As the subject suggests, I am unemployed. Further suggested by the subject, I have a criminal record. Don't write me off! I graduated highschool with a 4.5 GPA, but the daredevil that I was, I was arrested and charged as a sex offender for streaking a year outta college. Don't ask me why. Anyways, that's in the past now..... Thank goodness for the money made from selling our house this winter (about 180k)This is from a fix-up and flip we owned for 2 years. This was good luck among much misfortune. So, currently with about 170k in the bank, yet no foreseeable income, and no transferable skills from my previous career, how do I continue to provide for the future of my family?
Location arbitrage? Move to Tonga, Costa Rica, etc and start fresh? Honestly not sure if that would be any easier with no income coming in. Probably last 5-10 years but we desire growth, stability, community, etc.
Entrepreneurship? I am probably the only person who would hire me and I really can't do low-wage, easy entry manual labor because of a major back surgery and the likelihood of re-injury. I have zero street smarts and not a single entrepreneurial gene in my body :/
Real estate? Investing, landlording? Where to even start with no proof of income?
So, fellow mustachians. Do I just go all in on Black? I am feeling a bit of brain fog over the limited, yet innumerable possibilities my life can take. Yet, not a clue as to which path would get my family and I back on track for FIRE. We have built up an etsy shop selling wood signs and worked very hard at it for more than a year now. Yet, when we look at the numbers- we're working for well below minimum wage making $1500/month. I made the leap to pay for a year of adobe illustrator yet find it difficult to fathom how long I would dink around with the program until I make any kind of entry level graphic designer wages. Sure, I'm a complainypants and I know it, maybe a new shiny Tony Robbins inspired "mindset" will fix everything; maybe not. Guide me, you wise push-broom faced sages. Edit: Oh yea, and my credit score is 815! weeeee (if that matters at all)