[Dvjkefdw]

Wow. Seems like your actual job was the right choice. I'm also in the market for a new car but this one is outa my reach if I want to have a life besides paying interest rates for a Q7. But just like someone already said, dont buy a new one, get a one year old car with 20.000km on the clock. Gets you all the benefits of a new car (warranty etc) but without the hefty first year value loss.

yupp, things are honestly going very well for me,
although i must admit i was fluking a bit, i couldn´t afford the V12 either (nor would i ever want to drop 100k on a car), the model i was looking at is the standard 3.0 version, which due to work and contracts we have with Audi i could get for around 36,000 €

[Grapappytek]

yupp, things are honestly going very well for me,

Good to hear mate. Nothing like reaching a point where you feel comfortable with spoiling yourself, and not as if you are tearing out a chunk of your own ass. [thumbup]

I was at a pont a couple of months ago where I was about to get a new car, but seeing as things are developing fast with my significant other I deicded to change these plans and go for a ring and a house for the both of us. It's amazing how circumstance is king.

[blohannaserri]

Thanks m8,
a house is another one of those things we´ve been thinking about.
I´m rather handy in the house (my initial trade was being a carpenter) so i can save alot of paid work around the house and we´ve done alot of looking around lately.
It´s astonishing how many "older" houses you can get very cheap, which just need a bit work/loving done to them.
just a week or two ago we looked at a house with ~ 400 m², garden, etc for under 60k (remember i live in a small German village),
of course alot would have to be done (one of the more costly things i guess would be going from the old wooden heating systems (which some prefer, but i´d prefer a more simplistic somewhat more expensive oil/gas heating systems, and the roof truss would need some rebuilding, but still if you think about initial cost of building a house + land costs, i think this would be the way.
Just a little throw in here, my brother in law bought a 2 story house with over 500m², very large garden, garden house (man cave ) and that all just for 35k, although he´s invested another 30k by now just in getting everything modernized abd we already saved tons of money just by our own labor.
I guess with a house i´m still gonna wait a bit, but for now i´m living rather well in a 112m² apartment, paying no more than 350 €,.. warm (although my reptile pets are sucking me dry with electric costs,.. i think this year we had around 5800 kilowatt hours
All i can say is be happy as long as you can live with your parents

[tofRobbroolve]

Wow, that's some nice property for the price. I like the idea of fixer-uppers too, and although I probably am not the handyman you are being an ex-carpenter, I like the idea of having a lot of ongoing projects.

It's just a huge shame that where I live at the moment (near Sydney), the apartment where I live with my girl would be about $400k (295k Euro) to buy hence why we rent at the moment. If I want a 3 bedroom house on a modest piece of land we would be looking at around $750k (550k Euro) to buy. Sydney is rediculously expensive, but I guess it's our choice to live here.

[Unrersvar]

A very enjoyable amount.

[karaburatoreror]

yupp, things are honestly going very well for me,
although i must admit i was fluking a bit, i couldn´t afford the V12 either (nor would i ever want to drop 100k on a car), the model i was looking at is the standard 3.0 version, which due to work and contracts we have with Audi i could get for around 36,000 €

Mate, I'm a danger to myself with money and even I wouldn't buy a brand new car with my own money. You might as well just give Audi a cheque for 10 grand.

[Thomaswhitee]

< $10,000. Tuition for the year? $16,000.

[furious1]

< $10,000. Tuition for the year? $16,000.

Comparatively, you are a billionaire in Michigan.

[Imampaictjg]

Just over £17,000 before tax and NI come off.

Its not brilliant, but its not the worst I've ever earned and tbh, apart from a few PC bits and a new car, there is not much I want to spend my money on, apart from maybe my new g/f.

[viagsjicguara]

4k

fml

[ballingham]

Right, same here.

That's why I said I do not know my income as of yet. Gotta go through the books and see what I spent on fun (non business expenses), and add that to my personal salary for proper taxation. You're free to interchange both business and personal income, just as long as you properly document and pay personal taxes on it. Fortunately, I have a CPA for that [thumbup]

There's an app for that.

[Longwow]

$11k
Before taxes.
Probly gonna be less next year. And probably even less the year after that.

[Kalobbis]

$11k
Before taxes.
Probly gonna be less next year. And probably even less the year after that.

Do you get any tax free earnings?

[Keeriewof]

I made just under $30k this year. Made a good bit extra this year due to a better job, a raise and what with working some overtime & bonuses.

[rolex-buy]

Not enough, looking for a second job again as we speak.

[Siuchingach]

Not enough, looking for a second job again as we speak.

Women have that effect... [thumbdown]

[Herimoisige]

Do you get any tax free earnings?

No sir. I don't even know what that would be. Drug money? Say now there's an idea...

[chuecaloversvv]

Not much as to ill to work, why am so poor.

[hwood]

Women have that effect... [thumbdown]

Very true, being in this relationship is costing me, but I want to be able to do things with her which I can't really do much of right now due to crap finances...

[Terinalo]

Very true, being in this relationship is costing me

True that, you are acting like a *****.