Thread: potential fastlane business in scrap metal?

Almost anything can be a 'fastlane' business..

You could find your fastlane selling condoms, hockeysticks, cars, boats, drugs (the legal kind)...

...find a way to sell manatees (those fat sea cows) to zoos, aquariums, etc + delegate most if not all tasks = profit $$$

Being as those kinds of businesses have been around since the late 19th century, I'd say so.

I am far from an expert and have no real experience in the business. This is also not to discourage you in anyway as there is always a way to make it work. Anyways I looked at buying a recycling business that was for sale. The reason I decided not to purchase it is it had alot of expensive hard assets, heavy equipment and realestate mostly. This meant that I was going to have to invest alot of money for a smaller cashflow. Although like I said I know nothing about the business so I am sure there is a way to bootstrap this if you get creative.

ps A friend of mines ex owned a sanitation company in Vegas and he made bank so the money is there.

Scrap is a great business. I grew up with a friend whose parents owned a recycling company and only found out much later were worth $200m.

Like RichKid said, one can build a Fastlane business in any industry. The key is to create a system that you can leverage, and not to do all the work yourself (though obviously, you will certainly work very hard).