Jobless Billionaire's Halo

Now Parker looked at his real estate portfolio with mixed feelings. It was now $4.211 billion, a nice chunk, but it was still just a tiny fraction of the $100 billion he needed to hit his goal. A long way to go, sure—but hell, there was no rush. He had time on his side.

Of the 1000 steps he had taken the tenth step!

For now, he'd just chill. Wait until the next set of properties rolled around. Klein would give him the heads-up when they were ready. It was a waiting game now, and Parker was okay with that.

But even with all this, the reality was hitting him: With his $4.211 billion portfolio, the management company, Sophisticated Space, was gonna take 2% annually for running the whole show. That's $84.22 million in management fees.

Damn, these guys were making real money. And that was just for the basic service. If he kept building his empire, he was looking at paying them a billion at some point.