucks will go to our parents and siblings to shut them up and the rest will be socked away for the inevitable medical bills.
 
I would buy a new VW GTi, and a good sized house. The rest I would use to go to college and invest the rest in GM and Chrysler stock.



(Kidding about investing in GM and Chrysler)
 
$2,500,000 to spend, here are some links to what I could actually purchase today 👍

- $750,000 House In Bonita, California

- $16,900 '77 Yellow Corvette With Chrome Luggage Rack (My Fav Car Of All Time :))

- $88,800 Porsche 911 Carrera S For The Wife, she loves the look of coupes and Porsche's

- 250,000 Retirement Account

- $125,000 Savings Account For Kids College Funds

- $35,000 Paying Off Student Loans (Besides the mortgage is our only debt, yay!)

Total So Far: $1,265,700

I'm only half way there :lol: More to come later as I think of things.

Jerome
 
Having just noticed this is in Dollars, I've realised it wouldn't be enough for the Strad. Oh well, I can still get plenty of awesome cars!
 
I would get myself a "deposit book" in Monaco or Switserland and live of the interest.
 
I'd buy land in Macedonia and Ukraine and design + build my own houses there, and buy a Maserati Gran Sport Syder and drive the trip around Europe I posted in a premo thread awhile back.
 
It's funny to say it, but $2.5m (£1.64m) isn't actually that much money. For example, there are no 5 bedroomed detached houses with large rooms, garages and gardens in Edinburgh for sale within that price range at this time. There's something nice on at "offers over" £1.68m, so that's £2m. And a nice house at offers over £895k (so that's £1.3m) which isn't big enough...

I calculated that a house that's appreciably nicer than ours, plus comfortable (not extravagant) living, plus retirement for my wife and I, plus school fees for the three monsters, comes in somewhere around £4m. And we don't even have any of TB or Danoff's dramas.

Perhaps it's just an artefact of being in a European city, but to get the dreams of the fast cars & bikes and big houses, we'd need $25m.
 
Ok, I've noticed that people can't seem to budget themselves with $2.5 million. So how about we raise it to $15 million dollars? Will that work with everyone?
 
Ah, so that works out at slightly under £10m, which is much more workable!

This house looks quite nice:
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I'd also like a place in France, somewhere like St Emilion.

I'd give up being an IT consultant and be a full-time photographer, not really caring that I wasn't being paid.

I quite fancy knocking around in an SL63 AMG as well. If I could get one of the Murcielago SVs, that would be good, but rather than buying a load of expensive exotica, I'd join one of those supercar rental companies.
 
With the increase in budget, it looks like I can now have my beloved Stradivarius after all, as long I could make a deal with Yo-Yo Ma! I would also quite like to buy Fallingwater, a Hummer H2, Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, Pagani Zonda C12-F Roadster, and the original Benz Patent Motorwagen!
 
My plan still stands. Property with a good investment portfolio. Definitely a few more luxuries, however. Zonda, RS6, Exige. In the Alps.

I would also quite like to buy Fallingwater!

I'm quite certain Fallingwater would sell for more than 15m$.

Ok, I've noticed that people can't seem to budget themselves with $2.5 million.

If you can't budget yourself with 2.5 million dollars, chances are you won't make it very long with 15...
 
My plan still stands. Property with a good investment portfolio. Definitely a few more luxuries, however. Zonda, RS6, Exige. In the Alps.



I'm quite certain Fallingwater would sell for more than 15m$.

I heard it's worth 2.4m$, but that may have just been inflation of the construction costs, not sure.
 
I just quickly read the posts here and on first thoughts I'd do the following;
agree with the purchase of 'Falling Water', possibly the greatest house design ever.
I'd happily take the bus for the rest of my life to ensure that the Florist's spent the rest of their days in lower league football or alternatively; buy a (original) mini but still see the Florist's suffer.

D.
 
I'd buy houses for my Parents and Grandparents. (£2.5m budget)
Rent an apartment or house for myself and perhaps my best friends somewhere nice.
Spend £150k on gifts for close friends and family.

Cars:
VW Scirocco R
Nissan GTR Spec-V(Once they have been released)
1965 VW Transporter (Restoration Project)
MK1 Golf GTI Convertible
Citroen DS3 Racing
So about £250k(Maybe:scared:) for the cars, including insurance etc. I'm sure i'd end up buying more though.:)

Donate £500k between several charities.

Then invest and save the rest, leaving 'big' purchases such as a house and more exotic cars until im older.👍


 
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First thing I would do is pay off mine and my moms cars, so ~$15,000

Then I would give my mom $1M for her to live on so she doesn't have to live on the crappy retirement checks she gets now.

Next, I would donate $1M to my church so they can build their new building and do whatever else with it.

Next, $1,000,000 max on at least a 3 bed/3 bath house somewhere in either Colorado, North Carolina, or Florida.

$150,000 for a Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S for me as a daily driver


$74,000 for a Mercedes Benz E500 4Matic for the future misses


$120,000 for a Porsche 911 Targa 4S as a weekend car for me


$~70,000 (average price according to autotrader.com) for a Ferrari 355 because I've always wanted one and I have $15M to spend so dammit I'm going to buy one.


That leaves $11,571,000 assuming I spend the full $1M on the house.

Now I'll pay off my sisters house. I have no idea how much she owes, but lets say its $150,000.
I'll pay off her Chevy Avalanche next. Still no idea how much she owes on it, but let's say around $30,000.

That leaves $11,391,000.

Next I'll donate $1,000,000 to the National Down Syndrome Society.

This leaves me with $10,391,000.

Next, I'll take my close friends on a shopping spree and spend $391,000 on them total to end up with an even $10,000,000.

Finally, I would split my $10M and put $8M in the bank to live off the interest and then invest the other $2M.
 
$15 million is way too much. To easy to grab a $3 million home, 5-6 sports cars, & a boat with some millions left to spend.
 
I'm in agreement with the others. I'd only need $5 Million and I'd retire and from that $5M I'd do the following:

$3M in bank @ a very conservative 5% ($150k p.a. from interest, just off $3k per week to live off.)
$1M for decent 4 bedroom house in a decent neighbourhood, or buy a few acres in the sticks.
$1M for cars, decent sized 60ft boat, and other playthings.
 
7M-in gold/silver/platinum
4M-garage with a house
3M-in cars, a boat, and other multi wheeled vehicles. maybe get a hovercraft
1M-donate to fallen troops
 
LOADS of cars for restoring... and a place to do so.

Ah, and yeah, house and all that stuff. I just want to save old cars.
 
$15 million is way too much. To easy to grab a $3 million home, 5-6 sports cars, & a boat with some millions left to spend.

:lol: Did you read what I wrote in the beginning of the thread?? I wanted to buy "Fallingwater" with a race track in the back and multiple million dollar cars... :p Oh yeah and a Wally Power 118.... To buy all that, 2.5 or even 15 million is pocket change... :lol:
 
OK 15m changes the story.

Still 2m for me and 2m for my partner put aside.
2m for my sisters family (trust fund) and 2m for my parents.
Some discussion with the partner for the inlaws.

A bit under 6 million left this time:
* Having people finish the renovation project (0.5m).
* Getting an ULM licence and a fast ULM (0.5m)
* Abarth 500 for city and a Mercedes C63 AMG for longer distances.
* Some cars I saw (total about 0.5k):
- Ariel 500 or Catherham V8 (for circuit only)
- Aston Martin Vantage V12 (new in this case)
- Old Second hand Rolls 30-50 k (just for showing off)
- Second hand Ford GT, Lamborghini or Ferrari at about 150k (probably more circuit)
- Second Hand Cadillac CTS-V, Mercedes CL AMG or other 4 doors Luxery car (30-50k)
- A 4*4 with trailer to take cars to the track (probably second hand Hummer) 40k

The with the rest (my estimate 4m) start my investment firm (managing personal funds):
* Bonds
* Stock
* Property (like appartments in London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Madrit, NY, Miami) depending on opportunities and available funds, put at disposition of shareholders. Some special houses in special places like one of the Trulli in Alberobello.
* Derivatives
* Classical cars (Like Jaguar XJR 15, Ferrari 348, ...) and art. Depending on available budget. Avoiding very expensive cars like the MacLaren F1 or already very known artists.
* Risk capital investments on low budgets (local enterpreneurs)

Spending my time, DYI on the properties (sometimes just coordinating) looking for and managing the investments. Driving the cars.
 
Ok, so with $15 million dollars, I would buy:
This nice mansion in the Memorial area of Houston.
6 Bed/ 7 Bath/ 3 Half Bath/ 4 car garage
$6,795,000
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http://realestate.chron.com/homes/listing/2789-42460837

This wonderful house in the stunning Breckenridge, Colorado.
4 Bed/ 6 Bath/ 3 car garage
$2,999,000
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Can't beat that view!

My Houston cars:
Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe- $487,970
Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano- $320,000
'93 Jaguar XJ220- $249,000
'65 Chevy Corvette Coupe- $179,900
'91 Ford Ranger XLT- Free!

My Brekenridge Cars:
'06 Hummer H1 Open Top- $137,900
Ferrari California- $249,000
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed- $221,905

Then I would bank the rest and live off the interest!
 
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