I don’t think my numbers are far fetched for people in my neighborhood. Nor do I think people should lease expensive cars. We recently donated our second car because it was costing too much money. Now, if we both need a car for work, I drive my husband and then use the car and pick him later. Then I need to make up extra time another day because I can’t get in a full 9 hour day plus travel that way.
Those are the numbers the committees here don’t look at. THey look at the “after tax number” of $110,000 (or $120,000 if you want, remember though I left out a lot of expenses). Then they look at a bottom line number of costs. You come up with very little for tuition.
Tuition is average $15,000 per child. So $60,000.