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[–] [email protected] 76 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I wonder how he made the photos and accessed Craigslist.

People refused to give him water and he was unable to find a place to stay the night.

Eventually, a man with an RV allowed him to stay for several nights in his van.

Black started off small and managed to make his first $300 by selling furniture online.

By the fifth day of the challenge he had made enough money to buy himself a computer.

Almost two weeks in, he was able to secure his own office space and after just over one month, Black finally had his own place to rent.

Three months into the challenge, Black's entrepreneurial spirit appeared to shine through having set himself up as a social media manager, managing to land clients - while even coming up with his own brand of coffee.

While it's not hard labor by any means, it is interesting.

Four months into the challenge, on day 138, Black learned that his father was officially diagnosed with stage four colon cancer and had just started chemo which led Black to question the entire project - but he continued.

Black ended the challenge having completed 10 months, with just 60 days left to run. He had managed to make a grand total of $64,000.

My personal health has declined to the point where I really need to start taking care of it. Throughout the entire project, we haven't shared it with you, but I've been in and out of the doctor's office.'

Black explained how he also suffered from two autoimmune diseases which caused 'chronic fatigue' and another that attacked his joints.

That's the millionaire-funded healthcare system for ya.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He's lying. 100%.
There is no way he did any of that without help from his existing network and connections, if he did it at all (again, I personally do not believe a single word of it).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

of course he is lying. how do you sell furniture if you are homeless? what furniture do you have to sell? where is it stored? how do you transport it?

lots of questions that make this account dubious at best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you read the article you find that he didn't actually sell furniture, he got people on Facebook marketplace to pay him money for the privilege of collecting free furniture from Craigslist. It's a really shitty scheme

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

He did use existing network but the furniture was from the Craigslist free section and re-sold on fb marketplace. He arranged transport etc (unsure how, don't remember)

[–] return2ozma 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Must be nice to just decide it's time to stop being poor.

[–] nieminen 15 points 6 months ago

That is, in fact, all they seem to think it takes.