Start a business for $500

[evernoob]

What business can you do for $500? No gig-work, no driving jobs, auto is part of the investment. Just $500, tax tag and title.

 

[Sceep]

In NM a business license is like $120. So, any one you would like.

 

[scope]

Buy a lawn mower. Mow lawns. Expand from there into irrigation, aeration, chemical applications.

 

[Blacksheep10]

Kneepads?

 

[bigun]

In NM a business license is like $120. So, any one you would like.

Then you have to add county and sometimes city licenses

 

[Projectjunkie]

No driving people around, or no drivers license?

 

[Projectjunkie]

Handyman

Got a landfill somewhat nearby? Got a pickup truck or a vehicle with a hitch? I haul stuff to the dump for people in slow times and do ok

 

[Sceep]

Then you have to add county and sometimes city licenses

He'll still be in under $500.

 

[Provience]

selling tacos on the street corner

 

[TheFlyingDildocupine]

Prostitution is a low overhead business.

 

[Aggie06]

Trimming trees, landscape plants, etc.

 

[junkytj]

I can put together a 50 gallon still for about that.

 

[nahmus]

Prostitution is a low overhead business.

True, but it could be a real pain in the ass. On the plus side you get a lot more protein on your diet.

 

[bigun]

He'll still be in under $500.

True, just didn't want anyone to be surprised

 

[Blacksheep10]

Handyman

Got a landfill somewhat nearby? Got a pickup truck or a vehicle with a hitch? I haul stuff to the dump for people in slow times and do ok

Plus if you’re a hoarder, you can cherry pick all kinds of cool shit. Advertise in better neighborhoods

 

[yozsi]

Reseller. thats what the wifey does while she's a sahm

 

[montrose818]

buy shit on offerup and flip it on craigslist. And vice versa.

Buy a pressure washer and do a mobile truck wash

But really a 500 dollar "business" will earn you less money than a half decent job, so yoy nees to bumo the budget up.

Unless youre a tweaker.

 

[Jackie Treehorn]

Mobile butthole rentals.

 

[TRINDU]

Dairy Queen pays $15/hr. A $500 business is futile, unless you have 500% margins.

 

[Slander]

Consulting

 

[Takotruckin]

Auto detailing. Buy more/nicer equipment and supplies until you have a decent stash and you could make some money.

 

[Filthy McChevy]

Porch light disabler

 

[JunkCJ6]

Tupperware or Avon

 

[Hooligan]

Home inspection, like for people buying houses. In CA this does not require a contractor license.

Dog walker, or psychic.

 

[Sceep]

Terror actor for hire.

 

[grumpy356]

I would pay a consultant to come put new LED bulbs in every fixture in my house.


But I want them right. I want the best lights in the bathroom that don’t make you look washed out, I want the best light in the closet that make the clothes look like they’re going to look in public and such that I can tell black from navy blue, I want the best lights in the living room, and the right bulbs in every lamp.

You come out, you look at all my fixtures & the basis, You source the right bulbs, bring them out and install them.

 

[SomeGuy]

Paying your rent on time because you have $500 in your account for that last $3.

 

[Ksand]

Hitman

 

[woods]

Lawn mower idea is probably the most realistic.

Sharp axe and a chainsaw, mobile firewood splitter guy. Someone offered $500 to buck, split, and stack the rest of my firewood, I'd probably consider it.

 

[Roc Doc]

I would pay a consultant to come put new LED bulbs in every fixture in my house.


But I want them right. I want the best lights in the bathroom that don’t make you look washed out, I want the best light in the closet that make the clothes look like they’re going to look in public and such that I can tell black from navy blue, I want the best lights in the living room, and the right bulbs in every lamp.

You come out, you look at all my fixtures & the basis, You source the right bulbs, bring them out and install them.

There are companies in Las Vegas doing that for all the casinos. Selling point is two fold, lower energy consumption and less heat generated, so lower AC loads.