How do you legally raise money in a short amount of time?

Cut back on expenses, take in a house-mate, get a second job, take out a loan, ask a friend or family member for a a loan with a business plan on how you could pay them back and stick to it. You could always take the Anna Nicole Smith approach and seek out a very rich partner who will support you.

Go to Amsterdam and sell your body or pot.

Sell something of value. If the cash is the main thing and not the profit, I’d sell at a loss if necessary in order to turn the asset liquid.

I moved into my mothers basement suite we lend give each other cash as needed

Sell my car and take the bus
Take a loan on my insurance policy
Take out a second mortgage
Cash in my 401K

Ask your grandma, that’s what my grandsons do.

Sell everything I own, which is only good for a couple of hundred, since I only buy used.

Get a second job.