Lily's Riches?

[highsorcerer]

Actually, I don't think James was a professional Quidditch player; I simply stated that it was one career path that allowed a person to earn a lot of money very quickly. Entertainers (including pro athletes, singers, actors, and writers) who become breakout stars can make lots of money quickly (though it is hard to break into and you need some talent). Other ways include developing lucrative patents, high-gain / high-risk investments, and crime.

On the whole, I have to think the Potter money was obtained the old-fashioned way - it was inherited.

[paintballdecoy]

I seriously do not think he was a pro quidditch player, mearly becuase it was never mentioned to Harry. If he had then people would definitly mentioned it, considering how proficiant Harry is at it.

And Dumbledore's Master, if you can't endure someone not agreeing with you please don't post. For we are here to discuss thoery's, and in that discussion, people will disagree with each other. Thank you for understanding

[Athena Appleton]

Actually, I don't think James was a professional Quidditch player; I simply stated that it was one career path that allowed a person to earn a lot of money very quickly.

my bad.

Entertainers (including pro athletes, singers, actors, and writers) who become breakout stars can make lots of money quickly (though it is hard to break into and you need some talent). Other ways include developing lucrative patents, high-gain / high-risk investments, and crime.

On the whole, I have to think the Potter money was obtained the old-fashioned way - it was inherited.

On the whole, I agree with you (I think there's a good chance there's an inheritance), I don't think we should rule out that James and Lily just had good old-fashioned jobs for about seven years.

Imagine with me for a moment:

James and Lily live in a house that's been in James's old wizarding family, and therefore have no mortgage.

The Potters, like so many other wizarding families, don't have electricity, therefore cutting out electricity bills, cable bills, internet bills, etc.

The Potters, like so many other wizarding families, either don't have a car or have only one car they use only from time to time (take away car payment, car insurance, gas, and upkeep)

The Potters, like so many other wizarding families, almost always communicate using owl post, rather than phone (take away phone bill.)

So, since we've taken away almost all regular monthly bills, it's quite possible that a large portion of the money James and Lily did make could go straight into savings. If this is the case, they might not have needed extremely high-paying jobs to save a LOT of money over a period of about seven years.

[choki]

The Potters, at least up till, James are pure-blood. James Potter was also the only son. So he must have inherited a portion of wealth and plus his and Lily's earning, contributed to the wealth residing in Vault 692. (Hmm...was the vault no. mentioned in the books? I had a feeling the no. 692 comes from the movie, not the book)

[Athena Appleton]

yup, the movie put that in...

remember, while I think you're right on target about how that money came to be, not all "pure-blood" wizarding families have a galleon to their name. Case in point: The Weasleys.

[choki]

Yes, but we must not forget the Weasleys are probably well-known for having many children. Perhaps the wealth is divided until nothing much was left for each and every single Weasley descendent?

[menotyoo]

It could also be the case that neither of the potters had jobs, because during voldemort's height of power the OotP may have been the first priority for all of the members, because voldemort was out in the open so they may not have had time to be involved with anything other than saving the world, wizaard and muggle, from destruction. I don't know, it seems like a kinda tough job. This would mean that the money was all inheritance.