[proxy_user]

The top 1% in wealth is believed to start at about $4 million, but no one knows for sure because wealth does not have to be reported except at death.

The top 5% is thought to start at about $2.7 million or so.

But these numbers are both just guesses. Read more here:

http://www.joshuakennon.com/how-much-money-does-it-take-to-be-in-the-top-1-of-wealth-and-net-worth-in-the-united-states/

[expat_panama]

...about $4 million, but no one knows for sure ...

and nobody could really know for sure anyway;  the wife & I were talking about this and merely saying how much the house was worth fogged up the convo beyond all recognition.