Forum idea: Money, Investing, and Professions

[MacArthur]

Love and Money.

I'm surprised how little talk there is on SoSuave about money. Prostitution is the oldest profession, sex for money. Some might even say all relationships fit into that pattern.

Most members of congress are millionaires.

What is the #1 issue married couples fight about? Money.

I'd like to propose a forum where we can talk about making money. I recently learned that one of the first ways Arnold Schwarzenegger made money when he arrived in the U.S. was through a mail-order business, something related to bodybuilding I believe. Others might make money in sales, cars, insurance, etc.

Still others might make money through making porn videos or doing real estate deals. There are a lot of ideas out there.

Some related topics would be: Is anyone out there in the solid waste indsutry (some locals have made huge fortunes in trash)? Where do you think the stock market will be at the end of the year? What is the job outlook for high-tech, are all the jobs going to India?

Some ideas related to professions would be: How can I get into international private banking? Is anyone here an aerospace engineer? A doctor? A nurse? (decent money with much less training and liability than a doctor, from what I've heard)

Let's face it, we all know that women want money (among many other things), so let's talk about it.

 

[Eternal]

If that were to happen, the forum would be called "Advice from STR8UP."

 

[Templeton]

This is a great idea for a new forum in my view. Especially if it did indeed contain professional information (careers, economic trends, industry outlooks etc) as well as money and finance.

 

[MacArthur]

Thanks, I think there is a lot to talk about.

Where to find fun summer jobs.
Do you like your job?
How to deal with the boss, etc.
Personal finance stuff, getting out of credit card debt, etc.
Insurance, all types

Even just a place to vent, about customers, co-workers, bosses, commute times, etc.

Or even sense of purpose topics, i.e. what do I want to do with my life? how does 8+ hours per day in an office plus 2 hours in the car each day sound? how about peace corps. surely someone on the board has been in peace corps.

I see it something like a Health and Fitness forum. If you combine looks (health and fitness) and money/ life's work (my proposed forum) and dj skills you have quite a combination.

 

[Apollo]

great idea!

 

[Oxide]

great idea indeed. im in

 

[jive]

Haven't you read STR8UP's posts? I think the anything else forum is enough for this kind of topic.

 

[misunderstood??]

All these topics can easily be brought up (and most have been) in the anything else forum. I doubt a money forum would be created unless the anything else forum get flooded with topics about money and jobs.

 

[BWSL2]

I was just about to suggest a forum when Mac beat me to it.

Yes, we do need a money forum. I'll bet there are a lot of posters that would contribute more informative posts if they just had the proper outlet. The Anything Else Forum is OK, but there are tons of separate topics to sort through to get to the $$. I'd rather know what I want and where to find it. Besides, it would reduce the clutter in the Anything Else Forum.

A Money board would be interesting, because there are so many topics concerning it. Real estate, investing, business, sports betting, job interviews, the economy, etc. There's a lot I'd like to learn, and there are those out there (STR8UP, StuartScott, Kaiman, Shiftkey, etc.) that I would like to hear from.

I mean, we have a health and fitness forum. We should definately have a forum on a subject like money. For example, look at askmen.com. They have many different sections, including a power and money. I don't know why this wouldn't be a good idea.

 

[SmoothTalker]

Yeah I also think this is a great idea. Of course being a DJ for many is just about the women, but I think it's more a total way of life, and many have talked about getting your whole life in order. Finances should be one of the segments of your life covered here with its own forum in my opinion.