there's a way to start with nothing. in US and be well off

use 1k $ to buy a 12 year old, sound condition mini-van to live in. Cops give you a lot of slack when you have a student ID card. Use the college gym to work out, hang out and clean up. Use the college library to get on the net. Buy a $200 Chromebook at wally's. it'll do what you need, without all the malware and bs that comes with a "real" pc. Use the college libary computers to print out stuff and do what you need in the way of a more complete computer.

you can do this for FIVE years. You can get 1k per year of food stamps, eat at churches and the mission. You can sell blood plasma for 3k per year. If you'll say that you'll teach and keep your GPA above 3.25, you can borrow another 4k per year. If you'll go into a career in nursing, teaching,, or firefighting, your loans will be forgiven, so it's free money, really.

After 2 years of living in the van, selling plasma and getting loans, you should have saved almost 20k. During a summer break from school, go to the Philippines and bring back a dentist as your spouse. They can hire on immediately, at $30 per hour, as a dental hygienist. They will clear 45k per year and give you half of it. they can also get 16k per year of loans, and the same grants as you got/are getting. This will continue for 3 years, until they are a citizen. Cover your butt by buying gold coins with cash, ,no ID shown, and bury the coins, at night, using $200 passive IR goggles to scan for observers. Never cache things in daylight, or on your own property and never leave any 'sign" of digging. after your divorce, cover yoursef with nevada corporations owning everything, so she/he can't get it with a divorce.

I'm so upset with myself I read this entire thread.