[The Official] OCN 24/7 Folders Club - Page 165

Kinda off topic, but this thread is klue22's, so who cares 

 

Who are you sending PMs too? Like what method are you using to determine who you send a PM too?

We should, we're only like 2 hours away, we could meet up somewhere in the middle for coffee or a beer or something!

Swag, I thought of something else...this could be caused by a corrupted client as well. What I would say, is maybe try deleting the client all together (if you're using v7 I think it has an uninstall app) and then reinstall. If that still doesn't work, maybe try a different client and see if that fixes the issue (I.E. try GPU Tracker V2 just to make sure it's not a hardware problem). Anyway, I thought of that last night, but didn't have a chance to post. Good luck with it, sir.

Yep, we are so dang busy though, but we just need to figure it out. I have to take some time to adjust to my son living with me and try to work on consolidating the 3 jobs I work into 1 that pays the same amount first. I had a dream about opening a computer store (man cave is disguise) last night 

@ WunderMutt What's your 460 clocked at and what WU's are you getting for the TC?

Yeah, I'd love to open a computer store/repair shop, but it’s a difficult field to try to jump into. People tend to be untrusting of mom & pop computer shops and trying to be competitive with brick & mortars (let alone onlines) would be almost impossible. The only place one could really do well (and where I do well in my side business) is in the repair.

I typically charge $30 - $60 for most of my repair jobs. Considering the Geek Squad charges $65 just too diagnose the problem, it works out as a really good deal for people. Most jobs are pretty straight forward and don't take too much time (virus repair), so I can resolve them in a couple hours and clear $15 - $30 an hour. Also, for most things that take more (like having to do a fresh install of the OS), I can typically start the job, go do something else and come back to it, so I'm not confined just to that one thing. So even if it takes longer, I can work on other things, so I'm still making money on it. Main problem (and why it has remained just a side gig) is getting business. I typically only land about 1 a month, but I don't advertise or anything, just word of mouth. At some point I'm going to build a website, Facebook page and have business cards printed, but for now, I just take what comes my way.


As for getting together, I know how you feel. Working full time and taking 9 hours at school has really put a strain on my time. As it stands my free time is Friday nights (wife works) and Sunday nights (wife also works). Besides those nights, I'm pretty busy with 15 hour days of work and school, then finding time in there for homework. Yeah, life is crazy. Also, I know you've mentioned a few times that you work 3 jobs, what are they (I've just been curious)? I have to give you props, I don't think I could manage my time well enough to juggle 3 jobs, and doing what you have to for your family is really awesome. I have a lot of respect for you.

I'm a 14 year Mortgage Loan Officer which is commission only (loan has to close to get paid). I work Part-Time 32 hours at a gas station so I have a steady stream of income. I did close 3 loans this month for 3 consecutive paychecks totaling around $6,000 which is enough. I cut back on a lot of my expenses this year including moving. I've owned a business for 5 years called Business with Greg, LLC (BWG) specializing in computer building, repair, and upgrades. I do it just as you described, but I usually do about 2-5 jobs a month, and it's word of mouth, but I did recently make this Craigs List ad which I've only had 1 call from: http://chillicothe.craigslist.org/cps/3192184940.html I've done a job before that paid $300 an hour  It was a commercial job though.

 

It's kind of always been like this for me since I got divorced in 2007. Before the Part-Time job, it was College, but mortgages started really causing me troubles back in February as I was working on 12 deals and only getting 2 to the closing table. It's a long boring story I've explained on here before. Good people I usually closed before just has 1 quark that caused their loan to not close. I stopped school in February as I started getting burnt out. I had a 4.0 up until November, then got some B's. I needed to take a step back and re-group. I was attending DeVry University online going for a BA in Science for Multimedia Development & Design.

 

I'm actually off this Friday, but I should probably spend time with my boy and my girlfriend. I also need to propose to her! It's been 4 years and 2 months now for us. She talks to quite a few people in our IRC Channel. She is the only girl in there though. We never fight, are in love, and I'm just scared to go through what I went through with my first wife, but it's pretty obvious that won't be the case with her.

 

So, let me figure some things out and we'll hook up sometime for sure!

 

I used to manage a finance company and a retail store in my career. I took both of the branches/stores from the bottom near to top too!

Edited by BWG - 9/12/12 at 6:42am

Joining the folding effort again after getting my system refreshed with new hardware. Hope to see solid point output over the next days, weeks, and months.

How do I get my rig to show in my signature? Also, what about my Avatar; I have uploaded it a few times but it doesn't 'stick'?

Edit: Looks like my avatar works now.
Edited by Mustang7302 - 9/12/12 at 8:16am

Welcome back!!

To get your rig in your sig, go to your profile (click the "My Profile" button at the top of any page in OCN, then go all the way down to the bottom uner "Your Rigs" and click the button that says "Create new rig." Walk through the steps and once it is done (all pages done and saved) it should show in your sig. Let me know if you need any help. Good luck!

In my profile I can see my rig, I just dont see it linked in my signature?

Click on "Edit Signature" just below "Your Forum Signature" on your profile page. There will be 3 drop-down boxes where you can select your rig for display.