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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.  These suggestions are very helpful and I’m so appreciative.  I am in the process of doing my real estate course but it’s taking me a long time to complete it and I’m wondering if I just throw in the towel as let’s face it, few people are buying in this market now.  I don’t have lots of contacts either.  I am not at all interested in going back to school and need to get a job soon(ish) even if it’s really meaningless as I need to accrue social security and retirement.  I put myself in a terrible position and now I will pay for my bad decisions.  [/quote]
Yes, any decent paying job will require you to go back to school.  So, unless you are willing to work for minimum wage, you are going to have to go back to some kind of training or school to get a certificate.

You are 50. You are not going to accrue that much for social security because 1. you are 50 and 2. you will only be able to find minimum wage type jobs, unless, again, you get some certification or training.

My sister quit her job a very long time ago to be a sahm, and she has no degree.  She got a job PT as a waitress, and working in the grocery store through connections.  But, if she didn't have those connections, I'm not sure if she could've gotten those jobs with zero experience in that area.

You could try grocery stores, retail, starbucks, costco. [/quote]

This is bad advice.  You can absolutely get work with benefits, not just retail, if you look around.  Do you know basic computing?  You will need to be familiar with computers to do any sort of administrative work.

And paying into social security starting at 50 is WAY better than not paying in at all.[/quote]

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