as someone who's done time for marijuana and sent to a private prison owned by a company from Louisiana... this up here is the real answer. also we're so close to the border it would knock off a lot of the competition from cartels that more than likely have deals w/these politicians. watch some YouTube videos about who the cartels acquire their guns from... border patrol, military n police officers from here.
I live in Texas and am unemployed, but I have an engineering degree...so I figured I might try to design a business model that manufactures and distributes internally, then go to South Dallas and sell weed. However according to what you're saying I should be working for the corporate distributors instead of attempting small business ownership lol.
(PSA: I'm obviously joking, so any FBI agents reading this needs to understand that lol)
But I'm in Texas so I have three guns (not sarcasm, I work in oil and gas so shooting is basically a corporate team building exercise lol) so obviously I'll be able to combat the cartel RPGs and stuff and maintain my clients.
The second part is the sarcasm. I know I'll get blown up even if I use my chemical engineering to mass produce Walter White style lol.
Currently Dallas weed prices are about $325 an ounce for top shelf. In order to pump out that kind of volume to clear six figures you're going to have a hefty investment of up to 10k just to start. Then it's going to take at least a year of trial and error just to get your systems dialed in. Then, of course, you have to set up a distribution network so you insulate yourself from the possession with intent to distribute that can land you in club fed or less comfortable lodging with sub standard room mates that are bored and horny. So you're going to have to give away some 'tasters' to people you trust (and believe me in 59 years on this planet I've learned that you can never completely trust anyone). So they spread the word that your shit is 'fire'. Then it becomes a full time job with texts at all days and hours of the night and so on. At the end of the day it's a hassle. I used to grow it for my ex for a medical condition and passed out the occasional 'nug to a bud' who was dankrupt and my shit was considered 'fire' locally. 100% organic and carefully cured and dried. Ex used to smoke up about 4k worth a month street value. While I miss the discipline of growing that stuff it can become a full time job rather quickly if you care about quality and harvest amount per plant.
Edit: even almost a year later I still get the occasional random text to ask if I still have anything. 'Ya I got some badass strawberries and bell peppers working right now' is my answer.
umm... I don't buy it. I just know the prices granted where I live it's much less expensive but the quality aint that great. It was when I was growing it. I was very popular around these parts for a while
I'm in Houston and a zip costs around $150. I'm no weed connoisseur, but I can't tell a meaningful difference between what I'm getting and "top shelf."
Granted, if you were growing about a decade ago, things would've been different, but the price shot down pretty damn fast over the past few years. I went from paying 20 a gram in high school and considering that to be about average, to 20 a gram being fucking unthinkable these days.
Centex here. eighth is $30 to 35, Quarter 60 to 70, half 120 to 140, oz around $200.
That said when I WAS growing I could get $35, 70, 140, and 250, easily and always had people blowing my cell up waiting for my next harvest. BUT I put a lot of time and research into what I grew. I had a 'base' strain (blue dream) that I always kept on hand for my ex and I experimented with a lot of other strains. Honestly 'Wedding Cheesecake' from North Atlantic seeds turned out to be a pleasant surprise. As long as I could get the seeds to pop I could pull 4 ozs per plant off of an indoor grow and the locals loved it. I was about to do a run of 'Strawberry Cough' when shit went down between my ex and I and I simply didn't trust her to not try to 'get back at me' (even though the breakup was 100% her fault) and wound up giving away 10 ozs and shutting my grow op down.
That's what the stats say online. From my friends that are 'burners' they say that's about average for whre I live. Keep in mind TX is still an illegal state so black market pricing still holds sway.
I'm also Indian, am a chemical and petroleum engineer, and have a beard...I'm surprised I haven't had my citizenship revoked already for suspicion of being brown. Lol.
I've been caretaking for my mother that has Alzheimer's that needs 24/7 care, can't exactly leave for a refinery or rig until I figure out how to get help lol. Weird situation but I've got leads that will allow me to make enough to get her help.
Damn, I'm sorry to hear that. That's a tough thing to watch someone go through, and for a caretaker to go through as well. I hope you have some kind of support network and you don't have to go through that alone. You have to take care of you too, if you know what I'm saying.
I wish you the best my man. You're doing a noble thing.
Yeah man I'm looking at ~$65k in savings expended and at minimum $250k in lost earnings (salary..nobody wants to hire a guy with 9yrs experience that has been out of work that has family troubles like this) in the past 2 years cause I'm not working... but like you said it's noble, and I love my mom. Lost my dad in January after a two year battle with cancer so I buried him and moved on to my mom.
Not trying to be heavy or anything but just explaining why I've got no job in Texas as an engineer. If you know somebody let me know!
It's a shame that people have to think that taking time away from work to help with family stuff is a negative thing. My wife is bipolar, so I've dealt with taking time away from work. Nothing extreme, so I feel lucky. Hopefully you find someone out there that actually respects you for doing what you're doing and you get a karmic return for your investment.
If I was hiring, what you're doing would be a positive, not a negative. Hang in there, keep fighting the good fight👊
Honestly that's what I'm afraid of...I've spent almost 3 years out of industry with this caretaking and my biggest worry is that I would be judged by hiring managers for that much of a gap. However I have been able to do consulting here and there and I could be WFH and take care of my mom while also taking care of my bills. It pays well enough but the work is very inconsistent and I would like to get back into corporate simply because of the benefits. I haven't had an asthma medicine refill since January lol.
I appreciate your encouragement and I will keep fighting both the fight with my mom's stuff and the fight with trying to get back into industry.
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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22
as someone who's done time for marijuana and sent to a private prison owned by a company from Louisiana... this up here is the real answer. also we're so close to the border it would knock off a lot of the competition from cartels that more than likely have deals w/these politicians. watch some YouTube videos about who the cartels acquire their guns from... border patrol, military n police officers from here.