I work a Reduced Time (36 hours over 3 days) shift schedule instead of Full Time (40 hours over 4 days), and pick up an extra 10 hour shift for 46 hours, and still have 3 days off most weeks. I do go for 2 extra shifts where I can to provide more for my kids, and sometimes I just don’t get any extra shifts so there are lower pay weeks during those times. But overall I’m making good money working as an entry level employee. If you’re interested in working for Amazon even just long enough to better align yourself within your chosen field or get more education (Amazon pays for some college too), we can chat about it. Otherwise I don’t see a point in dumping all the details on Reddit.

Honestly you can make more money as an entry level employee at Amazon

There’s actually a lot of things you could do with less than that. There are franchises that are far below that to buy into. There’s a half dozen different things you can do with real estate starting with less than that. I’m just concerned that if you have that kind of money to start with, but no real ideas on what you want to do with it… you’re likely going to do poorly in your venture for lack of a personal connection with your venture.

I read a lot of Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, etc books as a youth. However the first book I remember going out of my way to find and read was Christine by Stephen King.

Investments are not guarantees. Some result in profits, and others in losses. Unless you can prove that your “friend” maliciously misled you, or is intentionally scamming people (including yourself) in order to profit while they all take losses, there really is no case for the courts to hear.

I am not an Entrepreneur. I do however have a strong interest in the entrepreneurial dream. As such I still buy magazines & join social media groups such as this. It is my hope that somewhere between doing my own thing, and helping my kids prepare for any opportunities they might have, that I can give my kids a better future than what I have for a past.

Always get an LLC if you’re engaging in any business that someone could find a reason (even if fabricated) to sue.

King earned his reputation long before his decline in writing around the time of Tommyknockers. Unfortunately, the turn in his writing isn’t brought to light for readers newer to the table so to speak.