Any money in being a bail bondsman ?

Probably, but you have to deal with low-level criminals every day.

Any brains in your skull? Imagine your clientele, throw in today's insanity and get back with me. Your life sucks if you see a future in that and didn't inherit the business.

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Where do you think all of these donations for BLM organizations are going?

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Not to bondsmen. Bail funds put up the full bail amount so they get the money back at the end of the case, with the idea of then using that returned money to bond out others.

Yes...10% return on your money in a few weeks or a month. But you get to deal with the shittest of characters in the middle of the night.

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What happens if they don’t appear in court? You gotta go bounty huntin

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Very little of that goes on anymore. Bondsmen are insured against losses, generally by large out of state companies. It’s part of why monetary bond as a paradigm makes zero sense.

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I know a guy who does it. He basically camps outside the jail and waits for relatives to show up, find out their boy has a $50K bond and then swoops in like a hero with a “for $5k, I can get him out line”. Basically he gets 10% profit when it’s all said and done.....if they don’t skip. It’s just him. No employees. A little office that he probably pays $1500/mo for.
To me it seems like a shite job just for the hassle, but he says he loves it.

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I know a guy who got his start this way years and years ago. He actually slept in a small room at the jail, primarily on the weekends. He worked his arse off, and took that money and started loaning it out. In reality, he was a loan shark, but like he said, "If the bank would give you money, you wouldn't be here." He eventually sold the bond business.

He started buying land when land was cheap, and became a real estate agent and developer. He kept the loan business and ran it with his son until he passed. His son got a law degree and specializes in real estate law.