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This is already a gold thread. Awesome opportunity spotting and problem solving on display. And way to help out your local community!<br />
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These are the kind of threads that inspire people to take action.<br />
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Thank you, I missed this thread. <br />
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Upgraded to GOLD.<br />
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So, whilst all the new year new me people were getting ready with their fireworks, I was busy solving problems. I know I set out to make $9,000 but I had changed the goalposts in my head when I got there. I wanted 5 figures in uk GBP and not just dollars.<br />
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Problem: My sister has a hydrofacial business (don’t really understand it but basically it’s helping women get clearer skin via fancy machines and skin care products). She has 10k+ followers on instagram and has clients lined up for several months. Her £4,000 machine was broken and delivery wouldn’t be another 2 weeks. I realised that I could solve this problem for her and help her get back on track.<br />
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Action: I decided to trawl the internet and found ONE hydrofacial in all of England available. It wasn’t actually available, I went through her social media and noticed she had 2 machines. I DMed her and she said she would sell it to me. We negotiated for £2,000 and off I went for yet another “unpaid uber job” as I call it. People often see no “for sale” sign and think these items are not for sale. If that is the case, be proactive as some people might be thinking of selling but haven’t got the “push” to do it.<br />
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Second action: Whilst collecting it she asked me why as a guy I was so interested. She loved that I hustled like this so she gave me items to sell and I could get a comission. She estimated it would take me<u> 3 weeks</u> to sell all 100. It took me <b>6 hours</b> hahahahha. All I did was give them to my sister to sell them, then gave her all the comission to help pay off the machine.<br />
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Third action: seeing my success, the female (doctor btw) offered me to sell her facial business beds (used) . She had 4 I didn’t bother asking her why but said yes. I went off and 3 days later sold them all. They were massive, inconvenient to lug around and could easily break. The people buying them were other female professionals in the area with a “me too” side business.<br />
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Result: Sister got her machine, saving 30 clients from having to reschedule. A random person 3hrs drive away got multiple items sold without leaving her house . I made cold hard cash.<br />
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Moral: Help everyone regardless of race, religion, gender or even area. Everyone has problems and you might even be able to profit from solving them.<br />
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Profit this time: £2,800, $3,504<br />
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<b>Total profit so far: £11,342/$14,196</b><br />
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So I smashed my goal in 1 month and hustled hard. Could I have done things better, targeted higher income people etc? Who knows but it shows you can make quick money easily without changing your moral compass. You’ll notice that I mostly have no inventory, none of my own cash and sometimes don’t even take long. A lot of people make excuses and I hoped that this thread would inspire someone to take some action even if it’s not your main business idea. You’ll also notice that even though I set out to do x, sometimes y would become available and I made more money. Ultimately help solve annoying problems for people and they’ll pay you to “sort it out” for them.<br />
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Random Update: I was supposed to be working this bank Holliday at work (overtime) but randomly got canceled last minute as due to a technical issue my details were not updated. I didn’t bother fighting it and went home. I then partied until…jk. I went onto my computer and kept on with my self taught path of JavaScript so I can make progress towards a react native cross platform app idea. I keep making mistakes but I’m using spaced repetition and constantly self testing so I learn by doing and not following along blindly to tutorials and online courses.<br />
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Future goal: Someone said I should go into real estate. That is my long term goal and I plan to buy a rental property in a few years. However as MJ said, you make money with investments once you’ve made a large chunk of money with a business first.<br />
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Random ideas: This week I heard the following comments that people were about to pay for-<br />
1. Driveway wall blasting (make it look cleaner and newer).<br />
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2. Gutter cleaning.<br />
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3. Wall skimming (me so it’s smoother and can be painted on better).<br />
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4. Carpet cleaning (hard to remove marks and stains).<br />
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5. Clothes tailoring (women who have lost weight but don’t want to get rid of their favourite clothes).<br />
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6. Filling takeaway food (lots and lots in the area but some give poor portions or overcharge).<br />
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7. Lots of car problems (I’m surprised why every mechanic isn’t a millionaire).<br />
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8. Plumbing issues (as above but for plumbers).<br />
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9. Winter stuff like gloves (weather is changing already and likely to snow soon here).<br />
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10. This one is something I’ve bought due to the amount of people getting it. Flasks for holding tea. The newer designs have plenty of value skews (cheap, hand holding material so you don’t burn, secure top closers to prevent spills, different colours, higher quality and easy to wash etc).<br />
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Oh and before I forget, I’ve attached some nicely gathered cash.
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Incredible action taking, grit, and hustle.<br />
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Congrats my friend, and I appreciate the progress thread.</div>
