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[Travel] If you had £100k
- Thread starter pauli cee
- Start date
neilbard
Hedging up
- Oct 8, 2013
- 6,280
Is it at all possible to get £100k in an average sized pocket?
Answer: Check into a hotel pretty sharpish before it starts pissing down.
Perkino
Well-known member
- Dec 11, 2009
- 6,053
Move up north and buy a house, Or use it as a deposit for a house down south.
No point in wasting such an amount on pointless things that will be worthless in the near future. But a house can always be sold for a good return.
P.S I am a home owner already and I have calculated that once I finish paying off my mortgage my property will be worth more than I ever end up giving the bank for my mortgage, It's already worth 150% of the purchase value within 5 years.
Megazone
On his last warning
I'd buy The Albion a player.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
I’m not sure that 100k buys even the left foot of an Albion player these days, maybe you could buy an under 12 player?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
That would pay a top earner for about 2.5 weeks... that puts it all into context.
I'd use the bulk of it alongside my deposit already saved to buy my first flat in order to bring my mortgage repayments down. Hold back about £20k of it and go travelling for a year, see the world. Not overly fussed about the best hotels and flying first class in all honesty, so that would easily be enough for me.
Looking at 30-35 year mortgages is bloody depressing though when you read about people retiring at 35-40.
Looking at 30-35 year mortgages is bloody depressing though when you read about people retiring at 35-40.
The answer to this is Cuba. Hardly any crime, stunning beaches, amazing people, weather, dirt cheap to live there. The most expensive "mansion" in the area we last visited cost $150k. Brilliant free education system and healthcare.
The only problem is that you can't buy property there unless you're married to a Cuban. But if you've seen some of the Cuban women then this really isn't a problem at all.
I’d ask this nice Nigerian Prince who’s been emailing me , to invest it in one of his really profitable schemes. Apparently, I’ll make millions and millions, and then I’ll retire.
What could possibly go wrong.
What could possibly go wrong.
Megazone
On his last warning
Southern Scouse
Well-known member
- Jul 21, 2011
- 2,095
Go back to the north of Brazil, buy a little house on the beach..... get a really good, health plan, teach English in the afternooons and watch the sunset every night with a bottle of Antarctica and some picanha grilled on the bbq while listening to some bossa nova...
Actually did this for a while and everyday I wonder why I stopped.....
Actually did this for a while and everyday I wonder why I stopped.....
Megazone
On his last warning
Your £100k ran out maybe?
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StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
Bollocks.
Not personal, but you cannot totally write entire countries off because of crime stats.
Don't let the media scare you, they're only trying to grab views or sell papers.
Out of interest... when was this, and how did you set it all up? Love to do something similar (if you could PM me would be great).
Southern Scouse
Well-known member
- Jul 21, 2011
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Weststander
Well-known member
Or 1 week if the NSC poster wanting us sign Wilshire on a £100k a week, had his way.
Weststander
Well-known member
Having read some of the comments, I'm feeling pretty poor!
It's similar to the holiday threads, where boasters come out of the woodwork.
Don't worry, you're probably one of the 95% of working age, working hard to meet the bills plus have some leisure.
Buy Burnley?
This. Would choose Mexico City over Croydon any day.