Gambling for a living.

brooks85 · 11-19-14, 10:28 AM

Originally posted by zacher

Here is the story of how I have became a professional gambler for a living.

So for quite some time now, my career path has shifted a bit and I've just come to the realization as a 23 year old, recent college graduate.. with hopes of scaling the fortune 500 business ladder..I gamble for a living, and I love doing it.

I was in front office of a major contracting company that took on 100's of whole home remodels for property investors in the area each month.

One day the owner (about 3 months ago) decided to send me to a pallet auction to look for a cheap way to get a whole lot of tools for his workers for greatly reduced prices. Well we won several pallets of tools..too much for our workers, the owner didn't want to get a bad name at the auction so decided we would buy the tools, get them back to our shop, grab what we needed and sell the rest.

We had 13 truck boxes that locked and over 20 total saws, shop vacs and utility carts we needed to sell. THESE THINGS WENT LIKE HOTCAKES, I mean in just over two weeks I took a $1,760 investment and turned it into just north of $5k cash. THE OWNER WAS ESTATIC.

So he brought me in his office handed me the $5,200 cash I made him and said "zacher, I will still pay your weekly salary for the next month (this was over 2 months ago). Take this cash and run with it. At the end of the Month when your salary is over we split all total profits, 50 / 50. You can take this thing as big as you want or as little as you want, its up to you, I believe in you and if this money works out well there may be another investment coming in the future."

Well so off I went, figuring I need to buy up as much stuff is possible while I am still getting paid salary so then at the end of the month when I start selling again all the profits are mine.

Storage Auctions, pallet auctions, flea markets, estate sales, online auctions, you name it I've been to it. I am hustling, harder then I ever have. But I have all the resources I need.. truck, enclosed trailer, box truck, tools, working help, gas and a shop to store everything. All these come free from the company.

I am hustling hard, with no set schedule and no limits in 2 months I have made myself over $12,000 and collected an appraised value of $8,000 in gold and jewelry at 23 years old.thats pretty good money for being your own boss.

Its time to open a store and I'm stoked. Its my store. A pawn shop. We are now in the licensing process and it isn't cheap but then again I am not paying for it. I have what some would call an investor. I am what some would call a property tout.

This is all just my day job, not to mention the time I have now to play poker 3 nights a week at cash games around the city. And bet sports, two-three plays a night at a new unit size of $330 and I am comfortable. I have been on the winning side of payouts for the past 5 weeks with my biggest payout coming today. $1,875 in one week.

At the age of 23 I am a gambler for a living, buying anything I think I can flip. Playing Cards and Betting Sports. I hope you liked my read, just felt I needed to put it out somewhere.

Just remember hustling is hustling, theres a right way to do it and a wrong way. All you gotta do is buy low and sell high. Its the poor mans stock market.

Here is the bar -----------------------------

here is you<<<

Aim higher. Get a real skill.

thordin86 · 11-19-14, 10:41 AM

Of course he should aim higher...
But appraising is not a real skill?
If my english doesnt fail me, appraising is the right word.
If the guy searches the market , buys low and sells high consistently , he is a skillfull trader and tradings is as real a skill as can be.

Gary Busey · 11-19-14, 10:52 AM

Why do hotcakes always sell so fast? Maybe you should skip this pawn shop shit and sell hotcakes.......

Slanina · 11-19-14, 10:52 AM

Good work, sir. Any one "self creating" money is good in my book.

bigtymer56 · 11-19-14, 11:30 AM

Only time I have to say is make sure you save some of that money.

zacher · 11-19-14, 11:42 AM

Originally posted by bigtymer56

Only time I have to say is make sure you save some of that money.

oh I've seen the lows hasn't always been easy. Lost money on some pieces but in the end obviously ahead.

its a grind. I have some saved up. But right now living life man so its no worries, worse comes to worse I use my degree and say I was a failed entrepreneur…people respect that.

mpaschal34 · 11-19-14, 01:16 PM

If you like what you are doing then keeping do it as long as you can support your long term goal/retirement plan. I know it sounds too early to even think about retirement at 23, but believe me, the earlier you start planning, the better.

To me, you are getting a ton of experience with cost analysis/selling and all the other things around managing a store. I say go for it....especially if you like it. Life is so much better when you are doing something you enjoy. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not happy with your job (at least 1/3 of your day) you won't be happy in life.

Good luck!

recon1 · 11-19-14, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by zacher

Here is the story of how I have became a professional gambler for a living.

So for quite some time now, my career path has shifted a bit and I've just come to the realization as a 23 year old, recent college graduate.. with hopes of scaling the fortune 500 business ladder..I gamble for a living, and I love doing it.

I was in front office of a major contracting company that took on 100's of whole home remodels for property investors in the area each month.

One day the owner (about 3 months ago) decided to send me to a pallet auction to look for a cheap way to get a whole lot of tools for his workers for greatly reduced prices. Well we won several pallets of tools..too much for our workers, the owner didn't want to get a bad name at the auction so decided we would buy the tools, get them back to our shop, grab what we needed and sell the rest.

We had 13 truck boxes that locked and over 20 total saws, shop vacs and utility carts we needed to sell. THESE THINGS WENT LIKE HOTCAKES, I mean in just over two weeks I took a $1,760 investment and turned it into just north of $5k cash. THE OWNER WAS ESTATIC.

So he brought me in his office handed me the $5,200 cash I made him and said "zacher, I will still pay your weekly salary for the next month (this was over 2 months ago). Take this cash and run with it. At the end of the Month when your salary is over we split all total profits, 50 / 50. You can take this thing as big as you want or as little as you want, its up to you, I believe in you and if this money works out well there may be another investment coming in the future."

Well so off I went, figuring I need to buy up as much stuff is possible while I am still getting paid salary so then at the end of the month when I start selling again all the profits are mine.

Storage Auctions, pallet auctions, flea markets, estate sales, online auctions, you name it I've been to it. I am hustling, harder then I ever have. But I have all the resources I need.. truck, enclosed trailer, box truck, tools, working help, gas and a shop to store everything. All these come free from the company.

I am hustling hard, with no set schedule and no limits in 2 months I have made myself over $12,000 and collected an appraised value of $8,000 in gold and jewelry at 23 years old.thats pretty good money for being your own boss.

Its time to open a store and I'm stoked. Its my store. A pawn shop. We are now in the licensing process and it isn't cheap but then again I am not paying for it. I have what some would call an investor. I am what some would call a property tout.

This is all just my day job, not to mention the time I have now to play poker 3 nights a week at cash games around the city. And bet sports, two-three plays a night at a new unit size of $330 and I am comfortable. I have been on the winning side of payouts for the past 5 weeks with my biggest payout coming today. $1,875 in one week.

At the age of 23 I am a gambler for a living, buying anything I think I can flip. Playing Cards and Betting Sports. I hope you liked my read, just felt I needed to put it out somewhere.

Just remember hustling is hustling, theres a right way to do it and a wrong way. All you gotta do is buy low and sell high. Its the poor mans stock market.

Congratulations!

Hopefully you thank God above for the opportunities he's given you and share your small fortune with the "working poor" keyword is "Working"

Don't waste a lot of time chasing cash either.
Mark 10:25
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Ted Sheckler · 11-19-14, 03:03 PM

Enjoy it while you can. Soon you'll realize...

PaperTrail07 · 11-19-14, 03:56 PM

Dont run corporate but dont think good and bad runs dont happen....

Originally posted by zacher

oh I've seen the lows hasn't always been easy. Lost money on some pieces but in the end obviously ahead.

its a grind. I have some saved up. But right now living life man so its no worries, worse comes to worse I use my degree and say I was a failed entrepreneur…people respect that.

R.P. McMurphy · 11-19-14, 09:53 PM

Bol man takes balls to do what your doing and thinking outside of the box a bit. Also takes skill, discipline, ambition , and can come with freedom and empowerment that alot of working stiffs slaving themselves to the man will never understand. Most jobs for company's are a joke more than ever these days and there is little loyalty in the work place to employees. Best to carve your own place in this life. Why be someone else's slave when you can be your own master!

chipper · 11-20-14, 01:05 AM

I enjoyed your story and am impressed with your ambition. Congrats.

scumbag · 11-20-14, 06:25 AM

You're not really a professional gambler here. You're something else. Don't worry though, it's better.

congrats on your success.

rkelly110 · 11-20-14, 08:28 AM

I'm with ya Zacher, but the best things in life are free.

I'm a small engine specialist. Work on all sorts of small engine equipment. In between jobs I advertise on craigslist (free), I go to local department stores that sell small engine equipment and look for customer returns. Manufacturer credits them and they either throw them out or give them to the junk man. (me)

Most of the returns either need just a spark plug or the customer put too much oil in. One had no oil in and was locked up. Spry lubed it and worked it free. These are hardly used, if at all.

I fix them and resell on craigslist for $50 to $85, depending on what it is for the investment of a quart of of oil, a spark plug, my time and gas.

My neighbor across the street put out 2 push mowers for trash. I pushed them across the street, cleaned them up,
put in new spark plugs and made $150. Another neighbor put out a carpet cleaner. Wheeled it across the street
ordered a power cord (he cut the old one off) $20, cleaned out the spray jets and sold it for $50.

I have 4 push mowers and 4 trimmers (free) fixed and ready for resale come spring.

This summer, in between jobs, I subcontracted my skills to the local hardware store fixing small engines.

Assess your skills, see if there's a market for it by posting on craigslist and make your own way in life. There's
nothing like it. Being your own boss is very rewarding.

scumbag · 11-20-14, 08:42 AM

Kelly, you're a regular billy bob Thornton from that movie where he talks funny.

recon1 · 11-20-14, 09:34 AM

Originally posted by rkelly110

I'm with ya Zacher, but the best things in life are free.

I'm a small engine specialist. Work on all sorts of small engine equipment. In between jobs I advertise on craigslist (free), I go to local department stores that sell small engine equipment and look for customer returns. Manufacturer credits them and they either throw them out or give them to the junk man. (me)

Most of the returns either need just a spark plug or the customer put too much oil in. One had no oil in and was locked up. Spry lubed it and worked it free. These are hardly used, if at all.

I fix them and resell on craigslist for $50 to $85, depending on what it is for the investment of a quart of of oil, a spark plug, my time and gas.

My neighbor across the street put out 2 push mowers for trash. I pushed them across the street, cleaned them up,
put in new spark plugs and made $150. Another neighbor put out a carpet cleaner. Wheeled it across the street
ordered a power cord (he cut the old one off) $20, cleaned out the spray jets and sold it for $50.

I have 4 push mowers and 4 trimmers (free) fixed and ready for resale come spring.

This summer, in between jobs, I subcontracted my skills to the local hardware store fixing small engines.

Assess your skills, see if there's a market for it by posting on craigslist and make your own way in life. There's
nothing like it. Being your own boss is very rewarding.

I knew a regular beat cop who was pals with the local garbage guy, these two would cruise neighborhoods and salvage all kinds of stuff repair and resell. When i lived in South Florida i bought 2 push mowers from him and 10 years later one of them is still sitting in my barn and works perfectly for $50.
On those big trash weeks where people can throw large items out these 2 guys took vacation that week and salvaged a lot of curbside freebies.

rkelly110 · 11-20-14, 09:35 AM

Also carry a lawn mower blade to defend myself. (the movie was called sling blade)