Ever since Elance merged with ODesk to make Upwork getting online work has dried up, and so I have to rely on my personal network. With Elance you'd get leads

Ever since Elance merged with ODesk to make Upwork getting online work has dried up, and so I have to rely on my personal network. With Elance you'd get leads for jobs, and take them offsite. Its not that I wouldn't want to use the ecosystem provided its just that it suck and took too much. Upwork takes more, and really locks you in. I refused to scan my license to become authorized. Even if I used the platform, taxes and their fees makes and the chances of them hanging payments makes it a death trap. I would love to build a platform that actually is useful, though I think with these kinds of websites it's a hard market to penetrate because they're already on X platform. I just want to remote from a small town and bank money, but I'm forced to live near large cities because companies that pay well want you in office. The only way not to be poor is to be a two-person income of 100K and my gf never going to make that kind of money. So my choice is be poor in a small town or be poor in large town. There are remote jobs for 90k, its just they are far and few and interview processes can be very involved with lots of studying.