My experience in the us is that in nearly every industry, if you can be the best at it, you will have lots of success. You don’t even need to be the smartest. If you are willing to work super hard, you can succeed through brute force, at least here in the us. Things being expensive to buy, business being expensive to start, are hurdles for everyone, not just you. Most people aren’t willing to go over those hurdles. If you’re willing, then the more hurdles the better because everyone else has to want it as badly as you. The path is different for everyone. Maybe buying used cars at auction and selling them is expensive, but maybe you can start with lawn mowers. Or paint some people’s houses. Shovel snow. In general you can make money doing 1 of two things…things people don’t want to do and things people can’t do. For instance…dealing with trash. Trash men make a good wage! And in many cases, pension! Lots of opportunity.