quick easy way to make money!!!

[dbuck]

So, come on ladies and gents!!! Help me think of a way to make money, even during a recession. Work is starting to get REDICULOUSLY slow (so slow that the bosses don't care if we are playing on the internet, yes...it's that bad) and I'm coming to the conclusion that eventually I won't get past the next round of lay-offs.

So, lately it has me thinking.... How can I get past this? What industries will stay afloat during the recession? What kind of business could I start that people will NEED, regardless of the economy? This kinda all started a few weeks ago after my company laid off 5 people (that's 25% of our office:eek3:) and I got my hamster wheels turning. I was getting my haircut when I realized that these types of companies (hairstylists, barbers, etc.) will all still have business, even during a recession.

So, MH...what other businesses do you think people will need that will be profitable during the slow down our economy is currently facing?

[BigComfy]

The cosmetic industry is doing very well. Also the sub contracting part of the industry is booming. Pharma is doing pretty good as well as certain chemical sectors. You should of come to pack expo this week and networked.

[sbfuller]

construction and equipment operators

[dbuck]

construction and equipment operators

Why do you say that? Speaking from the "development" side of things, people WANT to develop property, but no one is willing to finance these developers (even those who have a strong, solid reputation). This in turn effects the architects, engineers, and eventually the construction business. So, how will construction remain profitbable if no one is building or developing?

[lilmckee]

always need the...

medical field
War field
government jobs

[cdill35]

multi-family industry is booming.

Apartments! Peeps cant afford homes, homes being forclosed on, banks dont wanna loan money. Occupancy is higher than ever. Target a specific service to provide to the industry.

[Jay]

liquor stores, strip clubs and mrs. bairds baquerys

[lilmckee]

Why do you say that? Speaking from the "development" side of things, people WANT to develop property, but no one is willing to finance these developers (even those who have a strong, solid reputation). This in turn effects the architects, engineers, and eventually the construction business. So, how will construction remain profitbable if no one is building or developing?

I dunno, right now our construction company is doing great.

But it could be it just needs a while to trickle down, most of the prints we're working off of are still from september/early october

[dbuck]

multi-family industry is booming.

Apartments! Peeps cant afford homes, homes being forclosed on, banks dont wanna loan money. Occupancy is higher than ever. Target a specific service to provide to the industry.

Sure, it is booming right now (property that has already been designed, financed, etc.), but it is slowing down RAPIDLY. I just finished a 13 acre site on the North side of town for appox. 500 units and the job was suspended. The developer (Very well-known) probably invested 1/2 a million in design services, earnest money on the property, etc. only to not find someone to finance the money....it's slowing down....and it's slowing down FAST!

[sbfuller]

Why do you say that? Speaking from the "development" side of things, people WANT to develop property, but no one is willing to finance these developers (even those who have a strong, solid reputation). This in turn effects the architects, engineers, and eventually the construction business. So, how will construction remain profitbable if no one is building or developing?

i'm talking civil construction/maintenance.

firefighter, police, heavy haul driver... those don't even need a college education

[dbuck]

I dunno, right now our construction company is doing great.

But it could be it just needs a while to trickle down, most of the prints we're working off of are still from september/early october

exactly, it will trickle down eventually.... If developers aren't busy, then it effects other aspects of the market....

What I'm looking for is a business venture that people will still NEED, even during a recession.:hs:

[cdill35]

Sure, it is booming right now (property that has already been designed, financed, etc.), but it is slowing down RAPIDLY. I just finished a 13 acre site on the North side of town for appox. 500 units and the job was suspended. The developer (Very well-known) probably invested 1/2 a million in design services, earnest money on the property, etc. only to not find someone to finance the money....it's slowing down....and it's slowing down FAST!


Get involved with properties that are already established. I agree that new construction, in any industry, is NOT a solid bet.

The "high end" residential side of our busniess has fell off to just about nothing.

[dbuck]

i'm talking civil construction/maintenance.

firefighter, police, heavy haul driver... those don't even need a college education

roadway improvements, public works type work? Maybe I'll be a cop, but then I have to give up smoking .... the hell with that.:keke:

[lilmckee]

exactly, it will trickle down eventually.... If developers aren't busy, then it effects other aspects of the market....

What I'm looking for is a business venture that people will still NEED, even during a recession.:hs:

cheap alcohol
cheap drugs


always need food, but thats a market thats pretty hard to break into


I dunno, If I did, I'd be on my way to being rich.

[sbfuller]

exactly, it will trickle down eventually.... If developers aren't busy, then it effects other aspects of the market....

What I'm looking for is a business venture that people will still NEED, even during a recession.:hs:

people will alwyas have dirty windshields... $1 to clean a windshield at a stop light. i bet you could make pretty good money doing that at the right intersection. $1 for 30 seconds of work. i bet you'd wash 15 in an hour, so not bad money

[dbuck]

people will alwyas have dirty windshields... $1 to clean a windshield at a stop light. i bet you could make pretty good money doing that at the right intersection. $1 for 30 seconds of work. i bet you'd wash 15 in an hour, so not bad money

DING DING DING....EXACTLY what I was looking for.........















eh, FAIL!!!!

I won't be selling newspapers or washing windows at intersection to pay my mortgage.:D

[4x4 AG]

well i can tell you that it isn't anything to do with construction, and the oil industry is slowing as well.

i say Govt. Dems love govt involvement. Govt work just doesn't pay as well as private.

Hookers are always needed. recession or not.

[MudBug]

roadway improvements, public works type work? Maybe I'll be a cop, but then I have to give up smoking .... the hell with that.:keke:

cops smoke.


I was thinking about getting a CDL and driver dump trucks. Those guys make about 1500 per week and stay busy. I was also considering mounting a pressure washer and big tank on trailer and get into the washing business. Car sales are going way down and just getting worse. Maybe I should have 2 more kids, stop working and live of the government. lol

Danny you are not alone about what to do. Hell Scatter is going to work to help make ends meet and honestly that hurts my pride a little, but its better to have hurt pride then no house, food, utilities, or even worse a lose the Jeep.

[dbuck]

cheap alcohol
cheap drugs


always need food, but thats a market thats pretty hard to break into


I dunno, If I did, I'd be on my way to being rich.

I thought about the black market, but my wife wasn't too hip on the idea....especially since both her parents work for DPS.

[sbfuller]

DING DING DING....EXACTLY what I was looking for.........















eh, FAIL!!!!

I won't be selling newspapers or washing windows at intersection to pay my mortgage.:D
i bet if nobody else would hire you and you had get food that you would... i know i would

[MudBug]

well i can tell you that it isn't anything to do with construction, and the oil industry is slowing as well.

i say Govt. Dems love govt involvement. Govt work just doesn't pay as well as private.

Hookers are always needed. recession or not.

he would go broke selling that hairy fat ass. :rofl::rofl:

[Irak]

Food and Health. They will always be in the market.

Not sure what you majored in, but Contract Research Organizations for Clinical Research are on the rise and hiring people now. The only one in Houston that I could recommend is www.iconclinical.com if you are willing to move to Austin there are several there.

[dbuck]

cops smoke.

I was thinking about getting a CDL and driver dump trucks. Those guys make about 1500 per week and stay busy. I was also considering mounting a pressure washer and big tank on trailer and get into the washing business. Car sales are going way down and just getting worse. Maybe I should have 2 more kids, stop working and live of the government. lol

Danny you are not alone about what to do. Hell Scatter is going to work to help make ends meet and honestly that hurts my pride a little, but its better to have hurt pride then no house, food, utilities, or even worse a lose the Jeep.

not what I smoke. LOL! My wife and I both work in the "development" side of business...sooner or later I'm gonna have to find something else to do...

pressure washer, landscaping, etc. are out of the question I think. Manual labor in Texas is hard to make a profit when competing with people who are willing to work for 1/2 of what you are.:-/

[dbuck]

i bet if nobody else would hire you and you had get food that you would... i know i would

I'd flip hamburgers first.:hs:

[MudBug]

not what I smoke. LOL! My wife and I both work in the "development" side of business...sooner or later I'm gonna have to find something else to do...

pressure washer, landscaping, etc. are out of the question I think. Manual labor in Texas is hard to make a profit when competing with people who are willing to work for 1/2 of what you are.:-/

you can still make money at some of it. just not mowing and landscaping.

I have a very good friend who owns a granite shop and he is fixing to close shop in the next few months. Its getting bad everywhere.

[dbuck]

you can still make money at some of it. just not mowing and landscaping.

I have a very good friend who owns a granite shop and he is fixing to close shop in the next few months. Its getting bad everywhere.

I was thinking of getting back into the plastics industry. I spent 2 years supervising a 3rd shift (which sucked) for an extrusion company, but I don't want to deal those hours. I'm digging the 8-5 work routine.:nod:

I was considering opening a day care business (I use to work with kids and I loved it), but if people are getting laid off and not working, day care is no longer necessary.

I want to find something people will need, not want.:thumb: Then again, like LilMckee mentioned, if he knew of something he'd already be on his way to getting rich.

[MudBug]

Daycare is going to keep happening. people like myself who's better never needed to work but is going to work to make end meet, will be putting their kids in daycare.

[GsxrRcr369]

Open a funeral home. People are always gonna pass away its part of life. And it cost a lil bit of money to do the service. Money that could be in your pocket.

[MudBug]

but if they are broke they will be doing cremations cause they are cheaper and people can put the life insurance money in the bank.

If you have the funds I would go with the daycare. Keep it affordable but still good. Hire a few broke MHers to teach and you got it made.

[dbuck]

but if they are broke they will be doing cremations cause they are cheaper and people can put the life insurance money in the bank.

If you have the funds I would go with the daycare. Keep it affordable but still good. Hire a few broke MHers to teach and you got it made.

no offense, but this is the last place I would look for baby sitters.:keke:

[GsxrRcr369]

but if they are broke they will be doing cremations cause they are cheaper and people can put the life insurance money in the bank.

If you have the funds I would go with the daycare. Keep it affordable but still good. Hire a few broke MHers to teach and you got it made.

True True...... Daycare is a good idea but the best way to do it and make money is only have a few kids so you can have the daycare at your house. I don't remember what the limit is on the # of kids but then you dont have to rent/buy a place to have your daycare. And everything for the house is a write off. Water, elect., food, etc.... And you don't have to charge too much to get some business because most daycares cost an arm and a leg

[MudBug]

no offense, but this is the last place I would look for baby sitters.:keke:

I have baby sat plenty of these fools in the 11 short months I have been here.:keke:

[dbuck]

True True...... Daycare is a good idea but the best way to do it and make money is only have a few kids so you can have the daycare at your house. I don't remember what the limit is on the # of kids but then you dont have to rent/buy a place to have your daycare. And everything for the house is a write off. Water, elect., food, etc.... And you don't have to charge too much to get some business because most daycares cost an arm and a leg

excellent point...just to have a big enough house to do it.

[MudBug]

True True...... Daycare is a good idea but the best way to do it and make money is only have a few kids so you can have the daycare at your house. I don't remember what the limit is on the # of kids but then you don't have to rent/buy a place to have your daycare. And everything for the house is a write off. Water, elect., food, etc.... And you don't have to charge too much to get some business because most day cares cost an arm and a leg

With all the crap going on these days when me and the wife went looking for daycare the ones ran out of homes we passed right up. We are paying $250 a week for all 3 kids. The oldest is only there for about 2 hours so he is cheap.

[MudBug]

open a bar. drunks all ways have money for beer. Isn't Yankees for sale? You know that guy is making money.

[lilmckee]

open a bar. drunks all ways have money for beer. Isn't Yankees for sale? You know that guy is making money.

I dont think any banks are willing to take that chance right now

you need a pretty tight business plan to get any cash now :-/

[dbuck]

open a bar. drunks all ways have money for beer. Isn't Yankees for sale? You know that guy is making money.

starting a bar involves having a good amount of financing....and God knows I don't have that kind of capital.

[MudBug]

I dont think any banks are willing to take that chance right now

you need a pretty tight business plan to get any cash now :-/

but a place like Yankees you can show the books, just need a business plan and that should not be hard.

[dbuck]

but a place like Yankees you can show the books, just need a business plan and that should not be hard.

there must be a reason he is selling.:shrug:

[MudBug]

Its always packed. Someone posted something about not to long ago.

[FLYIN'DUC]

Pimp a few hoes Danny, They can allways wash it and resell it over and over again:keke:, I know if I was a fly ho I would be:keke:

[MudBug]

where is Tims post? and post #41 WTF?

never mind it showed up.

[lilmckee]

where is Tims post? and post #41 WTF?

i dunno it was missing for me too

[dbuck]

i dunno it was missing for me too

wondering the same thing....I thought he was offering me a job riding Duc's:keke:

[MudBug]

lol. you mean duclings.

[lilmckee]

shit tim can make a killing, renting out all his bikes haha

[gsxr005]

There always the military. Better yet contracts jobs for the military.

[dbuck]

Still looking for ideas....just got word that my company is making a 10% salary cut across the board. Upper Mgmt is taking a 20% hit. If things don't pick up in the next 2 months, I can bank on working 4 day work weeks and only receiving 80% of my salary.

Keep your eyes peeled....this GSXR is gonna be sold here VERY shortly unless things turn upward FAST!!!

[Xaero]

Something people need no matter what? Getting rid of trash.

No matter what’s happening, trash is always gonna be produced and it needs to be taken care of somehow. When I lived in Washington state my mom worked for an incinerator company that disposed of trash and produced energy as a byproduct. How can you go wrong with that? Getting rid of garbage and producing energy as a result? Which is something else people need no matter what.

Take a look at the company http://www.wheelabratortechnologies.com

[KaMaKaZeE_FZR!]

I used to do maintenance on cellphone tower pad sites. Cellphones arent going anywhere, they are always putting more towers up. It is a fairly easy gig to get into, all i needed was a weed eater, backpack sprayer, gps, and digital camera. We had a contract with one of the companies that owned the towers, had to maintain the grounds once a month and got paid pretty decent per site. Basically the first time you visit the pad you would have to cut down all the overgrowth, spray it real good with round up, and take a picture of before and after for records. The next month everything is dead except for a few sprouts here and there. After i made my first rounds, it was more driving than anything, maybe 10-15 min per site, and i could hit close to 20 a day in the Houston area. The only thing is you are required to have a chemical applicators license which isnt hard to acquire.

[dbuck]

Something people need no matter what? Getting rid of trash.

No matter what’s happening, trash is always gonna be produced and it needs to be taken care of somehow. When I lived in Washington state my mom worked for an incinerator company that disposed of trash and produced energy as a byproduct. How can you go wrong with that? Getting rid of garbage and producing energy as a result? Which is something else people need no matter what.

Take a look at the company http://www.wheelabratortechnologies.com


they don't operate in TX and I'm not looking to relocate. It doesn't even have to quick and easy pay....just looking into options.

Seriously still considering the fence business (although I'm looking and some places are doing fences for $12/LF....what are they using? Non pressure treated Pine and thumbtacks?), but the market is saturated with contractors. It may be tough to make it in that market.

Was also considering doing Mobile oil changes and car Maintenance. I dunno...

Just looking for ideas.

[KaMaKaZeE_FZR!]

Ive been working in galveston lately and there is alot of sub work if you are skilled at a trade. Also there is alot of haul off needed.

[dbuck]

I used to do maintenance on cellphone tower pad sites. Cellphones arent going anywhere, they are always putting more towers up. It is a fairly easy gig to get into, all i needed was a weed eater, backpack sprayer, gps, and digital camera. We had a contract with one of the companies that owned the towers, had to maintain the grounds once a month and got paid pretty decent per site. Basically the first time you visit the pad you would have to cut down all the overgrowth, spray it real good with round up, and take a picture of before and after for records. The next month everything is dead except for a few sprouts here and there. After i made my first rounds, it was more driving than anything, maybe 10-15 min per site, and i could hit close to 20 a day in the Houston area. The only thing is you are required to have a chemical applicators license which isnt hard to acquire.

what kind of money did it pay and do you have a contact of some sort?

[KaMaKaZeE_FZR!]

Fences are booming too, but that was one if the first things people started tackling because of the ease to get into the business so yes it will be difficult to get your foot into the market.

[KaMaKaZeE_FZR!]

as far as the towers go, depends on what company you get a contract from. We had 100 sites, between Houston and Corpus so there was some driving involved but 100 sites = 3 a day. I think we got $60 per site per month, so roughly $6000 per month for this one contract. I did most of my routs on the weekend so it is feasible to do this as a part time, or with a few good people, there is alot of money that can be made.

[dbuck]

Fences are booming too, but that was one if the first things people started tackling because of the ease to get into the business so yes it will be difficult to get your foot into the market.

I had plans of doing this before the Hurricane hit...so I would be ready to "hit the pavement" as soon as stuff came back around. I waited too long. I should have invested that 2k into an auger rig and compressor/nail gun and quit my job. My wife wasn't hot on the idea. I should have taken the plunge.:-/

[KaMaKaZeE_FZR!]

I also did tractor mowing. We had all the park and rides, and Katy Mills. Katy Mills has like 1000 acres and 2 tractors cut it non stop.

[BMoreno]

it would be nice to find something to do for extra income, to save up for a rainy day and if/when the time comes to leave the company...

I've been wanting to start up something, at least on the weekends, but i've gone through so many ideas of what type of business is in need and so far I haven't come up with anything...at least something that doesn't require thousands of dollars to start up.

[dbuck]

it would be nice to find something to do for extra income, to save up for a rainy day and if/when the time comes to leave the company...

I've been wanting to start up something, at least on the weekends, but i've gone through so many ideas of what type of business is in need and so far I haven't come up with anything...at least something that doesn't require thousands of dollars to start up.


That's what I'm saying and why I was leaning towards fence building...I wouldn't need a bunch of jobs....just something for every other weekend (seeing that I'll have off Fridays) and supplemental income.:shrug:

[BigComfy]

That's what I'm saying and why I was leaning towards fence building...I wouldn't need a bunch of jobs....just something for every other weekend (seeing that I'll have off Fridays) and supplemental income.:shrug:

Move to cali and grow trees for the weed pharmacies :thumb:

[PYROBUG51]

i'm talking civil construction/maintenance.

firefighter, police, heavy haul driver... those don't even need a college education

Hey Hey Hey.....we gots ahh coulage edjamacation....Pssshhh u dont noo:D
If this doesnt work out I will always stand at the corner and wash windshields....sheet 50 cents to a dollar..sheet I think they make more than I do.....

[peruvian]

http://money.aol.com/creditdebt/25-ways-to-make-quick-money
i hope this helps!

[spring r1]

rent out curb monkeys by the hour........