Bubble_Boy
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Question to all instructors out there. How many years did it take to break even from your teaching income to overcome all of the equipment and dive courses investment since the beginning of your diving life.
Years it took to recover diving investment?
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You never recover your investment lol every time you start to get close there is a whole new set of gear to buy 
Even with a key man discount, gear and continuing education make it hard to get the outlay back.
Can you make a living at it? Yes, and one you will love, but that is a different question.
Even with a key man discount, gear and continuing education make it hard to get the outlay back.
Can you make a living at it? Yes, and one you will love, but that is a different question.
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Bubble_Boy
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You never recover your investment lol every time you start to get close there is a whole new set of gear to buy
Even with a key man discount, gear and continuing education make it hard to get the outlay back.
Can you make a living at it? Yes, and one you will love, but that is a different question.
Should've included something like that in the choices
So you can't make a living out of it if you can't put $ aside...
I got lucky and landed quite a few high priced private classes, which I upsold into higher margin con-ed very successfully, then after about a year of privates and helping with a giant college program, I got my own college program which became very successful very quickly. Definitely not normal.
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Was making a good living at it I'm still making SCUBA-related money, but only a small percentage from actually teaching anymore.
I'm still profitable in my teaching, but that's only because I'm not really buying gear anymore (and when I do, it's all keyman pricing).
I'm still making SCUBA-related money, but only a small percentage from actually teaching anymore.I'm still profitable in my teaching, but that's only because I'm not really buying gear anymore (and when I do, it's all keyman pricing).
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