Real World v Online Business
 

I was listening to a Warren Buffet interview some time back and he was talking about how when he had started out, he was investing with the goal of a 20% return on investment. That was his basic plan no matter what he invested in, or on. Which sounds realistic.

In passing, people over the years have asked what I do online to make money, and sometimes I tell them, and sometimes not depending on level of rapport. I had one guy (who owns a bunch of real estate, car washes, stocks and has been doing investments for some 20+ years) told me.... "listen kid, stick to the internet. You will never get returns like you do for your investment of time and money in the real world".

For those who have a lot of diverse investments, what would you say your R.O.I. in real world, versus online, breaks down by comparison? It seems that 12-20% a year is the average for an moderate risk, offline investment.
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im going to go agaisnt the grain here... For some reason I have had a huge roi offline over the past few years verses online... For the past few years online I have sucked donkey cock.

There was a special last week on 'franchising' that was interesting. It was on MSNBC I believe, but it was detailing a number of different franchises and profit margins.

I guess dry cleaning, and car washes are a serious ROI. Which is why Tide was investing in them.

Taking the money Google and a few others into the equation is going to give warped figures.

No doubt some like Epass, CCbill, Google, Yahoo and others have made fantastic returns.

The adult Internet today doesn't hold a candle to them.

I saw the money Raymond, Sullivan, Flynt, Milton, Gold and a lot of others made. They could, in their heyday, buy and sell the biggest Internet pornographer. Some still could.

god man just stop.

In short term the returns are pretty good, but long term I wouldn't be so sure... can you predict what your internet business will make in 5 or 10 years? Hell no... even trying to come up with numbers for +1 year would be pure speculation...

True. The online world tends to be a lot less long term stable.

Thats one thing that always pissed me off. The lack of stability. It would take a long time to figure out a new trick to squeeze the cash, and then it would go up in smoke the next week.

Seems like non adult real world is stable compared. It does have its down falls though, lack of product at times, customer service headaces, theft is rampant, etc etc.

Exactly, hard to compare both worlds

Interesting....

i want to open some coin operated car washes around my area

those suckers are making money

yea there are some chains where my parents live that offer dirt cheap basic wash and wax for like 3.25, of course with all sorts of upgrades up until like a 12 dollar wash or some crap but man they have banging business.