Exit Op Decision (plz help, thx)

I've been working for a BB bank in Dallas for the past 3 years and missed the whole "on-cycle PE recruiting" memo. Fine. 

Lucky for me, I have been approached by long-time gator/ snake hunter Troy Landry (think swamp people ... think choot 'em) and he has offered me to be his right-hand man in the beautiful Florida Everglades to help him wrangle pythons. I know what you're thinking "How the hell did you get in touch with f'n Troy Landry?". The truth is the same way we all ended up here. Annihilating Gators. 

Option 1: Supposedly I will ride around with Troy in his fully refurbished 1952 "Swamp Buggy" in around 7 inches of swamp water and every time we see a giant python we jump out of the buggy and chase it. One man grabs the tail while the other attempts to grab the python's head (hopefully without getting bit by it or maybe a venomous snake or maybe a lil gator) all while in a sketchy amount of shit mud water.

The best part: The State of Florida is paying around 4$ a pound for invasive pythons, so if you are catching some meaty 200lb 15 footers you're looking at some good income. The only issue is Troy's favorite spot is in the eastern Everglades where the supposed great swamp ape lives and eats people alive as well as the healthy cougar and black bear population. Troy told me he made 35k last summer and says our synergies could at least triple productivity so we know the money is there. 

Option 2: I can take the money I've saved from living in my aunt Peggy's house here in Dallas and start an exotic animal farm. I know what you're thinking "Oh douche intern how the hell are u gonna do that?". 

Here's how: Step 1. Get an LLC to get an Ein and take out a small business loan. Step 2. Use some of that cash to put a downpayment on a ___ acre lot in ___ (cant tell you all my secrets) and put ___ fences on it. Step 3. Buy 2 sick exotic animals like __, ___, ____, or maybe even a kangaroo, and let them bang. Step 4. Get the word out there by doing _____ (think sign on the fence that is a lil edgy so the news comes by a puts you on for being insensitive ... free advertising because my sick lil ___ will be right behind the "offensive sign" and all the hillbillies will be flocking to buy my ___s. Step 5. Reinvest all the cash into the business by getting more and more cool animals and shit and eventually branching out to reptiles as well (think king cobra, think Gabon Pit Viper). Step 6. Turn it into a drive-through zoo and post tik-toks about it ... second source of income and they literally feed my cash cows. Keep growing and reinvesting till its a really sick zoo and eventually put a water attraction on it and charge people to go on a lazy river with tigers or whatever. Keep growing. Put a fucking whole waterpark on it where you can interact with animals on the water park. Step 7. Put a casino on it. Step 8. my cuzin. 

If you could please let me know Option 1 or 2 in the comments that would be great. 

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I mean, option 1 naturally makes me want to drop everything and lateral to eastern Everglades Python bounty hunting despite the obvious danger…but you really can’t beat the appeal of a scalding hot blackjack table surrounded by a bunch of sick animals like humunculus tiger-kangaroos (tigeroos). Tough call choosing between two traditional, proven exit ops but for me option 2 is the way to go.

 
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