To ask - if you had to try and make £1million in two years how you’d do it? A

[Whoisthewalrus]

If you had to start from a minimal amount (let’s say £1000), how would you go about it?

The pessimist in me would say it would be extremely unlikely regardless of what you done, but would be interested to see what others suggest.

Sell a kidney.
Sleep with and then blackmail a celebrity.

Presumably people who know how to do that are off doing that rather than scrolling mumsnet in the middle of the day 😂

Hitman.

(I'd probably be in jail within a week)

😂

I reckon the hitman mentioned above might have some relaxation time 😊

I'd pay someone to break into the bank

I think you’d have to become an influencer. And be very lucky. I’ve made that much from investments but not that quick.

Stop eating smashed avocado on toast and getting takeaway coffees.

Set up a business (easy to do with 1000), buy cheap, sell high... keep note of things like worldwide phenomena like covid, buying up PPE etc.

Do you know something about time travel that we don't?

Why would they take £1000 from you and hand over the loot rather than just keeping the bank money for themselves?

You could do it by becoming an influencer or going on Only Fans if really desperate for the money.

I can't think of much with such a small amount of start up capital and a short time frame but will watch with interest!

I don’t think it can be done personally, not through legal means. Not a million pound anyway, surely even influencers aren’t making millions in the first two years.

Even people who turn over a million pound in their business won’t be making a million in a salary/have a million pound available to them.

There was a woman on TikTok (Demi Skipper) who started off with a bobby pin and made hundreds of trades and kept trading up until she got an $80k house. It was interesting to watch.

If it could be done people would do it.

you’d have to hit the zeitgeist with sales- or invent/provide/sell that elusive item that everyone needs but didn’t realise.

to make a million in two years would need a large amount of luck and right place right time.

Didn't someone do this on ebay, bought a hair pin for £1 sold it for £2 bought something else for £2 sold that for £4, etc, etc, and made a lot of money just building up gradually. I think it was dollars rather than pounds and may be an urban myth!

Do you remember that million pound house project by that couple of blokes years ago?

they started with nothing, or was it a pound?, got a cheap property, refurbed, sold, bought a bigger one, etc until they had a million pound house.

i keep meaning to look at the accounts, if they’re even available, but I remember the maths was very basic, bought price, sold price, costs. No mention of mortgage interest and some other omissions.

Get a Tory MP mate to buy services off me that I can't actually provide.

Sell photos of my foof, or feet.

Sell drugs.

For most things I think you would need a bigger seed fund. And a lot of luck, probably could with risky investments, or lose the lot.

Marry a millionaire. Preferably a very old one 😂

So far I think this is the most viable option. Buy some nice clothes and pay for membership/access to where wealthy old bachelors hang out.

This looks like the best bet.

Getting a Tory MP mate in the first place seems like the most unappealing part.

Or both?