My association with the JWs began in the late 1950's. I participated in the pre-1975 hysteria just as I was instructed to do. I knew people who sold their businesses and homes and calculated just how much they could spend each month to support themselves in the full-time ministry until their liberation date of October 1975.
(After all, you wouldn't want to run out of money in August 1975 - what would you do for two months?)
These people were CRUSHED when November 1975 arrived. It wasn't supposed to be that way. They were supposed to be living in the big house that their hands didn't build, petting lions and feeding porpoises, joyfully revelling in the freedom of the sons of God. Bad people were supposed to be dead. Credit card companies were supposed to be gone.
So today we find JWs who hold their breath for a moment every time they hear thunder, who announce that every man-made or natural disaster is the birth pang of Armageddon. How can we take advantage of such suckers?
Here's one way: when you find a true believer who really really is a true believer and not just a follower of the crowd, ask him if he earnestly believes that by (fill in the date here) Paradise will be restored and you will be bird food. It is important to get him to commit to the idea that a person as wicked and worldly as you could not possibly be permitted to survive the big A.
So you tell him this: "I will give you $100 right now if you will sign a contract with me giving me the option to buy your house (or boat, or business, whatever) for $1 on the day after (fill in date here). What you get out of the deal is an extra $100 in your pocket right now. Since I'll be dead after (fill in date here), you don't have to worry about me walking off with your house (or boat or business or whatever).
Maybe the JW will balk. You might have to sweeten the pot by raising your gift to $500 or $1,000 or more. When you finally strike the deal, have the contract signed in front of a notary public and then put it in a safe deposit vault until the day after (fill in date here). On the day after (fill in date here), go to your friend and tell them you are exercising your option. Give them the $1 they were promised, and then put your new house on the market. You will have to give a share of your profit to the real estate agent and the government, but you will still be left with plenty. Or, if you are a humanitarian and it bothers you that this person is now homeless (it shouldn't - they were eagerly expecting YOUR demise), you can offer to sell their house back to them at current market value, or if they are short of funds, you can rent their house back to them.
Following this plan you may be able to live for the rest of your life in a paradise paid for by fools.