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I started a carpet cleaning business in May of 2012. I spent over $3,000 on training and certification for carpet cleaning, fire and smoke damage restoration as well as water damage restoration. I spent about $3,000 on some entry level equipment. I spent about $1,500 in advertising only to get about $3,500 in sales, all ads in the local weekly newspapers, all 13 week contracts. Each paper used a different Google Voice number so I could tract the source of the calls. Three out of six papers led to exactly 0 inquiries. One led to a single inquiry and a $400 job that took too much time complete. I put in 3+ hours per day at the end of every day for 5 days. It was for a landlord. It was10/31 to 11/4 . He had 5 vacant apartments in his complex. After they were painted, I came in to clean the carpets. Originally I planned on them taking 2 hours each, but with 10 hour shifts subcontracting for someone else doing Sandy clean-up I was working slow and they were dirtier than I anticipated.
The person who I sub contracted about 100 worth of Sandy clean up has offered me a part-time job for $12.50 per hour, 2-3 days per week. It is over an hour commute to his company.
Quite frankly, 2012 was horrible. i have about $5,000 in my checking account right now that I can spend. I was just approved for a $12,500 business loan, that would require me to fund $2,500 of a $15,000 business plan. About $1,500 of that would go to marketing. I also had to promise to spend another $1,000 in marketing out of my own pocket. All I have to do is sign the papers.The loan is 84 months @ 4.5%. That’s just under $175 per month, not a big deal.
It will tremendously expand my ability to do work. It will give me a nice marketing budget. I don’t know if this will actually boost my business any however. The local economy sucks. A lot of money is going to make repairs to homes not covered by FEMA or insurance. It is hard to find clients. Our local unemployment rate is still going up. It is 9%. I have cleaned out more vacant apartments and foreclosures than anything else. Maybe that’s my niche. Problem is the foreclosure rate is slowing down too. To me, it looks like the economy is flat lining. That’s the worst for me. If it is going up, people spend money. If it is going down, foreclosures need cleaning. If the economy is doing nothing, neither am I. That’s where I am at now.
I could take this part time job as a sure thing. I could limp along with my business until it picks up or I find a better job. I don’t know if things will get better. Like I said, I’d actually do better if things got worse.

Like I said above I am 17. My boyfriend (who is 23) and I have been living together for about 5 months with his friend as roommates. The thing is that the owner of the home is a personal friend and not affiliated with a professional business, it is her personal house she just lives somewhere else so I am not on the lease here. We are looking to move out into our own place and I was wondering if I can be on the lease considering that I am 17? Can a parent co-sign for me? Can I live there with him without being on the lease but still paying rent? Any additional info would be great.
And please don’t rant about how hard it is to live on your own and what not. I understand this obviously…I have been moved out of my parents house for 5 months. I have recently got a part time job and am looking for another full time position leaving me at about 55 hours a week.
Also I don’t need to hear it about how I am naive and he is too old for me, he’s just using me, ect. We work great together as a team, my parents like him and are ok with this. Nor is he taking advantage of me. I have been in a 3 year relationship full of abuse and been taken advantage of before and I did learn a lot from it. So please…before you go being an aarogant twit and think just because I am young I am ignorant to the world. Being as young as I am I’ve seen and been through quite a lot of enlightening experiences and still learning every day(:
Much appreciated

I am looking for a legitimate way to supplement my income to afford college tuition and groceries and rent. All I can find are scams and sites where they want $47-97 to join then want me buy extras. Upon research I have found that a vast majority are just scams.
Are there any good ways to make a decent living, at least a part-time job worth of pay? Besides selling on eBay, I already have made any money I can from it and it wasn’t enough.
Is there any ways I can legitimately earn money online with out huge start up costs or a month of training? I need the money fast, however I don’t need to earn over a thousand dollars a week. My primary job at a Kroger has cut my hours to part-time and I never know whether I work days or evenings so I have been unable to find a second job. I am just looking for an extra $300-500 a week.
Please don’t reply with any scams. Feel free to use affiliate links, however, know that I will be doing very in depth research on any products posted.
Thanks.

I’m a sophomore in college (and female) and I’m going through what I suppose a lot of college students are (even though it doesn’t seem like it) where I’m trying to figure out where I belong in life. It’s sort of a confusion phase of figuring out your future, who you are, and what you want from life. I think last year as a freshman I was more lost than ever, but now I feel relatively more comfortable in my new home. I moved from a rural area to a (smaller/medium-sized) city, so it took some getting used to, and I still am getting used to it in some regards.
Despite this, I’m still not “settled” or exactly comfortable in my own shoes. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in (with respect to social groups in college); there’s obviously a life after college, too, so I would like to have some sense of security in terms of social friendships/relationships, because (correct me if I’m wrong) developing those connections is very difficult after college.
I feel intimidated because it seems like so many students have found their niche in life by the time they are my age (ie: a sophomore, approaching junior year) and are not looking for a group of friends. How can I ensure that I find my place in this city? I’m quite school/career focused and individualistic and so is everyone else…so sometimes I find it difficult to make those personal connections. Most people I know seem to be confident about their life and have a lot going for them. Whereas I just feel confused and hopeful for a good future. I guess it’s not that I’m not doing anything… I get mostly A’s, have a part time job, and a few good friends (2 or 3 close friends) but for some reason I still can’t find my niche where I feel comfortable with myself. Two of those three close friends also have a lot of friends, so I’m more of an “option”. I’m also single (and have been since I was 16) so having a relationship is something I’d like to happen in the next couple of years
Any general life advice? I just really don’t feel like I’ve found my niche or a close GROUP of friends that give me a sense of closeness, stability and support. I really don’t think I’m one of those weird people who can’t make friends–I’m totally like-able, but I feel unsettled like I’m lacking something in the social department

I’m a sophomore in college (and female) and I’m going through what I suppose a lot of college students are (even though it doesn’t seem like it) where I’m trying to figure out where I belong in life. It’s sort of a confusion phase of figuring out your future, who you are, and what you want from life. I think last year as a freshman I was more lost than ever, but now I feel relatively more comfortable in my new home. I moved from a rural area to a (smaller/medium-sized) city, so it took some getting used to, and I still am getting used to it in some regards.
Despite this, I’m still not “settled” or exactly comfortable in my own shoes. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in (with respect to social groups in college); there’s obviously a life after college, too, so I would like to have some sense of security in terms of social friendships/relationships, because (correct me if I’m wrong) developing those connections is very difficult after college.
I feel intimidated because it seems like so many students have found their niche in life by the time they are my age (ie: a sophomore, approaching junior year) and are not looking for a group of friends. How can I ensure that I find my place in this city? I’m quite school/career focused and individualistic and so is everyone else…so sometimes I find it difficult to make those personal connections. Most people I know seem to be confident about their life and have a lot going for them. Whereas I just feel confused and hopeful for a good future. I guess it’s not that I’m not doing anything… I get mostly A’s, have a part time job, and a few good friends (2 or 3 close friends) but for some reason I still can’t find my niche where I feel comfortable with myself. Two of those three close friends also have a lot of friends, so I’m more of an “option”. I’m also single (and have been since I was 16) so having a relationship is something I’d like to happen in the next couple of years
Any general life advice? I just really don’t feel like I’ve found my niche or a close GROUP of friends that give me a sense of closeness, stability and support. I really don’t think I’m one of those weird people who can’t make friends–I’m totally like-able, but I feel unsettled like I’m lacking something in the social department

I’m a sophomore in college (and female) and I’m going through what I suppose a lot of college students are (even though it doesn’t seem like it) where I’m trying to figure out where I belong in life. It’s sort of a confusion phase of figuring out your future, who you are, and what you want from life. I think last year as a freshman I was more lost than ever, but now I feel relatively more comfortable in my new home. I moved from a rural area to a (smaller/medium-sized) city, so it took some getting used to, and I still am getting used to it in some regards.
Despite this, I’m still not “settled” or exactly comfortable in my own shoes. I’m trying to figure out where I fit in (with respect to social groups in college); there’s obviously a life after college, too, so I would like to have some sense of security in terms of social friendships/relationships, because (correct me if I’m wrong) developing those connections is very difficult after college.
I feel intimidated because it seems like so many students have found their niche in life by the time they are my age (ie: a sophomore, approaching junior year) and are not looking for a group of friends. How can I ensure that I find my place in this city? I’m quite school/career focused and individualistic and so is everyone else…so sometimes I find it difficult to make those personal connections. Most people I know seem to be confident about their life and have a lot going for them. Whereas I just feel confused and hopeful for a good future. I guess it’s not that I’m not doing anything… I get mostly A’s, have a part time job, and a few good friends (2 or 3 close friends) but for some reason I still can’t find my niche where I feel comfortable with myself. Two of those three close friends also have a lot of friends, so I’m more of an “option”. I’m also single (and have been since I was 16) so having a relationship is something I’d like to happen in the next couple of years
Any general life advice? I just really don’t feel like I’ve found my niche or a close GROUP of friends that give me a sense of closeness, stability and support. I really don’t think I’m one of those weird people who can’t make friends–I’m totally like-able, but I feel unsettled like I’m lacking something in the social department