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Business / Re: Football (+Other Sports) Betting Season 10 by samdavid360: 11:02am On Nov 26, 2016
kayzat:







And who is this sloepoke?
You. Remain broke bitch.
Business / Re: Football (+Other Sports) Betting Season 10 by samdavid360: 10:08am On Nov 26, 2016
Piiko:
I have 6 five odds game, from my best punter who wants?? All for free no terms and conditions.
we no want your free bet wey go cast.

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Business / Re: I Need A Loan (working Capital) For My Business by samdavid360: 9:47am On Nov 26, 2016
Business / Re: How To Receive Western Union At N370/$ In Nigeria by samdavid360: 9:32am On Nov 26, 2016
GMBuhari:
This post is either for yahoo yahoo or op is trying to yahoo people
Scammer alert
Business / Re: Dangote Milking Nigeria Since 70s, Now He Wants To Buy NLNG. by samdavid360: 2:30pm On Sep 27, 2016
iiiyyyk:
Dangote milking our common wealth into his personal billions since the 70s
Easy sir, you have taken and be given so much undue Advantages....


The Senate on Tuesday asked the federal government to recover N42 billion grants as import duty waivers to six companies including Dangote Limited between 2013 and 2015.

About N194.3 billion was lost between 2003 and 2006 with additional N40 billion granted as duty waivers between January and August 2007 Most to Dangote.. Thisdayonline 24 Aug 2007


THE Federal Government yesterday rolled out several incentives to an indigenous conglomerate, the Dangote Group, The business concession... granting of pioneer status to the company in the area of cement production for seven years.
This means that within the period, no new cement plant will be established in the country. Other incentives include the granting of 2.5 per cent duty on all plants, machinery and quarry equipment, exemption from payment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on all plant, machinery and quarry equipment and the payment of only five per cent duty on construction materials not available within the country.....24/4/03

The Kano-born Dangote was a commodity trader, but he obtained his massive wealth during the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo who encouraged the sell-off of state-owned corporations, presidential aircraft and government properties to Dangote and other questionable businessmen.....copied

In 2009, Mr. Dangote was involved in a share manipulation scam involving African Petroleum (AP) Plc, a company owned by Femi Otedola, his alter ego and erstwhile friend. Mr. Otedola accused Dangote of precipitating a sharp drop in the shares of AP in order to erase Mr. Otedola from the Forbes billionaires’ roster.....copied

How To Become A Nigerian Billionaire For Dummies:
Sponsor a politician and party. If you wish to be a Dangote, sponsor both sides of the aisle, all parties. Most politicians will take the money—Buhari though reportedly rejected 200 million from Dangote during his 2011 bid. Next, after the candidates and parties win, prepare to buy privatized or rather, cabalized assets. These are national assets purposefully sabotaged then ‘refurbished’ for trillions of naira and sold to you for peanuts. Dangote bought our cement assets.....Secure oil blocs, contracts and what have you. Next, get import waivers to import equipment related to the purchase and all other things you wish to import, depriving the masses of import duties to the tune of billions......copied

The undue and corrupt mutually beneficial advantage given by all Nigeria’s administrations, both military and civilian are the “secret” to Dangote’s success. Dangote kills Nigerians with economic terrorism. Fixing Nigeria starts with holding him and those who have impoverished the nation to his and their advantage to account. Since the 70’s Dangote has enjoyed sole importation and manufacture privileges that have killed and crippled all Nigeria’s indigenous industries including farming.


The Government has been very supportive of Dangote. We know the company at one time or another held exclusive import rights in sugar, cement, and rice using such advantages to do volume business and undercut competitors. In a December 1996 interview, Aliko Dangote admitted that a government mandate once forced him to import so much rice that the local market crashed by almost 80 percent. [2] The direction of (Gov of Nigeria) GON trade barriers also suggests preferential treatment. High tariffs or outright bans on imported items favor the Group in nearly all areas in which they do business including wheat flour, cement, certain textiles, sugar and pasta.

¶9. (C) Further, the GON is normally slow in privatizing state-owned production facilities. Yet the Dangote Group swiftly won bids on GON-owned manufacturing installations such as the Benue Cement Company and the Savannah Sugar Company, and constructed its own berth at GON-owned Apapa port in Lagos where ships with production inputs offload directly at the Dangote Group factory


Now his primary target is NLNG.
The underground work and lobby has bee
n done. The manifestation we are seeing today.


Dangote playing chess with Nigerians, Nigeria and successive govts


Instead of crying, why not find what would make you richer in the long term? You're not benefiting yourself or anyone else for that matter by writing bad things about Dangote. It doesn't help anyone. Get a life. Find a hustle. Take care of your family .

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Properties / Re: Recession: 7 Proven Ways To Locate And Buy Houses From Desperate Landlords by samdavid360: 1:39pm On Sep 27, 2016
abbey621:
This is obviously a method that won't work for most people in the Nigerian environment. Writing letters, distributing flyers; come on get real!
The goal of the post is to get you thinking of new ways of buying real estate.
Business / Things To Know For Your Thirties by samdavid360: 11:14am On Sep 27, 2016
We have gotten a lot of requests for a post on “rules for your thirties”. Unfortunately? There is no value in a post like that. Anyone who has succeeded is not going to be interested in a post on rules since they already have their life together. Generally, this question is posed by people who are in their mid 20s and are looking for guidelines for the future. With that in mind, this post is going to cover general beliefs and steer away from rules. By the time you’re in your 30s you shouldn’t be worried about money, girls or friends. But. We’ll go ahead and add on to these themes.
Financial
Never Trading Time for Money: Maybe you had to take a few salary jobs earlier in life (20-23) to break into a real career (usually engineers fall in this bucket). That is fine. But. By the time you are in your thirties under zero circumstances should you ever work for an hourly wage ever again. You will work for performance (sales/revenue generation), ownership (equity) or you won’t work at all. Period. You’re going to leverage *other* people’s time and never take on any sort of hourly consulting role. It just doesn’t give a good ROI. Finally, if you’re working in a career, yes part of your compensation will be a salary. But. It will not be more than ~50% of your total income anymore. Otherwise? You’re going ot be fired anyway.
Millionaire or Something Went Wrong: We have a clear path to a million dollars laid out. Since this is a post on your 30s there is literally no exception to *not* being a millionaire and in your mid 30s. You would have to make terrible decisions in life over and over again to miss this financial hurdle. Even if you didn’t move up the totem pole quickly, if you’re making ~$150-200K a year it is quite easy to get to $1M. The reality? Most people reading this blog (Wall Street focused people) will clear $1M in net worth by the time they are 30.
Three Forms of Income: Most people who reach 7 figures in net worth have closer to 5 solid sources of income. You should have at least 3 sources of income. If one of your legs gets taken out (business goes south, career goes south or investments go south) you should be perfectly fine. With three forms of income, if the economy collapses you won’t sweat it. You will simply lose one, maybe two, forms of income and get back on your feet to focus on what matters (getting new forms of income again). More importantly? Your total income should easily be north of $250K (more likely $400K+ at least).
Easy Referral Money: You should have several friends who do good work. Lawyers, accountants, online marketers etc. You should receive a referral fee if you find someone who will benefit from their services. If you are going to recommend something you may as well take the fee as well (no point in giving your time away for free). A better example is a recent referral for a top tier accountant. Once your friends start making $300K+ off of their businesses, they are going to focus on limiting tax liabilities. A good accountant can save $4-5K easily on a $300K income stream. Once you refer your friend, the accountant will happily pay you for the referral. Your friend is happy you’re making money off of the referral and your accountant is going to keep you as a customer for a long time (he probably won’t even charge you if you refer 5+ low maintenance customers). In short? Don’t do anything for free. There is no point in wasting your valuable time.
Risk Tolerance: We get a lot of questions about managing finances. Unfortunately? We will never under any circumstances work with retail investors. It is not worth the time, money or hassle. Instead we happily recommend Personal Capital as the go to source for retail investors with a net worth in excess of $100K (details here ). If you do not know your own risk tolerance, the last place you should go to for information is the Internet. Go and talk to a professional (for free!). It took us a long time to find a useful source and we’re glad we no longer have to field personal finance questions anymore!
Social Life
No Longer Go Out of Your Way: Maybe you didn’t have fantastic social skills as a younger guy. So you spent some of your time going out of your way to be social. Blocking out time to meet girls at clubs/bars or even trying your hand at meeting girls in SoHo. Fantastic. By the time you are 30? This should end. Your time should be extremely valuable. You simply meet girls on your way to work, meetings or even at the airport. Maybe you enjoy nightlife and go out with your friends. But. Under no circumstances do you block out time to “do approaches” since this is an enormous time suck. If your “opportunity cost” is $500 an hour. That 4 hour hangover the next day simply isn’t worth it. Finally, if you’re one of of those rare people who can go out 5 nights a week and see no impact… Well then it doesn’t matter. The main point? Don’t let your social life impact more important things: Health, Money, current friendships. No strange girl on the street or at the club is worth it. No exceptions.
Tougher to Meet Friends: On television they teach you that successful people have hundreds of thousands of elite friends who they hang out with all of the time. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Successful people have a lot of soft touch friendships. By the time you’re in your 30s you will have ~10-15 solid contacts who probably live in different cities. You have maybe 2-3 solid friends in your city that you see 1x a month and another 12 friends who live in other major cities. The rest? They are all acquaintances. Acquaintances are fantastic for grabbing a drink and “hanging out”. But. Under no circumstances do you ever tell them how much money you really make (or have) or any real details about your personal life. They will try to tear you down.
A Solid Niche: Similar to never going out of your way to meet new people, you’ve already developed a niche. It does not matter what the niche is. Maybe you have a few high end lounges you enjoy going to (everyone knows your name) or maybe you have a social circle involving museums and art. Neither is right or wrong. The real point? You’ve combined an actual interest of yours with a way to meet new people (new social circles) or girls to date.
You Shouldn’t Be Married: As soon as you hit 30, the “marathon of life” works in your favor. The competition starts to drop like flies. Men are getting married left right and center and you’ll get tons of invitations to another lame “international wedding destination”. Attrition is really weeding out the competition. Perhaps, 5-10 years ago you could make the case that men didn’t “know better” when it comes to marriage. In 2015? This is simply a terrible BS excuse. The only downside? You’ll lose a lot of friends and acquaintances during this time period.
International Friends: At this point you should have contacts abroad. At least 5 of them. You should be able to land in a few countries, call/text a friend and have no problem meeting sometime during the week. This will make your life a lot more interesting. Since the pendulum swings both ways, you can show them the ins and outs of the United States of America (best place on the planet). Eventually, you’ll notice key mannerisms of specific countries (the colors they wear to the brand names they like), which will make it even easier for you to spot foreigners out in NYC.
Obtaining Information
Anecdotal Evidence is the Best Evidence: If someone disagrees with this, they are likely unsuccessful. Why? The only way to gain an edge is to have a strategy that no one else is doing. If it is well documented, researched and public… Then everyone else is doing it as well. How in the world is that going to give you an edge? It won’t. In fact, new age dating advice cannot be proven (yet) and anyone who has gone out more than 100+ times can easily tell you it works.
The best way to obtain more anecdotal evidence? Cross check your beliefs with other people living a similar aggressive lifestyle. If you know that Person A, B and C all have the same goals as you and they are all taking action… Have a quick conversation to exchange notes on what seems to work and what doesn’t. This applies to everything from lifting weights to making money to meeting new people.
Action Over Books: While you should certainly read every single day (maybe 30 minutes to an hour) you should understand that *action* will result in much more progress than information. You can read a million books on how to shoot a jump shot. But… the chances you shoot anywhere near close to Stephen Curry is zero percent if you don’t actually shoot a basketball. A guy with less than perfect form who shoots 1 million shots will beat a guy who shoots 100 shots but studied basketball for 20 hours a day.
Action applies to making money and generating revenue as well. You’re much better off trying to buy traffic. You’re much better off picking up the phone and trying to sell. You’re much better off cold emailing. The key is to spend <10% of your time doing research (preventing bone headed mistakes) and using 90%+ of your time taking action where you’ll make minor fixable errors.
Selective Information: We had to put
*action over books* as the best information because life experience always wins. That said, in order to find good information you should have a strong filter before even considering the content, here is ours: 1) is this person better than you at the task? If not… don’t bother reading or building a relationship anymore, 2) is this going to provide information or emotion… the latter is useless but feels like good content to average people, 3) is the information based on studies or years of mistakes? Choose the person who has made many mistakes, 4) is the book worth reading after the first 50 pages? If not… Throw it in the garbage and 5) can you apply the new information within the next 3 months? If not… select a new book.
The real trick here? You’re only going to find ~10 books a year that are worth reading by the time you’re in your 30s. Assuming you’re successful, there are very few resources that are going to improve your life and unless you’re reading for fun (fiction, not action) you’re not going to read all that much. In fact? You’re probably better off learning a new language or picking up a new hobby instead of reading books that aren’t going to help you anymore.
Time Management
30-55 hours a Week: By the time you’re a millionaire and don’t work on an hourly basis, you should be able to make your own schedule. Naturally, you’re going to get bored easily since you put in the hard work (60+ hours a week for ~6-10 years) so you’ll probably work 45-50 hours a week anyway. That said, you should have a team working with you so you can skip days when there is no need to work hard. If you recently closed a transaction that exceeds your quota for the year… there is no reason to show up to work on Fridays for the next 3 weeks anyway. Have everyone else send the basic updates for you.
Learn to Delegate: This was an easy lead in from paragraph one. If you are not trading your time for money? You should become more efficient by delegating tasks to other people. Any task that is not going to lead to more income but *needs to be done* should be delegated. This means updating documents, making tweaks to sales pages, dealing with technology updates, answering unimportant requests to show you’re “always available”. All of these tasks are not worth your valuable time. Hire someone to do them for you and pay them slightly above market rates so they have no reason to complain.
No More Chores: Unless you enjoy doing chores for fun (cooking as an example)… there is no reason to do them anymore. Make a list of items that take away from your time on a weekly basis. Remove at least three of them so you don’t have to bother anymore. This won’t cost you much. Maybe $300-500 a month and will allow you to focus on more important things: 1) your health, 2) thinking of ways to generate more income and 3) how to diversify your income streams. A quick list of things you shouldn’t waste time with: 1) dry cleaning, 2) shopping, 3) responding to emails from low-end clients, 4) team building activities – ask someone on your team to attend and be the cheerleader, 5) cooking and 6) booking flights/hotels/etc
Business / Re: Can I Make 2M Naira Before The End Of The Year Online? by samdavid360: 11:12am On Sep 27, 2016
gabsoft:
Does anyone know about Infomarketing? Someone said it's a cool way to start online biznes career. Kindly explain more if you know the rout to it. Thanks
Whoever told you that should show you proof. Like pictures of his bank account statement or something.
Properties / Re: Recession: 7 Proven Ways To Locate And Buy Houses From Desperate Landlords by samdavid360: 9:13am On Sep 26, 2016
otukpo:
I haven't seen a desperate landlord yet.

Takes time. But it'll be worth it.
Properties / Re: Recession: 7 Proven Ways To Locate And Buy Houses From Desperate Landlords by samdavid360: 7:09am On Sep 26, 2016
househunterman:
Are you serious about buying your own house during this recession with little money down? Are you confused as to how to go about it? Kindly take your time to intimate yourself with these pieces of advice and you are on your way to adding more cheap and quality houses to your property portfolios.
-You can write neighborly letters to property owners around the location you wish to have the property. This narrow down your search for desperate landlords who are your main target. These ones are no longer emotionally attached to their houses. They want to sell because they need money badly.

-Taking local ordinances into consideration, place I-buy-houses-for-cash signs at targeted area. Follow this up with distribution of flyers around the location of your choice. Your intended audience will get this message and respond almost immediately. I have been using it for years now and its working perfectly well for me.

-Position yourself as a new property investor in town and write to financial houses, lenders and creditors of your desire to buy up seized or liquidated houses with no litigation/legal encumbrances involved. Request to have access to these houses. Trust me, you will be in-undated with different properties from all over the country. Then you can choose and price accordingly.
You could also get words around to practicing real estate agents, home builders, surveyors and real estate investors about your specific needs (Type of property, location, features, pricing, construction materials used & ambience). Request to meet landlords one-on-one. They will bombard you with different options. Ask them to whatsapp more media info of these houses to you.

-When utilities are in a state of disrepair, when roads, electricity, water and even security of an area is nothing to write home about: Then, there are inherent opportunities present in this instance you may wish to consider on the long term. The truth is, many desperate landlords who hitherto have been in the area for many years may want to dispose these houses and relocate having been tired of waiting for government intervention that is not forthcoming. Thereafter and unexpectedly, government may give such an area needed attention it deserves. Prices of houses in these areas could sky-rocket to high heavens. Then you are bountifully rewarded for your foresightedness. The fact is, there are many of such areas in our country of today. So, put on your thinking cap and get smart!

- Avoid relying fully on online property listings and adverts as majority of landlords you meet there are business minded people who have invested considerable amount of their earnings with eyes focused on making huge profits. Their offering and net prices for houses are often way too high for a smart person like you to stake your scarce resources.

-Capitalizing on custom, ignorance and tradition: It’s been established time and again that an average landlord in this country is proud, secretive and highly reservative when it comes down to selling his house. He sees his house as iconic, historical and a family treasure that should continue to be bequeathed to his unborn generations. Hence, he’s unwilling to sell the house in question even when it is clear he can no longer address the dilapidation issues associated with such. Moreso, he doesn’t want to be seen as prodigal. He dislikes any form of advertisement of his property. He knows this will rub badly on his ego. This is one single reason while it’s difficult to locate good, desired and available houses for sale even with money-bag investors walking around looking to buy same. These categories of desperate landlords prefer secretive selling options. Yearly hundreds of such houses are being sold through this option. But when he’s hit with debilitating economic conditions due to recession like we’re having it now, then he succumbs. Also loss of spouse , divorce, relocation due to transfer, retirement, payment of fees of children in ivy league schools at home and abroad are some of the many factors that could economically handicap a landlord to want to desperately want to sell his house. As a smart and focused person, this is where you cash-in considering the location and structures of the house you are interested in.

-In conclusion, hone your negotiating skills. Do not allow your emotions to interfere with your ability to obtain the best price on your new house. Slash the offering or asking price down considerably. Don’t be in a hurry to close the deal. Politely, tell him you have other options. Point out all the grey areas in the structure and location, water the property down. Pretend to walk away. If he’s truly interested in selling, he‘ll call you to offer better prices.
Applying one or more of these non-exhaustive steps could go a long way in assisting you to meet up with your yearnings of becoming a landlord or real estate investor during this recession. Should you require further assistance. Kindly check my signature.

Impressive. This is the opportunist mindset.
Properties / Re: Recession: 7 Proven Ways To Locate And Buy Houses From Desperate Landlords by samdavid360: 7:02am On Sep 26, 2016
Rapsainot:
Bad people.. Very bad people. Taking advantage of someone's else.
Properties / Re: Recession: 7 Proven Ways To Locate And Buy Houses From Desperate Landlords by samdavid360: 7:00am On Sep 26, 2016
Rapsainot:
Bad people.. Very bad people. Taking advantage of someone's else.
It's not personal, it's just business.
Business / Re: What Can I Buy With 8k? by samdavid360: 7:57pm On Sep 23, 2016
8k isn't money. That's not the money you'll ask people for advice on .
Business / Re: Can I Make 2M Naira Before The End Of The Year Online? by samdavid360: 11:56pm On Sep 22, 2016
High Margin Sales. Online or offline. If you can sell something like a car or real estate within three months you can make 2M. Find people who need help selling those and help them sell such... If you can have 5 car sales in 3 months at 400k profit each, that's 2M
Business / Re: What Can I Buy With 8k? by samdavid360: 11:42pm On Sep 22, 2016
Famouson:
Thanks for your reply... How do I go about this?
Do you have anything you can sell to start with?

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