How to Make Money on eBay

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I buy crap and resell it. I used to have a niche, but I can no longer make money in that niche, so now I buy and sell whatever I think I can resell. (Hint: It’s getting harder and harder to make money selling ANYTHING on eBay.) How to […]

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Sarcasm & Scams, Part 2: The Robot Serves Frozen Yogurt and Money, Come and Get It!

As a follow-up to last week’s post about the ads I keep hearing for some real estate investing scam, I thought I’d bring you another can’t-miss-if-you-like-burning-money opportunity: The frozen yogurt robot franchise. If you still have any money after investing in “the PERFECT market for my real estate investing plan!” (and every market is the […]

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Who Actually Falls for Scams?

As I’m driving around shopping for crap to resell, I like to listen to the radio. I keep hearing these ads for some sort of real estate scam, where people apparently pay a guy to, “teach YOU how to flip houses using other people’s money!” Yeah, because life works like that. And it ends with, “FAYETTEVILLE […]

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Why College Isn’t Worth the Cost: When Knowledge Isn’t Power, It’s a Constantly Flushing Financial Toilet

Is College Worth the Cost? In a word, no. I remember the day I ripped my college diploma to shreds. It had been two years since I graduated with my second degree in Advertising/Public Relations, and I was still working at a crappy, low-paying retail job. You know, the kind you might see in an […]

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