Did you see page 1?:rolleyes: I counted no less than 5 suggestions of illicit activities -
Grilled cheese guy ftmfw
If you're mechanically inclined and have some storage space, learn small engine repair and invest a couple hundred bucks in basic tools. Then pick up every decent looking but non-running used piece of gas powered equipment you can find, get it running well, and flip it.
This, dryer vent cleaning, and duct work cleaning.
Where are you at? Here, if you’re in Houston, you have to have all kinds of crap to put around the drains and I’m not sure the extent, but there are EPA regulations.
Grilled cheese guy ftmfw
I think you are the only one who suggested joining the underbelly..
kinda wonder if buying a pound of weed might not be as bad??
I also forgot to mention that this discussion is entirely theoretical for the OP, but might be helpful to someone else.
Anybody who thinks the “hard part” of running a business is coming up with a good idea or securing $5,100 isn’t exactly roaring towards success.![]()
You mean the hard part isn't getting the money or starting the business???i bet the hard part is dragging your lazy broke ass out of bed every morning to get back to work(because you're so tired from the thinking about it and gathering money for it) and has absolutely nothing to do with maintaining the business, gathering clients, bidding, making sure everyone else is doing their job properly, fixing everyone else's fuck ups, or literally working 120 hrs a week just to try and make forward progress while the guys you employ talk shit about you while fucking up more shit that the boss needs to go fix.... while also making more money, getting paid weekly, and wandering around looking for easy jobs to do so the boss can come do the hard shit. Yeah, owning a business is easy peasy. Fuck yeah!
Yeah, you're right, I completely disagree. Babysitting, sweat equity, and long hours are the easy part.
Getting investment and getting people to work efficiently and effectively without direct supervision, that's the hard part. Sounds like you have never mastered the hard part.
You mean the hard part isn't getting the money or starting the business???i bet the hard part is dragging your lazy broke ass out of bed every morning to get back to work(because you're so tired from the thinking about it and gathering money for it) and has absolutely nothing to do with maintaining the business, gathering clients, bidding, making sure everyone else is doing their job properly, fixing everyone else's fuck ups, or literally working 120 hrs a week just to try and make forward progress while the guys you employ talk shit about you while fucking up more shit that the boss needs to go fix.... while also making more money, getting paid weekly, and wandering around looking for easy jobs to do so the boss can come do the hard shit. Yeah, owning a business is easy peasy. Fuck yeah!
Welp, someone gets it....
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.
Grilled cheese guy ftmfw
Thanks for the reminder... Spring is almost here and I have 5 or 6 mowers to clean up, repair, and prep for flipping that I got for free since last fall. One or two may become parts mowers, but I should have at least 4 to sell for $50-$75 each by the time they are done. I might need to do that next week, when it will break into the 50s for the first time this year.
Gutter cleaning
Gutter cleaning
Skilled and SAFE gutter/roof cleaning is actually hard to find around here (PNW = ALL THE TREES). There's money to be made.
Ok that's another good self-employment that could net some money. $500 could probably get you a couple of ladders and some cleaning supplies. Maybe even a plug-in pressure washer with extension cord and hoses.
Unfortunately it is another 'driving around' business. Driving sucks up a huge amount of time. Most guys on here have driving around jobs, but if it's my business I won't start spending 40% in personal logistics. It's why I never got into the Trades in the first place, driving is a business killer. I bet there are plenty of 'Gurus' who talk about exactly that subject. Amirite guys? Seriously.
You're also going to need a bond and probably some other paperwork to get up in the air around here. I'm trying to save money for any one of several bonds that I need to start a real business: i.e. not self-employment.
Thats a lot of words to say that you want to be paid to sit on your ass.
Thats a lot of words to say that you want to be paid to sit on your ass.
Start mining bitcoin. Guy I work with has his home PC mining while he's at work, nets ~$10/day profit
This^^^
The work is not at your house unless you want to start an only fans account or turn your house into a crack house. Start a lemonade stand in your front yard or go to where the work is.
Ok, right now you have determined there are 2 types of work in this world: Driving around for 50% of your day, or sitting on your ass.
Word vomit....
Ok, right now you have determined there are 2 types of work in this world: Driving around for 50% of your day, or sitting on your ass.
Now, I've had driving around jobs and in-place jobs. I much prefer the in-place aspect of not spending my time driving around. If you like driving around jobs, great, I don't want to be self-employed that way nor do I want a driving-around business. Thanks you guys though, I upboated you both.