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Contracts are not worth the paper they are written on.

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

That was my question too. He reckoned anything from $20,000 upwards depending on skills, looks and other things. Consider a two year contract though on $20,000, my share would be $10,000. Thats only $5,000 a year, pittance if you ask me.
My share would have to be at least $60,000 a year to make it anywhere near worthwhile which would make my minimum price $240,000 for a two year contract.

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ORIGINAL: Padriag

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

That was my question too. He reckoned anything from $20,000 upwards depending on skills, looks and other things. Consider a two year contract though on $20,000, my share would be $10,000. Thats only $5,000 a year, pittance if you ask me.
My share would have to be at least $60,000 a year to make it anywhere near worthwhile which would make my minimum price $240,000 for a two year contract.

There are those who do this, including private groups who are very well organized about it.  The details of the arrangement vary... one example I am aware of, a girl volunteers for this and is trained by the "club", after which she is auctioned off within the "club".  Part of the money is used to pay for specific expenses (she gets health insurance among other things paid for out of the proceeds), the rest goes into an account which she gets at the end of her contract.  Bidding starts at around $10,000 for a one year contract and goes up from there.  A girl might have $5,000 at the end of the year.  That's not really a "pittance" considering that for that year she hasn't had any bills at all to pay... her upkeep (food, clothing, housing, etc.) plus a health and life insurance policy are all taken care of.  So at the end of a year... that's $5k of savings... how many put $5k in their savings account in a year?

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ORIGINAL: SlaveIndigochild

great fantasy....but they gonna make prostitution illegal here....can'ya just imagine what they gonna do with slaves!!!!

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ORIGINAL: ResidentSadist

Over time, my contracts developed along those lines in that there was a stipend granted upon release (by either) and it was based on time served.  During the interview stage, if someone wondered if the rate was appropriate, I asked how much money they had in savings right now.   Usually my annual accrued stipend was greater than their life savings.  But alas… I am no longer wealthy and can’t afford to do that nowadays.   

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ORIGINAL: Padriag

Seeing how others handled such inspired me in my own thinking.  These days I'm of the opinion that its something any dominant should consider with a live in slave or submissive... healthcare, life insurance, some sort of savings plan... these are serious issues.  A basic health insurance policy, if you shop around online, can be had for as little as $82 / month... its very no frills... but at least it's something.  Add say a $100 monthly deposit in a savings account... it isn't a huge amount, but its still something.  We often opine in these forums about how dominants should be in control of themselves and have their lives together... perhaps the question should be, do we have our lives together enough to put our money where our mouth is?

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

That was my question too. He reckoned anything from $20,000 upwards depending on skills, looks and other things.

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

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Contracts are not worth the paper they are written on.

I disagree.
Contracts the same as anything are worth the value that the people involved in them place on them.

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ORIGINAL: Padriag

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ORIGINAL: ResidentSadist
Over time, my contracts developed along those lines in that there was a stipend granted upon release (by either) and it was based on time served.  During the interview stage, if someone wondered if the rate was appropriate, I asked how much money they had in savings right now.   Usually my annual accrued stipend was greater than their life savings.  But alas… I am no longer wealthy and can’t afford to do that nowadays.   

Seeing how others handled such inspired me in my own thinking.  These days I'm of the opinion that its something any dominant should consider with a live in slave or submissive... healthcare, life insurance, some sort of savings plan... these are serious issues.  A basic health insurance policy, if you shop around online, can be had for as little as $82 / month... its very no frills... but at least it's something.  Add say a $100 monthly deposit in a savings account... it isn't a huge amount, but its still something.  We often opine in these forums about how dominants should be in control of themselves and have their lives together... perhaps the question should be, do we have our lives together enough to put our money where our mouth is?

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So at the end of a year... that's $5k of savings... how many put $5k in their savings account in a year?

Good point butttttttttttttt, ain't there always a but lol. In my job the only bills i pay are my mobile phone and my food bills. My accomodation, gas, electric, council tax etc etc are all paid for me. So really i can afford to save far more than $5000 a year. I don't though, i spend it on shoes

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It's been said about 100 times now ... nice fantasy, but not realistically feasible.

If he came to you offering to sell you for a night, or a weekend,  or even a week, it might be doable, but not periods of 2-5 years or "lifetime."  Those time periods sound totally insane, especially if you end up with a total jerk.

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The contracts for the kind of slavery you are speaking of, cannot be upheld in any court I am aware of, and that is what I meant.

Ah ok

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Missturbation, there's been far better posts here, pro and con, than I could ever hope to match, but I do have to wonder just what your motivation might be? If it's monetary, surely there's ways to make good coin without such a requirement? If's it's a chance to make an emotional connection, is this the best way to go about that? Assuming one was true to the time requirement, what if the Master turns out to be a loser and all the result is money in the bank (maybe) and a two-year lesson in bad relationships?

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intersting fantasy, but the reality is just too crappy

For you perhaps