I recommend slayer. you dont need a lot of items to start with, but nice armor/weps help. In the long run you will be getting money fairly quickly along with massive bunches of xp. Yes, the levels of 83/85 are a long way off, but even at my 79 slayer I average about 100k a task (duradel), mostly from alching and small rune item drops. If you dislike slayer, blue dragons is a decent way to make money. Plenty of range xp and 100% hides/bone drop is ownage. -I also fail at merching; no advice there-