I didn't say it would be easy. But if you're trying to get profitable in 2 months that's a way it *could* be done. See shoemoney's experiment part1 and part2. If you're going for broke you might as well do it all the way I'm in the same boat as you. Break even was the best I could do but that doesn't mean it cant work. We just have to try harder. When Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb he tried over 4000 different materials for the filament. Only 4 of those actually worked.
Why would you continue looking if you found what you were after? Listen to Shoemoney's latest show about getting started with PPC.
Nobody will accuse you of not having a set. I dont know if you will make it or not. But my 2 cents would be to work no less than 18hrs/day 7 days a week for the next 12 months while eliminating all non-essential spending during that period. A part-time job 15 hrs/ week would be a very good idea also. That should cover your rent at least. Bon chance.
and not only that... he seems to be quite "white hat" oriented. fine, but then you need unique and interesting content/material. are you sure you're cut for that ? do you know how much time it takes ? take photography, are YOU a better photographer than the other zillions on the web ?
all i can say is : if the issue is the budget, you could move into Philippines or China or Thailand for few months and run there your low-budget biz. i've known some ppl doing that. many pros and many cons but at least you can rent a large flat for 100-200 us$ and get a DSL for 10 $ /month.
if you're hard up for cash, and need to make some extra dough online, do some work on rentacoder.com. I lost my job at one point and used rentacoder to pay the bills. It's hard work, but you're on your own schedule and you can pick the work you're good at.
kearnsey11, my advice to you is, start owning some sites with good traffic real fast. If you can't wait, buy them, do whatever you have to. Sites without traffic are useless. No traffic = no sales. It's fundamental, so I guess you'll have to put on your thinking caps and work it out somehow. I can see that you are very enterprising. Keep up the good spirit. I wish you luck!