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Make Money In The Strangest Ways

The first time I heard about an old couple that went diamond hunting in parking lots, I knew there were more ways to make money than my scheming mind could imagine. By twelve years old I was taking Playboy magazines out of newspaper recycling bins to sell for a dollar each in school. I also sold ammunition to both sides in my brother's paper-wad war, so I had a taste for the more unusual ways to make money. I still do. Here are some of the stranger money making stories I've collected.

Treasure Hunting

The old couple mentioned above can recognize the sparkle of a diamond amidst pieces of glass, from a hundred feet away! Parking lots are where most diamonds pop out of there settings, due to the temperature changes when people get out of their cars. Wandering mall parking lots has become their second retirement income. Treasure hunting obviously goes beyond the common conception. A man in California took the shag carpet from a large theater being remodeled, saving the owners the cost of disposal. During the thirties the theater was a place where the wealthy went, and the wealthy, like all of us, lose things, but more valuable things perhaps.

When the man cut up and carefully shook out the old carpet, it was found to contain over $2,000 worth of precious stones, rings, and rare coins.

Selling Things

At a campfire near a desert hot spring one winter, my wife and I met a man who sells stuffed animals on the side of the highway. When we saw him again, in his van full of stuffed animals, I pressed him for details. He buys used stuffed animals at thrift stores in bulk and then sells them alongside the highway. Early on, he even got the stores to give him the animals, with the agreement that he would return with the money or the animals the next week.

In some small towns he can get a vendor's permit cheaply ($18/year, for example). Otherwise he just sells until they chase him out of the county. He says he hasn't been fined yet, and he claims he sold $4,000 worth his first month. I think he was exagerating, but because of him we include used stuffed animals in our flea market stands with some success.

Beating The Casino

I worked at a casino for years and I saw a lot of people foolishly writing down the numbers that came up on the roulette wheel.

Foolishly, I say, because their their theories were nonsense. Casinos will always welcome these players and even hand them the pen and paper. One player, however, was actually scientific about it. By finding a bias in the wheel, after "charting" it for 5,000 spins, he made thousands betting on just one or two numbers. When a number comes up, it pays 35 to 1.

One of the numbers, because of manufacturing imperfections or whatever reason, was coming up 1 in 27 spins, instead of the average 1 in 38 spins. He bet $10 a spin, and he profited $80 for every 27 spins of the wheel in the long run. That's about $100 per hour. The ups and downs were dramatic though, so this is not for the faint-hearted. I saw this player lose as much as $700 in a night, but he later confided that he profitted over $80,000 before the casino changed the wheel.

Making Money With Real Estate

Making money with real estate isn't unusual, of course, but there are less common ways to do it. There was a man, for example, who went around optioning hilltops. If the owner wanted $30,000 for the land, this invester might offer $300 for an option to buy the property at full price ($30,000) within six months. The sellers liked the idea of getting full price, or just keeping the $300. Next, he contacted radio stations, police departments, and cell phone companies that might need a hill to put a radio tower on.

It is common practice to lease the properties on ten-year or longer leases, for tax reasons. Once the investor got a lease signed, it was relatively simple to get a bank to lend the money for the purchase. He might have payments of $200 per month until the loan is paid. The radio station puts up the tower, and rents the hilltop for $350 per month. Total risk? If he doesn't find an interested party, he walks away, losing the $300 option fee.

He succeeded often enough to afford a few losses.

More Strange Ways To Make Money

You can, of course have a strange job as a way to make money. I wouldn't want to be an "Odor Judger," who gets to smell armpits all day to help make deodorants that work. Being a "Chicken Sexer," isn't as bad as it sounds, however. This jobs just involves sorting through baby chicks to determine if they are male or female.

Now, being a recliner tester for the Lazy Boy Company - that sounds like a great job..

Steve Gillman has had an interest in all the many ways to make money since childhood. You can read about more strange businesses and jobs at his website: http://www.UnusualWaysToMakeMoney.com

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Atlanta, GA (ContentDesk) July 11, 2006 -- The Renaissance Waverly Hotel, one of Northwest Atlantas only four-diamond hotels, will undergo renovations this year to completely enhance its existing building footprint.
The modifications to this Atlanta, GA hotel will include updated meeting space, an exciting new restaurant and bar concept, luxurious bedding packages, and a modern health club.
This is an exciting time for our hotel along with all of the development in the Galleria area including the new Performing Arts Centre, renovated shopping complexes, and the development devoted to the live, work, and play concept. Were thrilled to embark on such a project, says Debbie Karcanes, general manager at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel.
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History of Softball

The game of softball has an interesting history. America has always been the most innovative and inventive nations of the world when it comes to sports. Softball is one of the finest innovations in the history of American sports. Softball is another close relative of the popular sport baseball, but with slight and significant alterations. It is very interesting to note that though softball has never gained much popularity worldwide, it has its genesis right in the nineteenth century.

The very first version of softball was invented in Chicago in the year 1887 by a reporter from the Chicago Board of Trade. His name was George Hancock, and he tried to innovate a winter version of baseball.

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Kids Karate Television the worlds hottest martial arts talk show online dedicated exclusively to kids in the martial arts announced today that the voters have selected their top picks for the 2003 Martial Arts Kids Hall of Fame. The voters selected Sensei of the Year, Competitor of the Year, Role Model of the Year, School of the Year and Team of the Year. Congratulations to Sensei Dewey Earwood for being chosen as 2003 martial arts Sensei of the Year. Sensei Dewey Earwood is the promoter of the Dixieland Nationals in Columbia SC. He is also owns the Earwood Karate Studios in Irmo SC.

Sensei Earwood is a 9th Dan in the U.S. Tai system and also holds a Black Belt in Isshinryu karate. He has also won World Titles in the NBL, and is known all over the world. He is wonderful person, very kind, honest and humble and a great role model for all his students. The children in the school really love and respect him, they are constantly coming up to him and hugging him and you can tell he...

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Color-- The Pathway To The Soul

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You are what you eat, and you are what you think, but do you know that you are also the color that you choose? The fact that colors have psychological significance and that meditating on them can heal old, emotional wounds is the basis of Dr. John Diamond's breakthrough in Meditative therapy?The Diamond Color Meditation. Working with Dr. Max Luscher and the Luscher Color Schematics, Dr. Diamond has produced a meditation that allows us to access the...

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