For my folk who thought I wouldn’t come back, here I am again with part deux! I got my points out on the last blog but this blog is my passion. From the ground up I’ll try my best to talk about money. Included with this iteration of FreeMan is a new podcast because some people don’t read but everyone listens. The site is more animated and yes includes advertising as Rise & Grind.com is about money so support the sponsors so the hustle continues…
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What can you expect from Rise & Grind.com:
- Little to no cursing! Yeah I’m working on it
- Raw talk about money, no kumbaya ish!
- Links to Game provide links to other sites where folk are providing good game on money related issues.
- Quick Hustles are quick money ideas that anyone can do right now to make some scratch.
- Recommended Books provide books that should be in your library talking about money and power.
- Bottom Line is where solutions to any topic are posted so you can go directly to the solution if you’re lazy folk!
- Give Black is a list and link of Black charities that could use your donations to better our folk overall.
- Black Entrepreneurs will be highlighted every Thursday with names and bios of folk you probably don’t know.
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That is so true about the $1 Meun with McDonalds. The other day I saw the Golden Arches and message below it was 89 cent double cheese burgers. Now other places like Wendys have their 5 piece chicken nuggets at like $1.19. So where do you think most people will go? Yeah you guessed it! To McDonalds that might make them “fat and ugly” LOL but that $1 meun is cheap and filling, if you are in a rush and cannot cook a healthy decent meal due to the demands of life.
Now I just heard about these deals don’t think I eat out at Micky D’s or Wendys all the time LOL, but I must admit my first week of school McDonalds and Zaxby’s was right next to each other. And I chose that $1 menu franchise. It was hot too! I Got me a $1 sundae and cheap meal to celebrate my first day of school!
I agree when McDonald’s prices start creeping back up, then the recession is turning a corner!
Thanks, this is just Post 1 I’ll get it cranked up a bit more in the future.
MCD’s is the best relatable example I could come up with to explain the recession. You don’t have to understand all these complex ideas or markets to see what’s going on right around you. The whole world is under 5 bucks now and it hasn’t been that way for almost 30 years. So when the prices start creeping back up then you know the recession is over.
I can’t take anything away from the insight you are dropping on us. It’s timely, refreshing and real. Really thought provoking!
@James – Thanks for the compliment and falling through.
I just wanted to stop back by and say thanks for dropping that zillow.com link to use when buying real estate. It is amazing how skewed the prices are in the housing market, especially when you’re thinking you’re getting a deal/steal when in actuality for some houses you are still getting robbed.
Also on the healthcare front many of the baby boomers are probably going to want just a sitter so you don’t even have to have your own old folks home you can go to there houses and sit with them through the night and run errands for them that is a good hustle too. So for those healthcare workers and administrators all they have to do to capitalize on the surge of the future baby boomers is when the real estate market is ripe buy a few house to houses a manageable number of clients and also prepare to send people to stay over night with some clients at their own home. Many elderly people do not what to give up their possesions and if they can get a sitter to come to them that is money made all day everyday.
I guess maybe I should take my own advice since I do have a degree in healthcare and I this business opportunity for myself.
@Freedom – Zillow.com is a excellent gamebreaker when it comes to researching housing prices. It actually tells you what the price the house sold for before and it’s history. Most of the time the realtors know the prices but aren’t paid to let you know when you are getting hustled. Their money is tied into the price too so it’s not in their best interest to let you know this information.
I was telling someone to buy condos near the hospital because most old folks are going to move in there when they sell their house. Or you can set up a nurse sitting service of some sort. All kinds of home delivery stuff in and around these places will be big money. It’s time to think about how to put yourself in position to capitalize on it.
Don’t be hard on yourself at least you realized it some people will never see it!
First off, I love this new format! The podcast is lovely!! I’ve actually listened several times in the car.
Overall, I definitely agree with your analysis. But I gotta disagree with you on a lot of your interpretation. The dollar menu is more of a lagging indicator, kinda like the unemployment rate. The dollar menu is in response to people being broke. Therefore, it will end after people have recovered. So that doesn’t tell you when the recession will end, it just tells you that it ended.
Yup, you were right on Ford! I made a nice profit but I sold too early. Oh yeah I’m riding this GM stock out, bout ta buy some more today! Like I told ya they got an unlimited funding source…US!
I think you might be looking at the wrong angle on buying houses. I agree anybody on that flipping bull is just stupid and should just hand me a check today. But if you plan to buy and hold multifamily units and commercial property in the right volume and at the right price, there’s no need to wait. Just like you were saying all those people that lost their primary residence are going to be desperate for some place to live. So you will have a steady cash flow.
Oh and contrary to what too many people think, mostly our people; foreclosure and bankruptcy DO NOT mean that you will never own anything again. It sure as hell doesn’t take 7 years. My aunt is in bankruptcy and she’s still getting credit cards, not offers; actual credit cards!
As far as your sponsors go: I’m looking forward to ordering some new drawls from BasicPack and sending my little cousin some 345Condoms (he needs them). They sound convenient as hell! But what’s the deal with that Talk Like a Man thing? Sounds like some dudes snitching on what brothers talk about in the locker room. Then again I guess that’s stuff women need to hear so they can stop asking their girls.
@Carl – Well lookey here Carl doesn’t agree with me! Man if you ever agree with me then I know I’m going the wrong way. J/K
I think the dollar menu is a key indicator because this is a small purchase so consumers will buy this way before they buy major items that will turn the economy around. On the housing front usually you can go buy what you can rent it for but in this case we have such a slide in value that it might not be a smart move. Unless it is at rock bottom prices then I think you still going to lose value but to each his own. Credit cards are the first to come back after a bankruptcy but let me know if she gets a house because that will be on her record and it takes about 7 years for it to come off.
Yeah I realize some of the links don’t work but they will in the coming weeks and everyone can order. The talk like a man site is a good niche idea and just interesting in the first place. We’ll see how it takes off.
Cool. I look forward to reading about Quick Hustles (hope there not elaborate pyramid schemes) and Black charities. Great ideas.
LMBAO! No elaborate pyramid schemes here. They are already listed at the top of the page just click the Quick Hustles link. The Black Charities are listed above also. Just browse a bit more and you’ll see them. Thanks for stopping through.
Good stuff homie…I’m enjoying your blog a lot. Good mental cardio…