I keep having this dream I call an exoneration dream. I read a book that talked about exoneration fantasies where the burden was lifted in someone’s life. In my dream I invested a ton of my retirement money in GameStop stock at 4 dollars a share and started selling it at $350. My retirement portfolio value increased by 90 fold. Now I am sitting on $50 million between my IRA and Roth IRA money.
This did not happen, of course. I could not see the future and my risk tolerance is too low to play with stocks or options like many did. Congrats for those that hit their lottery ticket dream with GameStop
I did go shopping on Zillow the next day. I am intrigued by the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. They have the water in the summer and skiing in the winter. Maybe I should vacation there before buying a house sight unseen on Zillow.
There are gorgeous multi-million dollar homes with relatively small property taxes. Even with $50 million I am cheap. I wanted the $4 million dollar house and having one with property taxes under $15,000 was icing on the cake. Lower property taxes meant plenty of money for a boat, gas or electricity, lift tickets, and skis. Can you imagine having an electric wake boat? You could surf, ski, and tube for 3 hours and then rapid charge over lunch and then do it again.
I realize that having that kind of money means you have a different burden and other challenges. But it makes for an interesting dream.