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rjreynoldsinc
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do you work from home? 1
#27160116 - 01/20/21 06:32 PM (3 years, 7 days ago) |
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was wondering whatpeople who work from home do to make monies..im curious please share!...id love to make a income from home but besides selling on ebay im lost
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First business I ran from home was reselling web hosting space in the 90's, I was in high school at the time. As competition in the space heated up, I pivoted to working a more traditional teenager job and worked my way up to be a part-time manager for a concessionaire stand that operated at the Rose Bowl and other special events around town such as the LA County Fair.
Started volunteering here at the Shroomery when I went to college, and stepped into an official ownership/business role here in 2004.
I subsequently dropped out of college in Santa Cruz to move back to Los Angeles and start an online retail business for subwoofer speakers. I was studying business, but the program wasn't very exciting and the prospect of a real world business opportunity was too good to pass up. I'd have to drive down to San Diego where my OEM's production facility was located and made multiple trips to bring inventory back to LA, where I piled the boxes to the ceiling in the second bedroom of my rental townhome at the time (lugging all these 20-50 lb speakers up a staircase to get there!). The business gained success mainly through my participation in DIY audio enthusiast forums (for which my time working here at the Shroomery helped provide a familiar skillset for working in the space) and would've kept going on that venture except that my OEM went bankrupt, unfortunately right after I'd placed my largest purchase order! I hung up the towel on that venture, as I was unable to find a domestic supplier of comparable quality at an acceptable price point.
I also started managing rental properties upon my return to Los Angeles, about midway through my SoundSplinter venture, as well as beginning to actively invest the proceeds I had amassed from my various ventures (hence the creation of the STOCKS thread in this forum). Got involved in crypto fairly early on as well, and now hold ownership in my own rental property which generates steady income.
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rjreynoldsinc
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: geokills]
#27161355 - 01/21/21 12:24 PM (3 years, 6 days ago) |
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very nice read thanks for sharing your story man!!!...i think ive read tid bits of your story about this on the forums here and there...what did you do with the large stock order after your OEM went bankrupt?...ive always wanted to start my own legit business but all the red tape you have to cut through to be a fully legit earning business can be very blah
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rjreynoldsinc said: what did you do with the large stock order after your OEM went bankrupt?
It was never delivered. I had paid for the bulk of the order literally just a week or two before they went into bankruptcy liquidation. I recouped some of the funds deposited, but ultimately ate a ~$25,000 loss on that, which was not insignificant for me at the time, given that the business was only approaching half a million in total top line sales revenue from the prior three years of work that went into it. Momentum was really starting to pick up too. There was a loose opportunity on the table in the months prior to the OEM's bankruptcy, to move to San Diego to work with them in house to help manage their own attempt at a direct sales channel... but I didn't want to give up on the property management opportunities I was just getting into in the Los Angeles area.
Ultimately, it worked out. Most everyone who finds success, can very likely recount several failures they've had to endure along the way.
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ManianFH
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rjreynoldsinc said: was wondering whatpeople who work from home do to make monies..im curious please share!...id love to make a income from home but besides selling on ebay im lost
I work as a billing/quality assurance manager for a non-profit that focuses on rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness (schizophrenia, depression, psychosis, etc...). I graduated college with a BA in Psych back in 2008, went right into work at a youth shelter as a hands on mental health coach - similar situation but younger population of 11-18.
Stopped working there in 2010 after a bad breakup kinda tore me up, spent the year travelling, gigging around as a musician, working odd jobs like tiling - which made me appreciate my previous job that didnt involve back breaking hard labor. Got my shit together again in 2011 and started working for my current company as a hands on Mental Health Coach. Had a really good relationship with our program director who promoted me in short order to Lead, then to Billing/QA.
I spent most of my childhood and young adult life in front of a computer so when I got to the office making sense of the work there was easy, which helped minimize our audit error rates. We went on to have 5 or 6 error free audits which before me there had never been one in Orange County (under the reign of OCHCA). The trust and relationships between our core team grew from there, and fast forward to today I am pretty much trusted to just get my work done, whether at home, office or whatever.
I dunno, I guess my advice is if you are going to work for yourself (ebay/amazon/etc..) you are going to work really hard, and it will be a 40-60 hour week job, but once you get it down the rewards can be immense in terms of income - should you find your niche - and having utter freedom to work/not work as you please. The fastest way IMO to remote gig is just getting a job somewhere, hopefully somewhere you like, which involves computer related operations, and verify early on whether or not remote work is a possibility. You are still at the tail end (?) of a Covid Pandemic, and most companies are offering some form of remote work. My guess is that most of them will keep employees at home if viable because it saves them space and money. Once you find that job, if you like it, work hard, and make good relationships with good people. Build trust, and once you have earned trust, youll likely earn the freedom to work when and where you choose.
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deadwk
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: ManianFH]
#27162712 - 01/22/21 12:51 AM (3 years, 6 days ago) |
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For a few years I was running a business that had a large scale cryptocurrency mining farm and doing software development. These days however I do freelance software development, but am currently in school for cybersecurity / digital forensics so once this school stuff is over I'll probably do freelance cybersecurity work but I'm not sure if I'll be able to work entirely from home doing that.
If you have a passion for technology I'd recommend checking out software development, it's probably one of the fields that is the most friendly to remote working allowing you to work from home.
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rjreynoldsinc
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: deadwk]
#27165510 - 01/23/21 01:53 PM (3 years, 4 days ago) |
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i had considered doing crypto mining as well...also P.S. thanks for everyone whos shared ive enjoyed reading your replies....so i never do tell people my problems but here is..................................
my situation
been working full time job for 14 years now im out of work been unemployed for 2 years now moved into my parents house to look after them ..my dad has been disabled since i was 12 and now my mom is disabled because of heart surgeries and complications with her health from it..so im looking after her mainly...been keeping afloat barley with ebay and selling stuff i find cheap whenever i can make it to my local thrift stores but its not alot of money coming in and im trying to figure out what i could do from home id appreciate any input or if your in a similar situation id like to hear what you do...thanks everyone!!
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deadwk
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Cryptomining is definitely a fun past time, but whether or not you can do so profitably ultimately depends on your power costs and how cheap they are. In most circumstances you will make more profit buying cryptocurrency outright then mining it. Right now I still cryptomine but it's strictly as a hobby.
Do you have any surplus income? If you do it might be good to plan an investment strategy as a way of bolstering your finances over the long run.
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rjreynoldsinc
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: deadwk] 1
#27168608 - 01/25/21 08:08 AM (3 years, 3 days ago) |
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i spent my entire life savings staying afloat the past two years without working because i was looking after my disabled parents so im back to 0....been stayin afloat via ebay and selling 25 cent thrift items for 20 bucks here and there...i just gotta figure out how to turn this into a posotive
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RenegadeMycologist
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rjreynoldsinc said: i spent my entire life savings staying afloat the past two years without working because i was looking after my disabled parents so im back to 0....been stayin afloat via ebay and selling 25 cent thrift items for 20 bucks here and there...i just gotta figure out how to turn this into a posotive
Oh man. Sorry to hear that. I know how it feels starting from zero. Don't give up
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EmKay
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Here is something I recently posted on a different thread about my job. I've been working primarily from home for nearly a year now.
"I am 44 and feel like I finally found my "Career", not just a job when I was 42. I couldn't see myself doing a job where I wasn't helping my community and making a difference. I work as a licensed insurance agent and serve as an advocate for senior citizens in my community to help them navigate their Medicare benefits. I used to run a company that provided home care to seniors and I saw, first hand, what happened when people needed care and could no longer afford it. I wanted to help them before it became a problem. My clients become like family to me. Their kids call me to thank me for helping. It is extremely rewarding. It also doesn't hurt that I get paid pretty well for it. The best thing is that my company pays me. There is never a fee for my services to the clients I assist. The company has seven different ways of compensating me, from commissions, to bonuses, to deferred compensation where they pay into a 401K for me regardless of whether or not I contribute. I hit six figures last year, and it was only my second year here. I know a lot of people in my community who have been adversely affected by the pandemic and lost hours or their entire job because of the shut downs. I've been very lucky to have a career that allows me to work remotely and is virtually recession proof and pandemic proof. The last thing I will say about it is that I LOVE the culture of my workplace. I've had many jobs in the past where I felt out of place and often very uncomfortable with my colleagues. My teammates now are like family and I actually enjoy spending time with them outside of work. That makes a HUGE difference."
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Papa_wook
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: EmKay] 1
#27187100 - 02/04/21 09:13 PM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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I work in technology sales and while I do travel usually, most of my job is now done remote and I love it. That being said, sales is not for everyone. I do believe it can be a good career for those who are knowledgeable about a specific thing and can help lead others to make decisions.
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Milk-away
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Re: do you work from home? [Re: Papa_wook]
#27189781 - 02/06/21 01:42 PM (2 years, 11 months ago) |
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I am currently unemployed. I have had a few dry spells in my career, I started up with cooking, became pretty good at it quite fast when I was younger, but it wasn’t really enough, I due to the level of corruption of where I’m from it’s really difficult to get paid well, so I tried working in IT, it was a basic technical support job, but I mean, except from team leaders, no one was bothering me, I replied to emails, scheduled meetings when I wanted to, it was pretty nice. Sadly, after Covid, I wanted to venture out into the unknown and quit my job in order to pursue my dream of becoming rich quick. So here I am a year later, studying spirituality every day, trying to make sense of happiness on earth, studying mycology off of forums and if I have enough energy, why not studying a free online course on a couple of coding languages. I’m currently unemployed, but life is short, I might even try some pyramid schemes just for the stupidity of it.
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