Manlady...where do I begin....you do understand that collectives are being closed by the federal government.....big ones...Collectives who have been in business for more than 15 years and have major $$$$ to pay the legal bills....IE Marin Alliance and Berkley Patients Group....this is happening in both California & Colorado.....

Its not a simple as being a stoner and saying I want to open a dispensary...and Just google it and BAM....your done.....That is how people get in major trouble.

You should Google "Northstone organics collective" in mendo....and see what happened to them.....they were a model collective....with the blessing of the local
sheriff....and got busted....watch the video...

I my town there were 13 collectives last year and there are 0 now.....all closed down...all raided....all bank accounts seized.....all waiting to be charged or not be charged....does not matter...the bank accounts are still seized.

What experience do you have?????

Why would you want to expose your investor to a business climate that is changing.....He could lose everything and go to jail.

Belive me....I am a boutique grower...with a small collective....and this business is a grind.....it just a farming job....and super hard work...

Can it be done by an outsider.....sure......the green rush continues.....I have met like 10 people like you in the last 6 months....they think....move to California
grow 99 plants outdoors....harvest 3 lbs per plant....300 lbs sell it for 3500 a lb and make a million dollars.....

really it's pretty funny......that is not realistic.....

Good luck in your endevor.

Quote Originally Posted by manlady
So I have an investor lined up and in for the idea of possibly moving out of state to one of the 16 legal medical marijuana states (probably Colorado or California; currently live in Texas). He's not yet informed enough to be convinced that it would be a better idea than his current job which pays all too well. I have been looking all around google and forums like this for at least a week now and seem to be coming across the same replies like "just do your research" but at the same time replies like "there's limited info out there". I'd like to finally get some HELPFUL information that someone like a preexisting store owner has ACTUALLY used themselves and is willing to share with someone serious about taking the first step into a medical marijuana future. The kind of information I am looking for regards the obvious legal complications, and things like expected overhead, growing (tried once and killed all 4 plants because It was all guess work and I was ill-prepared) and the ever so important; where to start and what to do.

As of right now I know the easy basics:
- It's going to be somewhat expensive, but I've seen numbers from 25-250k so I'm not 100% sure where to shoot
- There's a lot of paperwork to be had and a lawyer is advised to hopefully ensure a full and complete legal application(s)
- If opening up a dispensary, you have to form a non-profit LLC and pay a **** load of taxes
- You can either grow your own medicine on site or outsource it from a 3rd party somehow or another

I'd like to get in touch with someone willing to talk to my investor and I via Skype or something like that to better inform us and help convince my investor. I know it sounds like a tall order, but in all of my looking around for information, nothing has really given any straight answers. My investor will probably have quite a bit of questions and can talk business all day so I'm looking for someone up to the task of dealing with us because we are very much so willing to learn.

If you have any information for me or would like to help further than just one post commenting on one thing, please let me know. I am new to this forum so I don't know if you can PM me or if my email is on here for you to email me but let me know somehow and I'll do what I can to get back to you ASAP and we can go from there. Thank you in advance to anybody willing to help! I am quite serious about taking this on.

- Manlady