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"I'm looking to build one this summer."

Build one this summer? And then what are your expectations? That it will be making $5000 a month from then forward with no further input?

If you want to make $60k a year by the end of next year, advertise $30/hr computer fixing services, advertise locally, and schedule 60 hrs a week of work. (The extra is to cover advertising overhead.)

If you want to build a product or service bringing in more than $100/month, you need to spend 5-10 years building it up to the quality where it can compete with the others who have spent that much time.

Anything you can throw together with "3 months work" that can bring in $60,000 indefinitely is going to be cloned right after release by 10 other people, all of whom will deliver a cheaper better product.

It's not really all that reasonable to expect to create something that will support you indefinitely with only 3 months work unless you are a blond bombshell that targets sick elderly men for marriage.



The only type of business that has a chance of doing that well in 3 months is in the web content business, or affiliate marketing, or creating some sort of new social network. For other types, especially building a SaaS, it'll take at least a year to get some sort of traction.




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