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Offline Skuzzy

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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2003, 02:54:12 PM »
Making money fast and running an ISP are mutually exclusive.  Trust me.
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« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2003, 02:55:19 PM »
Decent to good credit?  Have a little bit of cash you can through around?

Flip Real-estate

I’m into rental properties and wish I had the money to rehab.  A few more years…

Oh and yeah, all that crap about needing no money and no credit.  I have yet to actually meet anyone who has been able to make deals like that other than someone on a BBS.  I do think there is some quick cash to be had in being a birddog but it takes a lot of leg work and in the end someone else is going to make all the money.

http://www.thecreativeinvestor.com

They have some interesting reading on the forums.
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« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2003, 02:56:16 PM »
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Making money fast and running an ISP are mutually exclusive.  Trust me.


Been there, done that, be happy to drink with you over it...

Still do webhosting, turn more away than I take.  If they want $1 a month hosting, a dude from India trying to talk to them and that kinda "local" service, have em.  I'm content helping the Mom n Pop operations who can reach me 24/7 and know Im looking out for em  ;)
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2003, 02:56:50 PM »
Oh and if you do go with rentals I have a lot of section 8 and income/area information I can point you toward.
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2003, 03:00:51 PM »
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Making money fast and running an ISP are mutually exclusive.  Trust me.
Come to that making money fast and legally are pretty much mutually exclusive too. Unless you have tons of money already.
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« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2003, 03:02:47 PM »
Steve Martin's "How to become a millionaire"








1st - Get a million dollars
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2003, 03:06:58 PM »
become a cop steal the drugs from the dealer then sell them back to them!
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« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2003, 03:10:12 PM »
Me and a fella here at work had the idea of starting a licensed "youth disciplinary services" business.

The idea being that so many people are afraid to disciplane their own children due to fear of breaking some law that they just let them loose on the community.

We would be avaliable to come in and counsel disruptive children and if necessary, spank them.

Our fee would look like this:
House call = $75 flat fee
Counseling session $250 per half hour
Spanking = $50 for the first whack, $25 for each whack thereafter.

Of course we would be licensed by the state and carry firearms for safety.

Its my idea so DONT TAKE IT
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« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2003, 03:54:19 PM »
Udet,

I'll offer you an actual serious option... LOL

Check into a Subway franchise.  You can take out a small business loan for about $90k and be up in running in a few months. Most of the smaller storefront Subway stores bring in an average of $90k per year in profit.

I'm seriously looking into this myself, but for the first year you're gonna have to bust your behind until you can hire a college kid and pay him a meager sum to slap the fixins on the rolls. After that, it's pretty much sit home and collect the money, and go in once in a while to make sure the buggers aren't stealing from ya.
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« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2003, 06:53:46 PM »
thanks for the ideas guys.
I have lots of acquaintances my age that, dissapointed by how the aviation/aerospace industry is going nowhere, have decided to make money in a different way. I'm pondering whether I should do the same thing.
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« Reply #25 on: July 25, 2003, 07:26:46 PM »
run a ad that says in effect " send me $20 and i tell you "step by step" (thats important) how to make money at home.

when you get the money tell them* to do what you just did , IE run a ad saying "send me $20 etc etc".

not sure it's legal, but for $20 who will do anything about it?

* actually you send them a bunch of papers describing how(step by step) to do it, because you actually sold them something, it could be legal.
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« Reply #26 on: July 25, 2003, 08:26:14 PM »
lol john sounds great
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« Reply #27 on: July 25, 2003, 10:59:22 PM »
I still say Web Porn. :D
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« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2003, 11:30:57 PM »
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i.e. a way to make money fast and legal.


You did not say honest, so sure there is many ways to accomplish that (every lawyer does it every day). If you left the "honest" on purpose, you can reach your goal pretty quickly.

If you really meant "honest" but just said "legal" instead, you are probably in for a disappointment.

How do you define fast? Cash flowing next week, or are you willing to accept 2-3 years of slave work for a potential (not a guarantee, but a 0-5% chance) of future awards?


Yes, I did mentioned a zero in it, didn't I? Yes, that means you are a slave for 2-3 years for a big fat nothing. Would you go for that?

Sorry for spoiling a perfectly funny thread.
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« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2003, 12:49:55 AM »
emu's and lots of them.
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