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Ask HN: What was the source of your last big lump sum
Think back to the last time you received $100k or more in a single lump sum. What was its source? Salary? Stock RSUs? Capital gains from an after-tax investment?
- thetrumanshow 11y agoThe biggest lump sum I received was for selling a house we had purchased as a hud repo. After fixing it up, we got a nice profit, plus we didn't have to pay capital gains taxes on the profit since we had used it as our primary residence for enough years. I believe I know more people who make good, consistent money from on-the-side real-estate transactions than people who make 5-figure yearly bonuses.
- Arcsech 11y agoI've never received $10k in a lump sum, much less $100k. I think the largest lump sum I've ever gotten from any source is around $5k, which was a relocation thing for my current job.
- stepvhen 11y agoInheritance. Not $100K, but still high. Paid off my student loans and quit my terrible job for a while.
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- setheron 11y agoLargest lump sum was a 45k signing bonus. After tax it was more like 19k (California) I think I sold a good chunk of Amazon stocks ~ 50k as well (after tax)
- flignats 11y ago$25k, business plan / startup competition
- bbcbasic 11y agoParents
- hijinks 11y ago185k from a yahoo buying a company I had options in.
- dsacco 11y agoMy last lump sum was $21,000 for three weeks of consulting (my own practice). I'm not sure if this counts however, as it's a case of my salary being paid out every three or four weeks (depending on the pipeline) instead of every two weeks. I've never received a lump sum of more than 20 or maybe 30 thousand at once. I have received a five figure bonus before though.
- samelawrence 11y agoI made $1750 on a domain sale the other day. That was the biggest lump sum I've gotten in years other than paychecks (which are that exact size). I'm not very rich.
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- yolesaber 11y agoSelling $20k worth of acid in college. Everything else has been salaried or otherwise amortized.