re: Best business ideas that require little day-to-day management or supervision.

Money talk probably would have been a better board.

My next step is getting into rentals. Dumpster and trailer rentals mainly. I'm a GC so I already have a lot of trailers, equipment, and storage, connections. Main purchases would be a couple 30 yard dumpsters and a custom truck built for loading/unloading larger dumpsters.

Up front buying the dumpsters and dump truck cost would be in the 100-150K range. Would need to hire one CDL driver full time.

150K could get you a decent rental property that might make you 1k a month once it's all said and done. One 30 yard dump would bring about $500 per trip. One truck could do 4-5 a day if needed. Not counting trailer rentals and dumpster that are rented to stay on site.

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You already own your house / other real estate. Your bills wont be impacted by this investment.

You've got plenty of cash to invest Let's say $500K

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fareplay - is that you?

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Record yourself doing your hobbies, be interesting, and post it on YouTube.

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The Internet is already proliferated with porn.

Oil well

I started doing party rentals. Got a cotton candy and popcorn machine and a photo booth i rental About to get a snowball machine.
Makes better than expected money.
I may get into inflatable bars and structures next.

I have a dumpster business…it was very profitable 5-7 years ago. Just bought a lightly used truck (40k miles) for $210k, 30yd dumpsters are $5k-$6k. During the pandemic everybody and their brother decided to open a dumpster business, we are in Acadia parish with no major cities and I know of 6 other companies, not including several more in the Lafayette. Truck insurance is ridiculous, 3 years ago we paid $1800/month for two trucks, just the one truck now is $3800 a month. There are lots of expenses you don’t think about…dumpster repair, tire work, truck repair/maintenance, fuel. If I was starting over today I’d start with a dually and a gooseneck roll-off trailer

a Dry Cleaning Chemical Transactional Holding Company... or an fine dining Italian restaurant...

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NO...six minute abs!!!!

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No…..7's the key number here.
Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 dwarves. 7, man, that's the number.
7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea.

It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby.

I will say this. If you are looking to get into a business with the goal of having very little day to day management then it is likely to fail because whatever you do, it will require more time than you expect it to.

Example, someone I know decided to do the whole rent out bouncy houses and the big blowup slide as a side business. But after awhile having to go set that shite up on either Friday evening or early Saturday morning.. Then having to go back Sunday afternoon and deflate it, fold it up and pick it up.. That took a lot more time than he realized. He ended up doing it long enough to get his money back and then sold them, which in the end he came out ahead. And there were times when the bouncy house would get rented out by someone then someone else would rent out the slide so that's even more time having to go to one place, set up, the go to the other then set up. Then turn around on Sunday afternoon and go pick both of them up.

You can do vending machines maybe? My grandpa had several vending machines for years. He started when my mom was still at home and she would go make runs with him. It worked for him for a long time, but you have to factor in the fact that at anytime they will break. You will get calls from people who see the number on the side and they will complain about how the machine is out of whatever they wanted to get.