maybe buy a large amount of something and re-sale it ?
maybe sell those E-Cigarettes?
chilidog
SBR Posting Legend
04-05-09
10305
#2
Depends on what you like to do. When I lived in the States, I use to buy (by the pallet) clearance and returned merchandise (I only bought electronics) from stores like Walmart, Sears, Target, Best Buy etc. I would then list each item on ebay and made a rather nice profit doing it. I started out buying just 1 pallet, listing everything, then buying 2 pallets, etc. Before I knew it, I was buying 1/4 a container, then 1/2 a container.
There's a magazine called "Small Business Opportunity" that has a lot of home based, online and less expensive franchises listed in the price range you are inquiring about.
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Ralphie Halves
SBR MVP
12-13-09
4507
#4
There are thousands. Just google "cheap small business ideas" and go nuts.
The best IMO is information businesses. No overhead, and you really only pay to advertise and maintain your website, and that's not much. Best ROI you'll find. If you can find 50 people around the entire planet to give you $100/month for your expertise, you could quit your job easily.
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no1here
SBR Hall of Famer
03-23-09
5914
#5
15K could get you grow room allowing 72 plants worth several hundred each harvesting over and over
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daneblazer
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
09-14-08
27861
#6
vending machines
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no1here
SBR Hall of Famer
03-23-09
5914
#7
Zero K could get you business worthy of $200 daily with unlimited potentials.
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Inkwell77
SBR MVP
02-03-11
3227
#8
Originally posted by Ralphie Halves
There are thousands. Just google "cheap small business ideas" and go nuts.
The best IMO is information businesses. No overhead, and you really only pay to advertise and maintain your website, and that's not much. Best ROI you'll find. If you can find 50 people around the entire planet to give you $100/month for your expertise, you could quit your job easily.
sharp post!
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innovation
SBR Hall of Famer
01-27-12
6218
#9
I am almost positive with 15K you could duplicate the Obamacare website.
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Ghenghis Kahn
SBR Posting Legend
01-02-12
19734
#10
go to vegas, bet it all on black.
now with that $30,000 bet it on denver to win the super bowl @ +300.
with that $90,000, get a food truck and start selling some gourmet finger foods or gourmet tacos. gl
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Ghenghis Kahn
SBR Posting Legend
01-02-12
19734
#11
Originally posted by Ralphie Halves
There are thousands. Just google "cheap small business ideas" and go nuts.
The best IMO is information businesses. No overhead, and you really only pay to advertise and maintain your website, and that's not much. Best ROI you'll find. If you can find 50 people around the entire planet to give you $100/month for your expertise, you could quit your job easily.
ralphie is this what you're doing? how's the forex going?
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Ghenghis Kahn
SBR Posting Legend
01-02-12
19734
#12
Originally posted by no1here
15K could get you grow room allowing 72 plants worth several hundred each harvesting over and over
how does one get a license though?
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Joey Blaze
SBR Sharp
10-01-13
267
#13
very interesting thread.. it really depends on what you are looking to do.. do you want passive income or are you looking to buy or start a business?
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daneblazer
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
09-14-08
27861
#14
Originally posted by Ghenghis Kahn
go to vegas, bet it all on black.
now with that $30,000 bet it on denver to win the super bowl @ +300.
with that $90,000, get a food truck and start selling some gourmet finger foods or gourmet tacos. gl
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In The Money
SBR MVP
08-28-09
1294
#15
Save it till you get 100k and I can show you how to make 1 mill a year off that!
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teaserpleaser
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
08-14-08
26015
#16
Originally posted by no1here
15K could get you grow room allowing 72 plants worth several hundred each harvesting over and over
I've started up with less shit my east LA op was started with 6k "the barrio op" lol ....although I wouldn't recommend some new booty coming in to the game green as fukk with no connections in a non med st jumping in right now in this market uphill battle imo to say the least but if you got the determination go for it learning curve is sharp don't believe look at all the showrooms full of growing equipement on craigslist (most of it looking pretty new too) ... those are failed grow ops.
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Optional
Administrator
06-10-10
61735
#17
I recently started renting out poker tables, aimed at people wanting to host home games, as everyone else in my city seemed to be aiming at bigger markets. And I only wanted something very part time anyway.
It's fun, easy, and has grown into near a full time job in a couple of months.
Spent $80 on the first table and $50 on the first chip set. Total start up costs.
Put a free ad on a local classified site and rented it at least once almost every weekend for the next 5 or 6 weeks at $100/night. So got serious and setup a website and bought some google ads.
Since then bought 3 more tables and about to pick up 2 more tomorrow. Plus Ive bought 20 chairs to rent too. I've spent under $2000 including a covered trailer to store and transport them in. Seems like I should be able to rent 5 or 6 per weekend reliably the way its been going. Which is about all I want to handle by myself anyway. Probably employ someone to do delivery/pickups if it gets any bigger than that.
If you have a vehicle to deliver them in, about $1000 cost for 4 new tables and 4 chip sets and cards is about it to get started with enough equipment to cover a one man operation. Most home games are Saturday night with the occasional Friday and Sunday so can easily be done part time. If you don't know where or how to advertise or setup a simple website maybe add another $1000, but if you have much nouse you can do that part for a lot less to get started too.
Not a big time business idea but I reckon anyone could do it anywhere almost.
And like I said, you can even start with a cheap 2nd hand table and free advert to see if you get the same response I did if you want.
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Joey Blaze
SBR Sharp
10-01-13
267
#18
Originally posted by Optional
I recently started renting out poker tables, aimed at people wanting to host home games, as everyone else in my city seemed to be aiming at bigger markets. And I only wanted something very part time anyway.
It's fun, easy, and has grown into near a full time job in a couple of months.
Spent $80 on the first table and $50 on the first chip set. Total start up costs.
Put a free ad on a local classified site and rented it at least once almost every weekend for the next 5 or 6 weeks at $100/night. So got serious and setup a website and bought some google ads.
Since then bought 3 more tables and about to pick up 2 more tomorrow. Plus Ive bought 20 chairs to rent too. I've spent under $2000 including a covered trailer to store and transport them in. Seems like I should be able to rent 5 or 6 per weekend reliably the way its been going. Which is about all I want to handle by myself anyway. Probably employ someone to do delivery/pickups if it gets any bigger than that.
If you have a vehicle to deliver them in, about $1000 cost for 4 new tables and 4 chip sets and cards is about it to get started with enough equipment to cover a one man operation. Most home games are Saturday night with the occasional Friday and Sunday so can easily be done part time. If you don't know where or how to advertise or setup a simple website maybe add another $1000, but if you have much nouse you can do that part for a lot less to get started too.
Not a big time business idea but I reckon anyone could do it anywhere almost.
And like I said, you can even start with a cheap 2nd hand table and free advert to see if you get the same response I did if you want.
thats not a bad little hustle man props to you
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Big Bear
SBR Aristocracy
11-01-11
43253
#19
Originally posted by In The Money
Save it till you get 100k and I can show you how to make 1 mill a year off that!
how is that? i figure 15K is the most i can get my hands on.
but i could try to pull some investers together
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thechaoz
SBR Posting Legend
10-23-09
12154
#20
Originally posted by Ghenghis Kahn
go to vegas, bet it all on black.
now with that $30,000 bet it on denver to win the super bowl @ +300.
with that $90,000, get a food truck and start selling some gourmet finger foods or gourmet tacos. gl
Lol no... AFC is losing we nfc no doubt this year. Defense is hhhaarrdddd AFC hahaha
Edit : taco truck
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PaperTrail07
SBR Posting Legend
08-29-08
20423
#21
Was gonna say food truck myself.....LOL......Word o the wise if you do a "food Truck".....go for a funnel cake stand....shit makes $ ANDDDD...you don't have to worry about stacking up a buncha beef then an event rains out...wasted product=wasted $ and you usually pay for the spot...
Originally posted by thechaoz
Lol no... AFC is losing we nfc no doubt this year. Defense is hhhaarrdddd AFC hahaha
Edit : taco truck
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PaperTrail07
SBR Posting Legend
08-29-08
20423
#22
Agree ....true grinder here fellas
Originally posted by Joey Blaze
thats not a bad little hustle man props to you
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In The Money
SBR MVP
08-28-09
1294
#23
Originally posted by Big Bear
how is that? i figure 15K is the most i can get my hands on.
but i could try to pull some investers together
if you're serious it would take about a year of training but 1 mill a year would be the norm after that
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bradthebloke
SBR MVP
07-26-09
3175
#24
Originally posted by chilidog
Depends on what you like to do. When I lived in the States, I use to buy (by the pallet) clearance and returned merchandise (I only bought electronics) from stores like Walmart, Sears, Target, Best Buy etc. I would then list each item on ebay and made a rather nice profit doing it. I started out buying just 1 pallet, listing everything, then buying 2 pallets, etc. Before I knew it, I was buying 1/4 a container, then 1/2 a container.
checked out that site before. looked like a scam. especially with the forums they have there. You see question and topic after topic looking for help or giving advice over months on end and the threads have no replies or even views. kinda seemed planted. wasnt your experience though?
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kevin101
SBR MVP
06-24-13
2260
#25
Escort Business
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chilidog
SBR Posting Legend
04-05-09
10305
#26
Originally posted by bradthebloke
checked out that site before. looked like a scam. especially with the forums they have there. You see question and topic after topic looking for help or giving advice over months on end and the threads have no replies or even views. kinda seemed planted. wasnt your experience though?
I never bought from that company itself, so I have no idea on them. Sears was my favorite to buy from - Walmart and Kmart was the worst. You get overstock, returns and clearance merchandise. Walmart and Kmart would be low quality stuff, sometimes broken, destroyed packaging. It was just a nightmare. Sears was perfect.
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greenhippo
SBR Hall of Famer
02-15-12
9091
#27
How would you even go about that? Hey Sears you have any returns you want to sell me for cheap? Serious question, I've got a little money myself I wouldn't mind putting into reselling.
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Ghenghis Kahn
SBR Posting Legend
01-02-12
19734
#28
Originally posted by In The Money
if you're serious it would take about a year of training but 1 mill a year would be the norm after that
you need one year training to suck cokk?
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chipper
SBR MVP
01-07-10
1994
#29
Originally posted by Optional
I recently started renting out poker tables, aimed at people wanting to host home games, as everyone else in my city seemed to be aiming at bigger markets. And I only wanted something very part time anyway.
It's fun, easy, and has grown into near a full time job in a couple of months.
Spent $80 on the first table and $50 on the first chip set. Total start up costs.
Put a free ad on a local classified site and rented it at least once almost every weekend for the next 5 or 6 weeks at $100/night. So got serious and setup a website and bought some google ads.
Since then bought 3 more tables and about to pick up 2 more tomorrow. Plus Ive bought 20 chairs to rent too. I've spent under $2000 including a covered trailer to store and transport them in. Seems like I should be able to rent 5 or 6 per weekend reliably the way its been going. Which is about all I want to handle by myself anyway. Probably employ someone to do delivery/pickups if it gets any bigger than that.
If you have a vehicle to deliver them in, about $1000 cost for 4 new tables and 4 chip sets and cards is about it to get started with enough equipment to cover a one man operation. Most home games are Saturday night with the occasional Friday and Sunday so can easily be done part time. If you don't know where or how to advertise or setup a simple website maybe add another $1000, but if you have much nouse you can do that part for a lot less to get started too.
Not a big time business idea but I reckon anyone could do it anywhere almost.
And like I said, you can even start with a cheap 2nd hand table and free advert to see if you get the same response I did if you want.
I think this is a great idea! Good for you Optional for coming up with it!
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Optional
Administrator
06-10-10
61735
#30
Originally posted by chipper
I think this is a great idea! Good for you Optional for coming up with it!
Thanks Chipper. I hope it helps someone.
I wasn't all that smart really. I came up with it by looking for someone to hire me a table for a one off home game but could not so had to buy a table. The free ad was just out of interest when i went to sell it afterward and realized I could rent it out for 1 night for more than I could sell it for. And people just kept coming.
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rkelly110
BARRELED IN @ SBR!
10-05-09
39691
#31
Originally posted by chilidog
Depends on what you like to do. When I lived in the States, I use to buy (by the pallet) clearance and returned merchandise (I only bought electronics) from stores like Walmart, Sears, Target, Best Buy etc. I would then list each item on ebay and made a rather nice profit doing it. I started out buying just 1 pallet, listing everything, then buying 2 pallets, etc. Before I knew it, I was buying 1/4 a container, then 1/2 a container.
I do that on the side also. My wife works for K-mart and can sometimes get 90% off items. I then resell on Craigs list and make more than 50%. I can also diagnose and repair small engines. She will buy lawnmowers customers have brought back and I will resell after installing a sparkplug, unfreezing a motor someone forgot to put oil in, etc.
I took my small engine repair skills on the road this summer and found a lawn maint guy who needed ALL his stuff
serviced. He had a lot of stuff and still does that needs work. Was making $30 an hour. Advertised on Craigs list.
Also have a truck and a 16' car trailer. Been making deliveries for K-mart. Just did one today.
Use the skills and equipment you have now and build as you go. I'm doing anything and everything. Until I can
get established, I do this under the table. Less overhead.
Don't do vending machines Bear. I've done that. Threw 10k in the trash. Competition is fierce.
I really love Optional's idea, might have to check into that.
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chilidog
SBR Posting Legend
04-05-09
10305
#32
Originally posted by greenhippo
How would you even go about that? Hey Sears you have any returns you want to sell me for cheap? Serious question, I've got a little money myself I wouldn't mind putting into reselling.
Stores will have contracts with wholesale companies that buy their overstock, clearance and returns. You buy pallets (or truckloads / fractional truckloads) from the wholesale companies. You can buy just about anything the stores sell, I chose electronics.
Just google something like "wholesale store returns electronics" and start doing your research. It's been a good 10 years since I've done this, so I don't recall which companies I used.
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no1here
SBR Hall of Famer
03-23-09
5914
#33
License and patients no problem, Doctors easy as can be. Whole process is a joke and cheap! Nobody refused except some felonies.
Originally posted by Ghenghis Kahn
how does one get a license though?
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no1here
SBR Hall of Famer
03-23-09
5914
#34
Plenty of room for growers here with dispensaries buying.
Originally posted by teaserpleaser
I've started up with less shit my east LA op was started with 6k "the barrio op" lol ....although I wouldn't recommend some new booty coming in to the game green as fukk with no connections in a non med st jumping in right now in this market uphill battle imo to say the least but if you got the determination go for it learning curve is sharp don't believe look at all the showrooms full of growing equipement on craigslist (most of it looking pretty new too) ... those are failed grow ops.
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no1here
SBR Hall of Famer
03-23-09
5914
#35
I use reprocast.com for new merchandise to return plus more. most dehumifiers can be return for full refund due to recall. I also buy a ton from two local online auction sites reselling on ebay and craigslist.
Originally posted by greenhippo
How would you even go about that? Hey Sears you have any returns you want to sell me for cheap? Serious question, I've got a little money myself I wouldn't mind putting into reselling.