I swear to god, they're the chuddiest of small business owners and every single one does that shit where they have a huge truck and a huge suv for their stay at home wife and a boat and a ridiculously tacky mcmansion and an absurd amount of debt.

Like, is there some sort of grift where you can just walk into a bank and say you want to start a landscaping business and they just let you borrow an infinite amount of money even though you're only going to have income for like 5 months out of the year?

  • Diestar [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    As far as businesses go its fairly cheap to start. Not impossible to save up some money get a truck and a mower. I'd imagine they say the truck is an expense

    • Llituro [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      This is the right thread of thought. I know a few people who do landscaping / lawn care work, some under the table, and that's it. For a private yard in Anywhere, USA, you can charge between $30 and $50 to mow, clean, and trim someone's yard. You get a shitty old truck with a long bed, a non-riding self-propelled lawnmower, a trimmer, a leaf blower, and a teenager willing to help do the work, and you're set to start your landscaping business. You can get jobs by word of mouth and basic advertising, it's not that hard to learn, and it's work that feels real. Before you know it, you're employing exploiting 20 undocumented Latine dudes and renting an office in the strip mall on the edge of town.