What could you do with $150,000?

[auburngrad82]

I could pay off our house, credit cards, and car. Our house was purchased for just under $100,000 twelve years ago. I'm pretty sure with the money the GOP spent putting lipstick on their pig I could pretty much be debt free. How 'bout you?

[Lerkfish]

1. it would just pay off the remaining note on the house.

but still.

[Rage for Order]

2. I could buy a kick ass wardrobe n/t

[auburngrad82]

15. Sarah, is that you? nt

[Rage for Order]

31. Lol...Hey, you said "could", not "would"

[glowing]

3. Pay off my mortgage and one of my cars... Then, I'd be A.OK.

[Muttocracy]

4. Buy and renovate a house and pay off old debt. nt

[LeftyMom]

5. There's a foreclosure house up the street from my Dad for $80K.

Buy that, fix it up, get a new car, maybe a beater pickup, put the rest away to pay for the remainder of my education and then LK's in a few years.

[onehandle]

6. Buy a Big Mac by this time next year.

Things are getting grim.

[FirstLight]

7. I could pay off my student loan

...which has managed to suck all refunds and stimulus checks away from me for the past 5 years... I could erase my bad debt from my ex husband...I could trade in my car and get a hybrid or something cleaner...

and maybe have some money left over to save for a down on a house once I can afford the payments...


More than anything, I would love to just go to Target with $500 and get my kids shoess that fit, get myself some clothes that aren't hand-me-downs... and some towels or sheets that actually match or don't have holes in them!

another thing I would love to do with some extra cash is go to the holistic doctor and get my health issues under control. Right now I go to the free clinic and they have no new answers. I would like to have better health and take a more long term approach rather than just taking a pill for 6 months that causes worse side effects!!!

[question everything]

8. Pay off car and credit cards debt

and what's left - pay down the mortgage so that when it is time to retire, it would be paid off.

And make generous donations to worthy causes.

[cobalt1999]

9. Hookers, drugs, and a weekend in Vegas.

At least it would be more memorable than the clothes.

[auburngrad82]

16. I like the way you think

Unfortunately my wife won't let me have any fun anymore.

[pleah]

10. Since that amount of money is 3yrs. worth of pay for my family,

I could pay off the house and still have plenty left over for whatever.

[uppityperson]

11. Pay off mortgage, kid's school loans, put kid through college.

sigh

[KansDem]

12. Pay off my mortgage, buy a new car, put kid through college and have my teeth fixed.

And have enough left over for a bottle of...

[southernleftylady]

13. HUGE down payment on a house :) Nt

[Ikonoklast]

14. Have one hell of a party with other people's money.

Or, pay off every one that I owe money to, do a little work on the house that needs doing, and still have half left to spend on my kid's education.

Or I could find an underdressed tart from Alaska and wow her with baubles.

[auburngrad82]

20. I was going to ask if you were in the banking industry until I saw the second set of options

Hmmm. A huge blowout party or pay off debt...

It gets easier to make decisions as you get older.

[Blue Diadem]

17. We'd be debt free & able to get a few things we desperately need.

I'd have enough left over after the house and one charge card pay off, that we could get that new roof we need and two decent cars(ours are 18 & 16 yrs old) and pay off DH's medical bills from his hospital stay.

[Turbineguy]

18. One half on Wine, Women and Song

and the rest I'd spend foolishly.

[auburngrad82]

21. For me it would be beer and broads

but don't tell my wife.

[Turbineguy]

26. Ok, so you're a better

Democrat than me.

But don't tell my wife.

[Ikonoklast]

39. I'm telling both your wives.

[flvegan]

19. Something sensible, like a slightly used Lamborghini Gallardo.

Nah, I'd pay off my house and this year's taxes and insurance. Damn, that would be nice.

[auburngrad82]

25. Not me. I'd probably accidentally run over a Dole sign

and as low to the ground as a Lamborghini I'd hate to tear up the undercarriage by taking it off road. Accidentally, of course.

[Initech]

29. I'd go for a Maserati Quattroporte myself.

It looks cool, is fast as shit, and can transport four! What more could you want?

[amber_86]

22. I would buy a car and help pay

my sister medical bills

[MiniMe]

23. Pay off my mortgage and my credit cards

[Bryn]

24. I could buy this lovely townhouse I am renting for 88,000

and get my female 9 month old Beauceron dog spayed! There is no free or low cost spaying in Arkansas like they do in Florida where I am from! Lowest I could find for spaying her is 75.00 at Humane Society and that is still too high for me. In Miami, FL, I was able to get my cats/dogs spayed FREE as long as they have up to date rabies shots with proof of Miami residency. Duh! And of course, pay off my credit cards. Usury is terrible, interest rates have raised to 25% and more even though I am never late. Can't make a dent on them on income I get each month.

[slackmaster]

27. Pay off mortgage and HELOC, and have enough to buy a really nice car

Maybe a Mercedes-Benz or a Porsche.

[Initech]

28. I'd buy a house.

[TahitiNut]

30. Oats for the horses and liquor for my men.

[auburngrad82]

45. You're not my wife, are you?

She'd definitely put the horse (before we sold him), the dogs, and her men before paying off the house or car.

[elleng]

32. Daughters' educations,

ElEd/Special Ed Masters, and Public Health Masters.

AND then travel with them!

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Save It So I Could Retire Early

I don't have a mortgage anymore. We have a small car payment on one of the two cars.

And we have a small house and a decent income, so we don't need month to month cash.

But, i sure don't want to work until i die.
The Professor

[NickB79]

34. Pay off my wife's student loans and buy a few acres of land to build a house on

Then I can keep working full-time at the lab and still follow my dream to raise organic fruits and vegetables for the local farmer's markets.

[Cleita]

35. I could add it to my pension fund and get extra income.

It could really help with the increase in medical expenses and prescription drugs that I'm experiencing.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. Pay off debts, take a trip to Europe or maybe around the world,

give 10% to charity, and save the rest.

[RainDog]

37. open a small biz

I already have a bunch of stuff to go toward the same but still need cash for vendors up front for a new biz, plus p.o.s. equipment and big fixtures, etc.

[fed_up_mother]

38. Pay out my house, put money away for college for kids

[Maine-ah]

40. pay off all my debt including my house.

and still have some left over.

[trueblue2007]

41. I'd fix up our house and buy some AIG stock.

Be a stock holder and raise hell at stockholder meeting for the rest of my house.

Make hubby take me to Reno or Vegas.

[TheWraith]

42. I could pay off my house, and have money left to buy ANOTHER house.

[DearAbby]

43. Pay off all our debts

then finally have enough left over for dental work. The rest go into the bank...cant have too much in savings now days

[sarcasmo]

44. We would be debt free, car, house and bills. Just an amazing amount of money spent on clothes.

They now claim the clothes are going to charity, what a joke.

[Allyoop]

46. Five years

We could live very comfortably for at least 5 years, if we both remain healthy. We're SS age, house, cars, etc. paid for. Vegetables and fruit canned or frozen. Don't get around much anymore, so no need for an elaborate wardrobe. DH cuts our own wood to burn in our stove that circulates hot water all over the house. Would still have enough for modest travel expenses. My DH is che---uh frugal so it's because of him that we have no worries now. Haven't looked at our investments though and probably won't for a couple of months. We trust our broker to do whatever she can to keep us from losing it all.

[libnnc]

47. pay off my student loans, get my wisdom teeth out, fix the bathroom, and put a bunch in savings

I certainly would not waste it all on clothes.

[Greyhound]

48. Get out of the US. n/t

[Irish Girl]

49. Pay off my debt, finish up a PhD ..

.. without being in debt for fifty years over wanting to take my education further.

#1. Pay off all past student debt and my car loan
#2. Earn a PhD
#3. Buy some nice property to upkeep

[fizzgig]

50. pay off my student loans and cc debt

plus the money i owe my dad, take a vacation, fix up my car, and still have six figures left to save, open a business or put a down payment on a house

[Mollis]

51. Go to a college I want.

not be stuck at a junior college because we don't have that kind of money.

I would get my Administration of Justice Degree and be quite happy.

[Lifetimedem]

52. Pay off debts

and take a nice European vacation... ummm maybe get a face lift

[Uncle Joe]

53. Split it with all the current registered members of D.U.

[onethatcares]

54. off to the food bank first 25K goes to them

then I'd pay off the note on my house 60K, help my two sons out, 25K each. Wow, that's a lot of money isn't it?

[SammyWinstonJack]

55. Pay off my mortgage and car note and have $50k left over.

[MadinMo]

56. Pay off mortgage, buy a car or two, and ensure a good start

on my 15 year old son and daughter's college education. Maybe even sock a little away for retirement?

[aikoaiko]

57. Debt, guns, ammo, food stock pile.

[SweetieD]

58. Pay off my student loans.

[auburngrad82]

59. I forgot about my student loans

I have been paying on them for seven years but have several years to go. It would be nice to be out from under that debt.

[hamsterjill]

60. Pay off debt, then

realize my dream!!! That's a heckuva lot of money in my book! Especially all in one lump sum.