* * * * * * * HELP! I need to start a recession proof business... quickly... any ideas?

Cathouse.

Nope... don't own a cat.

Start an underground casino, that's definately recession proof - or a meth lab.

What do you think of cotton candy, hotdogs, or popcorn vendors?

I think they are cover for chesters.....

pimping.

Ya'd need a carnival, baseball game, or movie theater to go with them.

funeral director

weight watchers club

Actually scrap funeral director, if the SHTF then we can dispense with the etiquette and just dig graves.


So there you go grave digger

Wouldn't a busy downtown street do?

Not the sort of cathouse I was talking about....

The other kind is a non-choice, as I am a Christian.

This makes me wonder what OP thought you meant by cathouse? A literal hotel for cats?

If you run a clean stand and have good toppings, a hot dog stand is perfect. I know a guy who makes a nice living with a taco stand.

You have to be consistant and get a good spot, though.

Cash-Converter

You know, where people can sell their jewelery, equipments and stuff to you or very little money and you sell it again with profit yet just below the market-value.

Oh and btw:
Of course keep the gold till the gold market-value has gone sky-rocket.

Got a driver's license?

Make your own copper still.

Run moonshine.

Bootleg.

So? You don't have to patronize your own business.

Hot dog cart isn't a bad idea. It's a cheap product which will sell if you can get yourself a sweet deal opening it at a business park at lunchtime or downtown in a busy city.

Check with your city first to make sure you'd be able to do this before investing in a cart.

Or if not a hot dogger, you could run a cart with fresh salads and fruits.

Did he buy a hotdog cart, and then serve tacos? Does he make it cheaper than Taco Bell -- or bigger or better tasting? Does he do it downtown, or near an industrial place or mall?

Good tip, thanks.

LOL!!!

Avon...or some variation...marykay, jafra ect. Recession proof and you are your own boss. Of course, you MUST be motivated and organized or it is pointless. There are a few other things besides cosmetics that are recession proof, but hopefully you will pick something that you enjoy.

Downtown street corner, he built the cart himself, always served tacos from the beginning. He fills them up with meat and veggies and charges $5 each.

Competing with FF won't work. You have to be better and more custom.

Or soup and salad would be nice too.

Become a reliable hit-man.

It pays very well, and there always people that need killin'!

Good weed, not that stress shit.

Move to Nevada, prostitution is legal in Nevada except in Clark and Washoe County, and the state capital, Carson City. LOTS of room for a legal cathouse in Nevada.