On a recent episode of House Hunters, a 26 year old millionaire internet marketer named Tony Chau was shopping around for a house in the Hollywood Hills. I really like this show and generally anything about real estate buying, selling, flipping etc.,  but I found this episode to be especially interesting and motivating. He already had a home in Las Vegas and was looking for a second one in Hollywood. Here you have a young successful guy who moved to America as a dirt poor 10 year old boy from Vietnam, worked hard and is now living out his dreams with fast cars, expensive homes, the ultimate dot com lifestyle of not having to worry about debt or money for that matter. 

Although they never went into detail in what aspect of internet marketing he made all his money and is continuing to do so, but I do know there are quite a few online marketers out there that are making huge amounts of money on a daily basis.  To name a few there is  John Chow, Jeremy Shoemaker, Yaro Starak and Kevin Rose. Read more »

You may have heard the term “dot com lifestyle” unless you are too busy working  a regular  9 to 5 job and therefore not even close to living it. Sure it is a wealthy lifestyle which can include fast cars,  expensive homes, exotic vacations and dining in fine restaurants, but that’s not what it’s really about. What it is about is having time freedom combined with money freedom, and then you are officially a dot com lifestyle member. I don’t know about you but that is what I want to achieve.

There are some bloggers out there that are living the dot com lifestyle, making money on their own schedule and operating from anywhere there is a computer and internet connection. John Chow, as an example, is one of them. He claims to make $40,000 per month from his blog, that basically doesn’t require a whole lot of time to manage since he has streamlined some aspects of his site so he can receive income on autopilot and by outsourcing some tasks, leaves him more time to enjoy simpler things like taking his daughter to the park on a Tuesday afternoon.

The dot com lifestyle is having more time to enjoy life and at the sametime not having to worry about money either. Sure there are people who have lots of money like big business CEO’s but they are workaholics and don’t have time to enjoy that money. Then you have those that have a lot of time on their hands but no money to go with it. When you have both time and money, then you have reached the ultimate goal.

In a dot com lifestyle you aren’t stuck in an office on a rigid time schedule nor are you sacrificing valuable time slaving just to earn dollars. You could be lounging in a chair at a beach in your bermuda shorts and still be able to manage your online business.

I tell you if  my blog was making $40,000 a month, I definitely wouldn’t be worrying about money, paying debt, etc. Instead I too would be strolling through the park on a Tuesday afternoon, happily living the dot com lifestyle!

If I had a million dollars, I certainly wouldn’t be worrying about debt because I would be debt-free. A million dollars these days isn’t worth as much as it used to be, but it sure can accomplish plenty. Not to mention give the added security of not worrying about where your next dollar will be coming from.

You can tell by the huge amounts spent on the lottery  how much people strive for that  million dollar dream whether they truly need it or not. But who couldn’t use it? For me right now a million dollars would be a bright light at the end of a dark tunnel. Not having to worry about money would be an ultimate goal to achieve.

Well since I can only dream at this point but if somehow a million dollars dropped in my lap today, this is what I would do with it:

1. Pay all my debt and close my credit cards..forever.
2. Take my home off the market and pay the mortgage in full.
3. Buy a new car…not a fancy one.
4. Financially help relatives and friends.
5. Donate to an animal shelter and world hunger.
6. Pamper my cat with special treats and a day at the pet spa.
7. Give back by creating a website to help others to achieve their goals.
8. Invest in internet real estate to passively earn from.
9. Keep a savings for a rainy day to fall back on.
10. Buy some bird seeds, take a leisurely walk through  the park, feed the birds and start living the dot com lifestyle appreciating the simple things in life.

There’s nothing wrong with dreaming because dreams can come true. Now I just have to work on achieving my goals.

 What are some things you would do if you had a million dollars?