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I lived in SoCal looking for work. Moved to Hawaii to help my brother expand his landscape business. We just added another guy to our crew making it 3 of us. We work Mon-Wed full days from around 8 am to 4 pm. Only pays me 0/month because I gave him that fair amount as he caught up on bills and stuff. I also do the invoicing and all the paperwork that is needed. Also join him in some of the projects that need to be done like fixing valves, pipes, new plants, etc. I live with him and he pays for food and stuff. Don’t pay rent. They want to move to a bigger house and wants to charge me for a room to help pay the bigger rent or mortgage. I can’t afford that because I want to save my money for several months and reinvest it into my own side business (RE Investing). Thats where I stand now, but now rethinking my options as follows:
I can stay and get a raise to 0 and do the same thing, hopefully in the future he switches the business from sole proprietor to a corporation and possibly go 50/50? I wouldn’t mind going 60/40. But at least now I am part owner officially. Also by then running my business that he wants to join as well when he gets bigger and has the money to invest.
Or I can move back to Cali but this time to NorCal with my aunt because my mom told me about a cleaning houses job that pays /hr that she would like to do (Dad won’t allow her to leave). She probably won’t charge me for rent, if so maybe a couple hundred which would be fine be me if I were to get paid /hr. So I thought about getting that type of job more than what my brother pays me now by more than double. I can then save more even faster than now. Start by business investment there. Then maybe by that time if my brother is o.k. with this plan, then I can join him again or if not still partner with him if he wants to invest with me.
Then my uncle said he could get me a landscaping job. My friend was working at a construction site and so forth. All these jobs that are now available to me after I moved away is like man, got me thinking.
My goal is just to be able to pursue my own business to the point that all those small jobs are no longer necessary. Also because I am not paying bills yet so it gives me an opportunity to save up a lot and invest it. Really looking to save up around ,500-K to start investing. So its really not that much capital that you need.
In Hawaii I am stuck on the island of Maui that has no REIA clubs and so forth to help me. I can only do so much here with limited resources. I have lived here for like 4 months now and got to do a lot here. Now its just like what to do next that’ll benefit me for my future family? Is it best I stay here or take another step that’ll hopefully lead to a better position? California has a lot more resources and able to drive around vs flying back and forth which costs more.
So what would you do in my position? Stay and grow a business with a brother and hopefully IS split between both or maybe his wife included? Or go with your aunt and save up to start something of your own without knowing the outcome?
One you save slowly, while the other you save faster. One is more secure, while the other has more risk to it.
Can I claim unemployment benefits because of being transferred/demoted?
Can I claim unemployment benefits if I have to quit my job for being transferred/demoted?
There is a very good chance that a previous salesperson who lost his job at another company will be put into my position. He is a "rock star" salesmen. I am a very high caliber salesmen myself but this guy has been in the industry for 30 years.
Anyway. It appears that the owner has approached this person and he will have pick on what store he works at. If he picks my store (which he will because it is where the majority of business is conducted in the state) I will more than likely be asked to transfer to a store that is in a different city. The commute is about 55 miles a day. Add on the monstrous construction project on the major interstate for the next 2 years making my drive time about an hour each way. That is not necessarily a deal breaker but I certainly will despise the commute. I know my car will not handle this either as I have been putting many repairs into it. I have no way of moving out because I will pay much more in that city than I am now. Not to mention that if I move out, my brother will not be able to pay me back the 4k that he owes me since he will have to put that money into paying it himself.
The biggest kicker here, is that the market I would be selling in is completely dead. There have been no attempts to improve it and I would basically be in the "arm pit" of the industry in our state (which is Utah by the way).
Are these valid reasons for unemployment to allow me benefits? If I were to attempt this move would unemployment allow me to claim after I gave it a shot and it didn’t work? Any answers will be much appreicated
Can I claim unemployment if I am transferred/demoted?
There is a very good chance that a previous salesperson who lost his job at another company will be put into my position. He is a "rock star" salesmen. I am a very high caliber salesmen myself but this guy has been in the industry for 30 years.
Anyway. It appears that the owner has approached this person and he will have pick on what store he works at. If he picks my store (which he will because it is where the majority of business is conducted in the state) I will more than likely be asked to transfer to a store that is in a different city. The commute is about 55 miles a day. Add on the monstrous construction project on the major interstate for the next 2 years making my drive time about an hour each way. That is not necessarily a deal breaker but I certainly will despise the commute. I know my car will not handle this either as I have been putting many repairs into it. I have no way of moving out because I will pay much more in that city than I am now. Not to mention that if I move out, my brother will not be able to pay me back the 4k that he owes me since he will have to put that money into paying it himself.
The biggest kicker here, is that the market I would be selling in is completely dead. There have been no attempts to improve it and I would basically be in the "arm pit" of the industry in our state (which is Utah by the way).
Are these valid reasons for unemployment to allow me benefits? If I were to attempt this move would unemployment allow me to claim after I gave it a shot and it didn’t work? Any answers will be much appreicated
Why did you chose to serve your country?
We all join the Military for different reason’s. Some people think we are all felons that join for money and the completely disrespect the Men and Women that fight for their freedoms.
I was 19 sitting at home watching tv after a long week at work. Watching the news I saw A Soldier on tv that was getting ready to go on his second deployment to Iraq. During his first deployment his daughter was born and he missed it. Now going on his second his wife was pregnant with his son. Here I was 19 with a joint construction company with my brother. I was making really good money and well on my way to having my first house by the age of 20. I just remember thinking wow this guy is missing the births of both of his children just so people like me can have this great life. So I figured you know what maybe if I join they can send me in the place of someone who has already been once or twice. To this day I never regret joining the ARMY.
SGT Paul Fabula
Military Honors
to nina I am working on my masters going to school to be a Physician’s Assistant. Also it is 100% free for me. Ya I am real dumb
