If I Were a Billionaire?

Lindsey finally gets her wish: I'm posting. I've noticed a "tag" going around the blog community with a question which has been sorely misunderstood. The question, "What would you do if you were a billionaire." Now I'm sure many responders don't want to be taken as materialistic, but the question wasn't what you would do if you were a millionaire. Try 1000 times that. Ya, $1,000,000,000. The yearly interest alone on a billion dollars is a very conservative $50 million. That's a lot of money. So here is what I would do if I was a billionaire. If you want to think that I'm materialistic you don't have to be friends with me, although I'm sure my friends would really like me. First of all, I would finish dental school. I might never practice dentistry, but I would finish. It's not only so Lindsey can call me doctor, which she has agreed to for two months, but mainly since I value education and don't like ignorance. In fact I would also go to business school after that. I could go on about investments, and the "nice things" I could do with all that money, which I would definitely do, but here is a few more fun things I would do. Gosh, I hope I never have this much money though because I'd rather go to heaven.

My House $26 Million
Paradise Valley, AZ

It looks like there is enough room there to do anything I wanted. Is that a golf course? Come hangout whenever you want.

Summer House $1.2 Million
Montana

I've always had a dream of living on a lake. This house literally sits on a lake with the private boat dock right behind where the picture was taken. I'd post the picture but Lindsey gave me a picture limit for this post.

Kind of a Third House
Lake Powell Houseboat $500,000

I've been fortunate enough to spend several weeks on a houseboat at Lake Powell. If you haven't been there it's a great time to spend with family and friends. This boat seems amazing but some of the best times I had was with friends on "The Rainbow Connection" which went down the lake tilted because one of the pontoons had a leak in it and was full of water. Amazing memories and can't wait to make more!

Forms of Travel:
Jet $3 million

I decided it would be nice to have an airplane to not have to put up with all the frustrations of airline travel. I guess I could have this one if I was a billionaire. Fuel on this probably cost more than $1000 an hour. Looks like it holds 14 people so some of you can come.
Porsche 911 Turbo $9o,000

I've loved this car since I was five years old. My dad took me to the store and he bought me a picture of a red porsche for my room. Funny thing is that he also bought himself a huge 50 gallon plastic trash can for the yard, but I thought this was for me as well. So he was nice enough to go along with my innocence and let me have it in my room for a few days. So yeah, I didn't have to empty the trash very often.

GMC Kodiak 4500 $60,000

This is actually my dream truck and maybe just maybe it's a little big. It could be the little guy sydrome I was born with but I really hope to have a reason to own this truck some day. How will Lindsey get in? Not my problem!

Mastercraft X-star $90,000

When I was 14 my dad bought a 1978 boat for $3,000. It was a fixer upper for sure and our family put so much time into getting that boat into tip top condition. We all had a blast going to the lake and learning to ski. It was a good experience but I think I'm going big baby! It seats 12 people.

Just One More Boat
Yacht $3 million

So maybe you can tell that I love boats and water. I'm not sure why, but water just calls to me. Water does to me, what chocolate does to women. I think it would be amazing to be able to go from city port to city port on a yacht and dock for a day or so to see what the city has to offer and then continue up the coast. There's lots of room for friends and family so free up a week or so and we'll go.

And since I've only spent about $35 million so far, for the rest I would become the majority owner of the Arizona Cardinals NFL Team for $400 million and turn them into winners instead of losers and then build several high rises in the Phoenix, Los Angeles area and lease them out. I might throw in a golf course or two as well, and maybe a resort. It would be fun. Golf would be free for friends.

It looks like it would be fun to have $1 billion. Materialistic? Nah! For those that actually know me know that the thing I want to do the most in life is to help others out that are really in need and make a significant difference in their life. I see so many kids every day that were born into a hopeless situation and it really tears me apart. It really isn't fair. Someday I hope to make a big difference and not only in their smile, but also in their reasons to smile. It's something I want my future children to experience as well. But maybe we can have a little fun along the way, right?