Posted on 12/29/2007 5:48:14 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
I know! My son makes about this, no degree to pay for but trained and certified by the industry, and he lives in HAWAII.
He’s had this job since he was 19, had his own computer business from 15-18.
He’ll be 21 soon, and I expect great things for him.
I want him to be frugal, but not obsessive.
and what good did that do her?
I’m sorry to hear about your husband’s early death, but thankful he provided for you all.
A lot of us are “millionaires” if you count our home equity and retirement savings, value of home furnishings, life insurance, etc.
To me, a real millionaire is someone who has that in easily liquidated funds.
There are some people on this thread who really need to take a few deep breaths and relax.
This guy is the epitome of the American Dream. Ok, so he’s stingy as hell, but I imagine that’s a trait shared by the majority of the richest people in this country. And some of you seem to imply that he came by his wealth dishonestly. Did you conveniently choose to ignore that the guy remodeled houses? As stingy as he is, do you think he sat in some ivory tower and directed minions to do his bidding? I doubt it. He was probably chipping paint, sanding floors, and pounding nails himself at odd hours of the night and morning (he was working full time, remember?).
I see comments that amount to “he didn’t make his money by working hard,” or “he scammed his way into wealth.” That just tells me two things about the commenters: they are green with envy and they live in a fairy tale world. If any of you think that working hard alone will make you wealthy, you are delusional. If you think you can get wealthy by working a day job for someone else, you are either mentally retarded or completely insane.
Yeah, $1M ain’t what it used to be. However, consider that most people have almost no savings and lots of debt (and I’m talking credit card debt—not mortgage debt). Given that, he’s doing pretty good.
"No risk, no reward." Yet this guy gets hammered because he's opened himself up to risk (uncertain real estate values). A lot of these critics don't have the guts to take risks and face potential failure themselves, so they snipe at those who do.
Only two things limit a mans wealth.His choice of a wife and his health.
Merry Christmas-Happy New Year!
True! Whether they are divorced, or still married. I love my wife but can't keep her out of Nieman Marcus.
-ccm
The end of the scene is the man ripping up the floor to reveals millions of dollars, gems, gold and jewelry crying out,
"HERE! Damn you ... HERE is the damned money ! "
“Sure, he has a lot of money but what good is it?”
My little brother has done the same thing, simple jobs and now a small roofing business, but he saves everything, thinks about money all the time and owns a number of houses (all bought with lump sum cash).
He has a huge amount of cash in the bank but is far short of his goal, he says that when he retires he needs X amount of income per month, my question to him is, after being such a tight fisted tightwad all his life, does he really think that at an advanced age he is going to all of a sudden be the kind of person that needs thousands of dollars a month in disposable income?
He never owned a VCR, no stereo system, he has never seen a DVD play on his old TV, no digital camera, no computer, no collections or hobbies, no BBQ cooker, only one pistol with only twenty rounds of ammunition, yet he keeps amassing the wealth for some imagined future of being a red blooded, robust man of generous proportions, living a life of grace and comfort surrounded by a warm social life of new friends, (something that he doesn’t have the time for now, but that will evidently appear when he is in his 60s).
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“There are a million men out there that would be financially stable had they never married.”
There are millions more of us that would never have thought about money if we never married.
Many males only care about stuff like that when they have a female to draw them to the financial accumulation aspect of life.
I’m sure his book deal and appearance fees will more than make up for the paper loss on the home.
Now that the local housing insector knows, you'll want to move soon. A room without a window cannot be live in, legally.
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So do you think he lied at the time to qualify for the place or that he doesn't deserve the place because he is white?
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