Topic: If you were given a grand...

[Stogi]

How would you use it to make two?

A grand isn't a lot, but it's enough.

[TJ Spyke]

But 1,000 $1 scratch-off tickets. LOL

[Ceric]

To make it $2 Grand...
I couldn't say.

Consider I'm worth a really large negative number I'm obviously bad at this.

[Fatty The Hutt]

Time travel. Duh. Has no one seen Back To The Future II?

[Ian Sane]

I wonder what sort of creative work I could make for a grand.  A movie would be pretty hard on such a low budget.  I already have most of the equipment for recording music so that might work to just improve some of the equipment or hire someone to do some mixing for me.  Could I write a book or make a small indy game for that amount?  I don't know.  Of course none of those things would be certain to make $2000.  In theory that is not much money but I have no real method of promotion for such things.  Because of the internet, distribution can be a DYI project but getting enough people interested to buy that product is still a challenge.  My brother spend a couple grand on a movie that he has released on DVD.  I don't even think 10 people have bought it.  No one knows, no one cares because he has no easy way to market it.

Could I buy $1000 in PC parts, built some custom PC, and sell it for $2000?  That might be possible.  If you bought a $1000 of materials could you make something out of it where your time and effort is worth another $1000 for a customer?  Of course I have a job so I would either have to do this in my spare time or quit my job, which realistically means I'm spending a lot more than $1000 by giving up a paycheck.

[Morari]

Two chicks.

[nickmitch]

Drugs.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Cut it in half?

[BlackNMild2k1]

If I was given a grand, and had to turn out into two....
I would start a site called "how I made a grand out of nothing, and you can too"

Then charge people to read it.

[Shaymin]

All on black.

[TJ Spyke]

If I was given a grand, and had to turn out into two....
I would start a site called "how I made a grand out of nothing, and you can too"

Then charge people to read it.

Sad thing is you could make a LOT of money that way, people are very stupid and often pay money to go to these "Learn how to make easy money" seminars.

[ShyGuy]

I'd make it a 100 Grand!

[pokepal148]

Time travel. Duh. Has no one seen Back To The Future II?

or majoras mask style

[ShyGuy]

Does anyone watch that show American Pickers on the History Channel? I wish I had the knowledge to dig through garages and barns and come out with amazing items that people want to buy. They always seem to double their money at least on that show.

[BranDonk Kong]

Buy some broken cell phones dirt cheap, fix and sell them, easily triple your money.

[pokepal148]

Does anyone watch that show American Pickers on the History of destroying everything your network stood for with glorifed pawn shopping and some homeless conspiracy theorist you slapped a labcoat on and paid to say aliens a few times Channel? I wish I had the knowledge to dig through garages and barns with a script and come out with amazing items that people want to buy. They always seem to double their money at least on that show. It's almost like its staged

fixed
which one was it that got a bunch of people to think an NES was worth 1 million dollars? I can't recall...

[Stogi]

But 1,000 $1 scratch-off tickets. LOL

Realistically probably lose half of it. Unless you keep reinvesting, then you'd lose all of it.

Two chicks.

Strange answer considering your....preference.

Drugs.

High risk. High rate on return. Probably going to have to exchange with several small buyers to make a grand as quick as possible. Not bad, but stupid. Very stupid.

If I was given a grand, and had to turn out into two....
I would start a site called "how I made a grand out of nothing, and you can too"

Then charge people to read it.

False hope = Genius. You don't even need a grand for this one. And didn't I complain about something of this kind earlier?

All on black.

I like your style. Always on black....unless it ends up being red.

Buy some broken cell phones dirt cheap, fix and sell them, easily triple your money.

Not a bad idea. Would probably take prior knowledge on which phones are the easiest to fix, which phones are in demand, and with all used product sales, which products have the highest profit margin. Possible, but not easy.

Also there is a good chance that repairing one phone is very different than repairing another.

[BranDonk Kong]

Can be quite different, but you can turn a $100 broken iPhone 4S into a $350 working iPhone 4S for an additional $45 a pop.

[BranDonk Kong]

Just don't waste more money on a broken Samsung Galaxy S (any version) or iPhone 5, screen are way too expensive.

[pokepal148]

if i had one GRAND canyon i'd charge alot for tourism.

[Khushrenada]

Exchange it for gold bullion and then bury it in my backyard. Then, after I nuke Fort Knox and the price of gold skyrockets, I'll find that my investment will have paid off handsomely and I'll be rich, rich, rich.

[ThePerm]

I'm getting $1000 back in taxes this year apparently

[BranDonk Kong]

Wait until you have kids and get married and are a full time student, you'll be a regular ol' 47%'er.

[pokepal148]

Wait until you have kids and get married and are a full time student, you'll be a regular ol' 47%'er.

and your point

[BranDonk Kong]

You get a lot more money back. My wife and I got $9,610 this year.