What amount of money would make you comfortable?

[fronton]

The more you make, the less content you remain.

[nando]

Banks are not discounting their foreclosures much below market value in all but a few places MI, AZ Nv are about the only places you are seeing decent bank owned deals. Thank you fed govt for giving the banks all the money to bail out the shity lending, they are being paid to hold the realestate market up, still

yeah, the bank owned homes really aren't a good deal, we looked at a lot of them - they were usually pretty trashed, or had mold issues (due to being unihabited for so long), and weren't cheap enough to be worth it. maybe 20-30k less than a comparable "normal" sale.

and banks wonder why they sit on the market..

[eskimo810]

hah wow, very high income area i bet?

theres a house across the street where i live and its on the bank, i wonder how much its going for but its nice, bought by the bank, should be cheap

Lot's of upper-middle class, but nothing crazy. It's a ski town though, lots of second homes. Everything is expensive. Hell, if you have a nice view from your property you get taxed for that. Very liberal up here? Fair to say.

[Mlarsen]

Annual income 250k to 300k. Money aside, I'd like to be able to travel. If I could once a year take a full month off of work, that'd be awesome. Financial freedom is one thing but, to have personal freedom is a completely different ball game.

[Kershaw]

or even better, a job where you travel once a month across the globe would be pretty cool too.

[Cabriolet]

the wife and i make <100k and its ok, not great, cant afford an m3 but i know friends who aren single, making >100k and seem poor. its all about money management. tbh if i were making >150k life would be pretty sweet.

[Vtec?lol]

Gimme $200k and I'll pay off urrthang and have money to invest in myself. Or at least build a solid foundation to make the rest of my lifes work a lot easier.

[ak-]

The more you make, the less content you remain.

I work at a financial institution and I can feel and see this off every wealthy client/customer. It's true.

[lolcantturn]

I work at a financial institution and I can feel and see this off every wealthy client/customer. It's true.

Why would you be less content with the more you make? More management needed for all the money?

[ButtJuice]

About 3k & I'd be a happy camper, + my current rate of paychecks.

[cale]

Why would you be less content with the more you make? More management needed for all the money?

Your expenses go up with your income. Make 50k a year, struggle to buy a house. Make 150k a year, struggle to maintain mortgage, new cars and kids. More money unless you get a hell of a lot of it doesn't make problems disappear....although I'd take my chance with 150 vs 50.

[mrsleeve]

Why would you be less content with the more you make? More management needed for all the money?

Greed

The more you make the more you want.


Something I understand 1st hand. Have had to learn too keep my self in check. I have nearly sextoupled my anual income from 5 years ago in thaT short amount of time. Sometimes its hard to remember just "cuz". You want it is not a good enough reason to buy it and to be happy with the shit you have

[chadthestampede]

Your expenses go up with your income. Make 50k a year, struggle to buy a house. Make 150k a year, struggle to maintain mortgage, new cars and kids. More money unless you get a hell of a lot of it doesn't make problems disappear....although I'd take my chance with 150 vs 50.

aka mo money mo problems

Today, about 60k would pay off all my student loans and other debt. Scary.

[nickpro]

The more you make, the less content you remain.

Maybe I'm wrong, I feel like the only people that say this have never had to struggle to pay bills. I know all my friends at school who have the mindset that "They don't care about money, they just want to do what makes them happy for a living" grew up rather comfortable.

I know money could make me happy at the moment. Being able to buy what I want and need would be nice.

19, school full time, work 30 hours a week, commute 45 min-an hour to school one way. It's not fun. But I'll be out with a masters, a teaching certificate and a BA in photo.

Like someone else said, I'm not busting my ass now to graduate making 50k a year. Goal is 70k first year out, and up from there.

[herbivor]

Your expenses go up with your income. Make 50k a year, struggle to buy a house. Make 150k a year, struggle to maintain mortgage, new cars and kids. More money unless you get a hell of a lot of it doesn't make problems disappear....although I'd take my chance with 150 vs 50.

^This. Me and my wife were just as happy out of college making $60k per year combined as we are making $250k per year. We have more shit and can sort of buy what we want within reason and save a ton, but the level of happiness hasn't increased because of our income. Your level of happiness is mainly dependent on your state of mind, not your environment.
On the otherhand, my sister went from rags to riches instantly when she married a millionaire and her level of happiness has increased a little going from literally the edge of poverty to traveling somewhere exotic every week with her retired millionaire husband.