Sarasota is the 6th most overvalued housing market in FL (Webster: dermatology, rental market)

[brianwy]

Originally Posted by MOforthewin

Depends on the types of lawyers too. Public Defenders went to law school for example and their pay in Florida is dismal.

I would suspect dermatology is a big $ down here with all the skin cancers and such. Every dermatologist office I've been into down here is freaking huge. I mean like palaces. The one I went to in Bradenton was a local practice and the place was a palace. Was only two doctors, not one of those chains like Riverchase.

I couldn't be an architect. Too much math.

I could be a lawyer because I can memorize stuff and such. However, at 38 I'm not going back to grad school again.

I currently own a business at a fleamarket that's doing okay.

It sounds unbelievable but 15 years ago before Amazon took off the place was PACKED. A lot of people who owned businesses there were taking home 200k in profits a year and they only worked 3 days a week. You saw a lot of high end luxury cars there back in the day. People making 200k a year for 25 hours a week of work versus others having to work 60 hours a week to make that same amount.

Funny you mention the flea markets. I know guys that sold golf equipment at the south florida flea markets during the winter back in the 90's and they would clear $5k plus profit every fri/sat/sun...Not bad for 3 days of work plus maybe 1-2 additional days to build the clubs.

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by brianwy

Funny you mention the flea markets. I know guys that sold golf equipment at the south florida flea markets during the winter back in the 90's and they would clear $5k plus profit every fri/sat/sun...Not bad for 3 days of work plus maybe 1-2 additional days to build the clubs.

Yea, back in the 90s and even mid 2000s these large fleamarkets in Florida were gold mines for income if you could secure a space and have a semi decent product. Most had waiting lists to get a spot. Even the summers back then the profits were still decent.

Fleamarkets are dying now though. Wagonwheel in St. Pete was a great market but the kids sold it. Bigtop in Tampa sold to a developer. Plus, the addition of farmers markets as well. My stuff if this was 2010 I'd probably would have a profit of about 150k a year right now for 3 days work.

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by brianwy

Yes he is probably making that much at a minimum. My son works for a Cisco reseller in ATL and although they are not a $14B company they have plenty of people making 150k plus and most of them aren't 40 yet. I am still in ATL and I know many friends and neighbors in tech that make $200+ with a few way more than that. There is ridiculous money to be made in the tech industry. Even in the 90's I knew a few guys that worked for the likes of Cisco, Oracle, SAP etc that made $250+ and they were barely 30 years old. They worked their butts off under alot of pressure but they made a boatload between salary, commission and stock options.

When I graduated college back in 2013 I asked him about a job at his company. He said they started entry level 35-40k a year which I laughed at him as it was a joke. Especially someone like him making over 200k a year and hiring at an insulting pay like that they can cram the job lol. I'm not going to work for 35k for 3 years to make close to 100k eventually.

[msRB311]

How much do you think a VP working for the Miami dolphins makes ?

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by msRB311

How much do you think a VP working for the Miami dolphins makes ?

What level? I know in the NHL some of the BS VP positions they give former players a lot of times that's just basically a title and do some PR work they can make 200k a year for doing hardly anything. Blues gave Brett Hull a position like that a few years ago even though he lived in Nashville and just did a few appearances here and there.

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by MOforthewin

What level? I know in the NHL some of the BS VP positions they give former players a lot of times that's just basically a title and do some PR work they can make 200k a year for doing hardly anything. Blues gave Brett Hull a position like that a few years ago even though he lived in Nashville and just did a few appearances here and there.

Non athlete. How about the chief marketing officer or revenue officer

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Non athlete. How about the chief marketing officer or revenue officer

I could see a chief marketing officer pulling in 400k a year.

The sports side of a pro team VP will pull in more because they're responsible for building a competitive team.

[msRB311]

I also agree that it’s not the drs and lawyers making the big bucks anymore

[MOforthewin]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I also agree that it’s not the drs and lawyers making the big bucks anymore

It all depends though. Doctors are making money. A IT sales person isn't going to be making what a doctor such as a dermatologist, cardiologist, neurologist, orthopedic surgeon makes that has a practice, does a number of procedures and has a large staff makes. The dermatologist I describe is probably pulling in over a million buck paycheck a year due to all the cosmetic work and other stuff she offers, even after that monster overheard costs.

[msRB311]

True I’m sure some drs are making money. Pediatricians, obgyns and general family medicine are probably on the lower end. I’d be shocked if my derm makes a million. Seems like such an easy job makes me wish I was one. She actually said when I left that I could also send her a picture of any bumps that I ever notice instead of making the trip in. Telemedicine has become pretty popular since the pandemic. The derm who performed my mohs surgery and is a professor at harvard medical might be. Plastic surgeons probably make a lot too.

My cousin is a radiologist and he does well, probably makes like 400k and he’s in his 50s. I won’t ever be making close to what he makes but really his salary seems to be becoming pretty ordinary in certain parts of the country.

I sucked at math and science. Seems like the world is made for people who excel at math and science these days.