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Re: Can you start a business with $5k

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boozyoldman wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:47 am $5,000 is good seed money to start up in business as a local moneylender.

With her more-or-less steady $700/mo. income, it's mildly surprising that
she hasn't started lending money at interest already.
^ ^ This guy. $100 lent gets you $120 in under a month. Hand out your five thousand to your sub-lenders at $1000 each, so they pay you monthly, they lend out $100 batches and deal with the daily grind of collecting the trickle. SIt on your arse supping margeritas, spanking that juicy $700. The factory workers all need small, short term loans, she's in Phnom Penh.
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taabarang wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:40 pm " Maybe the OP's friend should get his gf to do documentaries on foreigners living below the poverty line, reckon that would sell."

I cannot speak for willyhilly but if I had wanted a comfortable but stultifying bourgeois existence I would never have come here. As it is I have found much of interest, both good and bad, and none of those moments required much if any cash at all. Yeah I could have had a lot more money but it wouldn't have been worth it.
Raising a family of four on 700$/mth is hardly poverty, the majority could live such a lifestyle, and it could in fact be quite enjoyable in the coutryside of neighbouring countries with cheaper goods and nearly free healthcare. Raising a family of six on 200$ irrespective of country is considerably different.
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:48 pm
Barang chgout wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:41 pm No KTV here, not even beer garden, good opportunity for some Khmer....

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business like this aimed at the khmers would do good id guess,
espesh if there isnt already one,
trying to open a ktv down ktv street and you would probably struggle
Guaranteed there's already a joint with beers and girls nearby, atleast on the outskirts of the the nearest town, there always is. :wink:
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Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:48 pm
Barang chgout wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:41 pm No KTV here, not even beer garden, good opportunity for some Khmer....

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business like this aimed at the khmers would do good id guess,
espesh if there isnt already one,
trying to open a ktv down ktv street and you would probably struggle
Guaranteed there's already a joint with beers and girls nearby, atleast on the outskirts of the the nearest town, there always is. :wink:
Pramaouy is a good hour or so, on a shit road, and I don't even know if they have a chicken farm there. Koh Kong is a solid 2 hourd and one can rent cheap chickens, drink beer and eat there. Hete in O Saom...

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Re: Can you start a business with $5k

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So, not always...and I am sorry for my typing.....fucking small telephone, old eyes.

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Barang chgout wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:10 pm
Raybull wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:48 pm
Barang chgout wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:41 pm No KTV here, not even beer garden, good opportunity for some Khmer....

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business like this aimed at the khmers would do good id guess,
espesh if there isnt already one,
trying to open a ktv down ktv street and you would probably struggle
Guaranteed there's already a joint with beers and girls nearby, atleast on the outskirts of the the nearest town, there always is. :wink:
Pramaouy is a good hour or so, on a shit road, and I don't even know if they have a chicken farm there. Koh Kong is a solid 2 hourd and one can rent cheap chickens, drink beer and eat there. Hete in O Saom...

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there were reports online last year that the KK chicken farm is now barren
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It's been barren for years... Doubt there's a chicken farm in Pramoyi either. If there is you'd be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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I know someone who lives in Koh Kong and he reckons he pays $5 a ride there. Don't know the location/ details and for $5, probably dont want to know...

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Barang chgout wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:43 am I know someone who lives in Koh Kong and he reckons he pays $5 a ride there. Don't know the location/ details and for $5, probably dont want to know...

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true, $5 shags are still available in Cambodia, if you know where to look, if you dont mind forking out $10 can bag yourself a cutie
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Lol

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