What do people do as a career that have these insane houses?

[Sebstar]

dont forget guys, you actually have to be good at what you do. no one in their right mind is gonna pay you 150k a year for sitting around doing **** all. investment bankers make lots of money because they literally work 120 hours a week.

its all relative. i'd rather pull $120k a year when im 45, being a professor and leading an easy lifestyle than working 90 hours a week doing something i might not like and pull 400k a year.

[KRANE]

dont forget guys, you actually have to be good at what you do. no one in their right mind is gonna pay you 150k a year for sitting around doing **** all. investment bankers make lots of money because they literally work 120 hours a week.

its all relative. i'd rather pull $120k a year when im 45, being a professor and leading an easy lifestyle than working 90 hours a week doing something i might not like and pull 400k a year.

Well that's not true. I know people that are complete morons and make lots of money. Sure there're smart people who earn their money, but the world is full of people that don't have a clue, but that just know people--and the cash just rolls in.

[hittman]

I went driving with my parents to Colts neck, NJ today just to look at some of the insane houses they have there, and most of them were like 15,000-20,000 square feet. One of the houses had 2 3 car garages, one on each side of the house, just mind boggling. These people obviously aren't celebrities, so im wondering what kind of careers people that can afford these 4-8 million dollar houses are in?

doctors, entrepreneurs, business tycoons, paris hiltons, the list goes on

[sefi]

drug dealin

[falconXR]

drug dealin

LoL, If you dont mind the risks of the job.

[KRANE]

doctors, entrepreneurs, business tycoons, paris hiltons, the list goes on

Rich parents, insurance policies benficiaries, inheritances, and on, and on....

[SupDawg]

owning a company.

[SGMD1]

I didn't go through the whole thread so I don't know if this has already been mentioned (although I wouldn't be surprised if it has) but if you are a wise (and lucky) investor, you can turn a mediocre amount of money into a restankylous amount of money.

Case in point: Four years ago, everyone thought Apple was going to go bankrupt. Share price: $10.

Today: The iPod turned out to be Apple's godsend. Share price: $120.

If you decided to risk a year's salary (let's say, $100,000) on Apple in 2003, you'd have $1.2 million today.

Obviously very few people could have predicted that a company on the verge of bankrupcy would make such a turnaround, but there are plenty of stocks that show extremely good growth if you do your research.

[AniMaLizTik]

start investing your money into a pention plan and a saving account may boy, get a university degree in summtin crazy never give up to find that 300 000 doller a year job and if your lucky youll inherit some money or win a lottery thats how they do it!

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[Trappy]

CEO/directors of successful companies.

[Morbid_Mind]

-Stocks/Bonds (Many of those people probably bought shares of Microsoft and -*** back in the 80s)
-Mutual/Hedge Funds
-High Yield CDs
-IRA/Roth IRA

etc...

Investing your money is probably the quickest and easiest way to get rich. There are quite a few low risk-high yield ventures to get into.

Owning a company/business is another way. My dad owned his own business (sold it in the late 90s) and during slow years would make upwards of $150,000. The problem with starting your own business is it's very risky and takes some time to start making a lot of money.