The first time I heard about an old incorporate that went brilliant hunting in parking lots, I knew there were more ways to make money than my scheming mind could imagine. By twelve years old I was taking Playboy magazines out of newspaper recycling bins to sell for a dollar each in school. I also sold ammunition to both sides in my brother's paper-wad war, so I had a taste for the more unusual ways to make money. I still do. Here are some of the stranger money production stories I've collected.
Treasure Hunting
The old incorporate mentioned above can identify the sparkle of a brilliant amidst pieces of glass, from a hundred feet away! Parking lots are where most diamonds pop out of there settings, due to the temperature changes when population get out of their cars. Wandering mall parking lots has come to be their second relinquishment income. Treasure hunting obviously goes beyond the common conception.
A man in California took the shag carpet from a large theater being remodeled, rescue the owners the cost of disposal. During the thirties the theater was a place where the wealthy went, and the wealthy, like all of us, lose things, but more requisite things perhaps. When the man cut up and thought about shook out the old carpet, it was found to contain over ,000 worth of high-priced stones, rings, and rare coins.
Selling Things
At a campfire near a desert hot spring one winter, my wife and I met a man who sells stuffed animals on the side of the highway. When we saw him again, in his van full of stuffed animals, I pressed him for details. He buys used stuffed animals at thrift stores in bulk and then sells them alongside the highway. Early on, he even got the stores to give him the animals, with the deal that he would return with the money or the animals the next week.
In some small towns he can get a vendor's permit cheaply (/year, for example). Otherwise he just sells until they chase him out of the county. He says he hasn't been fined yet, and he claims he sold ,000 worth his first month. I think he was exaggerating, but because of him we contain used stuffed animals in our flea shop stands with some success.
Beating The Casino
I worked at a casino for years and I saw a lot of population foolishly writing down the numbers that came up on the roulette wheel. Foolishly, I say, because their their theories were nonsense. Casinos will all the time welcome these players and even hand them the pen and paper.
One player, however, was absolutely scientific about it. By finding a bias in the wheel, after "charting" it for 5,000 spins, he made thousands betting on just one or two numbers. When a estimate comes up, it pays 35 to 1. One of the numbers, because of manufacturing imperfections or whatever reason, was arrival up 1 in 27 spins, instead of the average 1 in 38 spins.
He bet a spin, and he profited for every 27 spins of the wheel in the long run. That's about 0 per hour. The ups and downs were dramatic though, so this is not for the faint-hearted. I saw this player lose as much as 0 in a night, but he later confided that he profitted over ,000 before the casino changed the wheel.
Making Money With Real Estate
Making money with real estate isn't unusual, of course, but there are less common ways to do it. There was a man, for example, who went around optioning hilltops. If the owner wanted ,000 for the land, this invester might offer 0 for an selection to buy the property at full price (,000) within six months. The sellers liked the idea of getting full price, or just holding the 0.
Next, he contacted radio stations, police departments, and cell phone companies that might need a hill to put a radio tower on. It is common custom to lease the properties on ten-year or longer leases, for tax reasons. Once the investor got a lease signed, it was relatively uncomplicated to get a bank to lend the money for the purchase.
He might have payments of 0 per month until the loan is paid. The radio center puts up the tower, and rents the hilltop for 0 per month. Total risk? If he doesn't find an concerned party, he walks away, losing the 0 selection fee. He succeeded often enough to afford a few losses.
More Strange Ways To make Money
You can, of procedure have a strange job as a way to make money. I wouldn't want to be an "Odor Judger," who gets to smell armpits all day to help make deodorants that work. Being a "Chicken Sexer," isn't as bad as it sounds, however. This jobs just involves sorting through baby chicks to decide if they are male or female. Now, being a recliner tester for the Lazy Boy business - that sounds like a great job.
Strange Ways To Make Money