From Renting Washers & Magic Mushrooms to AI Info-Bots

Happy Monday.

Most side hustles start on the weekend…but I’m a poker player.
My weekends are work. My Mondays are slow.
Maybe yours are too.

I’m @ArtParmann, and this is Rounders to Founders. Where I go down the business rabbit hole, find the weirdest (and most profitable) ideas & business tools out there, and share the best ones with you.

So grab your coffee ☕️
Let’s get to it.

I just found one of the weirdest — and most genius — low-effort businesses I’ve seen in a while.

A 23-year-old kid in Utah named Kyler makes about $10,000/month renting out old washers and dryers on Facebook Marketplace.

No employees.
Five hours a week.
Zero startup cash.

He calls it the “Post → Rent → Buy” method.

He started with nothing. Literally posted before he owned a single washer. The messages rolled in. He realized there’s a year-round demand for laundry machines. No seasonality, no daily work, and no customers calling about “when’s the pool open” like in most rental ideas.

Now, he has 120 sets out and collects automatic payments every month.

I’m not about to start hauling heavy washers through apartment stairs, but I love this idea because:

Here’s how you could test this without spending a dime:

You might not make $10K/month, but even one working set could bring in $60 of “no-brainer” recurring income.

The next travel trend isn’t five-star resorts or infinity pools — it’s five grams of mushrooms and a guided meditation.

For real.

As more states decriminalize psychedelics and other countries fully legalize them, a new class of entrepreneurs is building retreats that blend therapy, luxury travel, and psychedelic medicine.

Think yoga-meets-shroom-ceremony in a beachfront villa.

And while it sounds fringe, it’s quietly becoming a multibillion-dollar industry.

Retreats now operate legally in places like Jamaica, Mexico, and the Netherlands, charging anywhere from $2 K to $10 K+ per guest for 3-to-5-day programs that promise transformation, healing, or clarity.

That’s the good trip.

The better trip?
The operators running these retreats are doing serious numbers with small teams, high margins, and year-round demand from burned-out professionals, creatives, and executives.

💡 The Model

A “psychedelic retreat” is basically a wellness experience + medical supervision + community integration.

Guests pay for accommodation, ceremony facilitation, and after-care coaching.
Operators handle safety, legality, and logistics.

Most retreats partner with licensed therapists or trained facilitators to keep things compliant, then build around that with food, fitness, and mindfulness.

And because the drugs themselves are often inexpensive, the margins come from packaging — the same way yoga retreats and masterminds print cash through curation, not cost.

🧮 The Playbook

Here’s how founders are building these:

🧩 Real Examples

Most charge $4 K – $8 K per guest, host 10-15 participants per cohort, and book months in advance.

🧭 Where To Start

If you’re curious about exploring this space — legally and ethically — start here:

👉 Beckley Retreats – research how they combine science + spirituality.
👉 Buena Vida Retreats – see how they target niche audiences.
👉 MAPS (Psychedelic Science) – learn about upcoming U.S. legalization and clinical standards.

For marketing or community inspiration, check out the “integration” programs popping up on wellness platforms — that’s where repeat revenue lives.

This isn’t a side hustle for the faint of heart (or light of paperwork).
It’s part travel, part therapy, and part regulation puzzle.

But for those willing to do it right — or simply build around it (apps, after-care coaching, trip logistics) — this is a blue-ocean industry hiding in plain sight.

If you’re looking for your next venture and want something that blends purpose, profit, and a little magic…
this might be the best trip you’ll ever take.

If you’ve ever caught yourself answering the same questions over and over again…Then you probably already own a business idea.

Think about it:
Maybe you’ve built a knowledge base about advantage play, poker strategy, real estate, or auto repair.
Or maybe your company has training docs, FAQs, or operational playbooks collecting dust in Google Drive.

All of that information sitting in your head (or hard drive) could be turned into something people interact with instead of read:
A custom AI chatbot.

AI chatbots are the ultimate “24/7 employee.”
They can explain your process, answer customer questions, and deliver your unique insights. Automatically.

And unlike ChatGPT or Claude, your bot can be trained only on your data, so it sounds like you and gives answers that reflect your business, not the internet’s guess.

If you own any proprietary information (even a small niche like Vegas advantage play for slots) — you can turn it into a product or lead magnet overnight.

You don’t need to hire developers or spend thousands.
Here’s the simple version of how these chatbots are built:

That’s it. No PhD. No expensive stack. Just your knowledge turned into an interactive tool.

I’ve been building and testing bots like this on Replit — it’s hands down the easiest way to get started.

It lets you:

You don’t need to install anything or spin up servers. Everything runs online.
If you’ve ever wanted to create a product powered by AI (without being an engineer), start here:

👉 Build your chatbot on Replit

AI chatbots are the new digital storefront.
They sell, teach, and support. All while you sleep.

The only question left is:
What unique knowledge do you own that could power one?

Your favorite degenerate idea-man,
Art Parmann
PS: Just reply to this email if you’ve started something cool yourself. Would love to hear about it.