any caregivers making a good living?

Gonzo'dOut71 said:

im in GR also and to my knowledge the closet one around is Battle Creek. Which is like an hour and a half or so away i think.

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rzza said:

well i dont know what disp that is but i would laugh if they offered me 225. the two i go to both pay 325. for sensimilla thats grown and dried properly. their known to pay more for something special but then they charge 25-30 a gram.

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bowlfullofbliss said:

Nothing irritates me more than the patients that think they deserve free or cheap meds because their low income, sick, whatever. I do this for business. I don't smoke pot, and haven't for years. I have 15 years of growing experience, and operate a two room, state of the art grow op. I don't want to get rich. My wife lost her job, and I'm replacing her income with this business. I had quit growing a couple of years ago. I put in a lot of work to run my grow.

I run 3 1000w air cooled switchables, over my ebb & grow. I use House and Garden nutes, which cost an arm and a leg to say the least. I have a computerized atmospheric system, operating my exhaust, co2, and my in room AC. That's just one room. My cool blue multispectrum bulbs are $230 each, plus the 3 MH ones. I use an ez cloner for my little babies.

I have to get up super early to work in the garden, and stay up super late to work at the end of the day, so I don't lose time with my kids. I work my ass off for this job, and earn every penny I charge. Broke ass patients who want everying for nothing can just try to do what I do and see how it goes. I bet you don't pull off a crop for 2 years, if you can scrape up enough cash to even buy the most basic bs equipment they can find. They all come back.

I've seen what passes for "med" quality around here, and it's a waste of time. I would be suprised if there are many who put out what I do. Half of it smells like hay. I dry, manicure, and glass jar cure every nug for 30 - 45 days before anyone gets a single piece.

I consider myself a pro, and expect to earn a living based on that.

Sorry if anyone doesn't think I'm "into the true spirit of the movement" enough for you. Try going to Cali. It costs $25-$35 per gram to buy in those dispensaries. All that happened in that state it is drove the price through the roof. Bring on the dispensaries, I'll get rich.

But for the meantime, my patients get a professional caregiver, who always has more than enough meds of many choices to help their needs. I'm a professional in the business community, so you get a guy who comes over in a nice car, wearing a tie and jacket to bring your meds. And my bags are always heavy. I'm a pro, the rest are a joke.

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cflpower said:

Keeping it simple.... Legally.... You can have 5 patients. That will limit your income to what 5 patients can pay for their medicine. Rather than me doing the math for you, you can just add up what your 5 patients could afford and that will be your income minus expenses. All I can say is if your patients are willing and able to pay you more than $5000 a year a piece then they are willing to shell out more than anyone I have ever met at all the cc meetings.... Most patients can't afford thousands of dollars a month, more like hundreds, if that..... It's better to be realistic when giving advise to those who are deciding on a carreer in medical cannabis here in Michigan.......

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cflpower said:

That's why I said 'Legally'. Of course you can make money selling cannabis, but that isn't caregiver income. We are working on making patient transfers accepted. But, at this point, it has to be without renumeration to pass with the opposition. Some day we might be able to have unlimited sales. Right now you just might draw the wrong kind of attention selling outside your 5 registered patients. Being 'half legal and half not' might be a silly mix that is more dangerous than not legal at all.

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cflpower said:

Doesn't matter how the dispensaries get their meds. Michigan law doesn't mention them. You have to be 'mentioned' to be exempt from the criminal law. So if those dispensaries do not have caregivers there just dispensing to their 5 patients each then what they are doing is illegal.
Sure, you can grow more than your limit. Mother nature knows no bounds. But the Michigan Marijuana Act does know bounds. Just because you can grow more than your limit doesn't make it so 'There Has To Be' somewhere to take it. Consider yourself an overacheiver and do whatever you like with your extra. If you sell it you can't consider it caregiver income. It's just cannabis sales. The OP asked about caregiver income..... That is what your 5 patients can pay you..... not the dispensary.

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Murfy said:

let's do some math-

1.5 ounces per week=78 ounces a year

78 ounces a year X five patients=390 ounces per year

390 X 200/ounce=78,000
minus electric 150 a month=1800
" ferts 100 " " = 1200
" general fund 200 a month(fuel, water, buckets,etc.)=2400

so 78,000-5400=72,600, that you would pay taxes on @ roughly 30%(until next year then 50%)

that would be 50,820 left. not bad eh? i've been thinking of these numbers for awhile now. i'm sure there would be more deductions if you were imaginative(women owners pay less). but 50 grand take home is a good bit, for charging a fair price for meds that help people.

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