Extra Streams of Income Ideas
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Anonymous
| Tutoring? |
Anonymous
| You could try working in retail, minimum wage is $15.20 an hour in DC. Easy to get in and out of the business, though you may have to work all weekend. |
Anonymous
NP. I've noticed rates are much the same as they were back then!! |
Anonymous
Did they record you and put it on the internet? |
Anonymous
Do the sugar daddy route instead |
Anonymous
This! You could easily clear $400 for the weekend. |
Anonymous
Here's my attempt at a serious response to someone looking to make extra money, who is already making about $47 per hour. Unless you do something entrepreneurial, there is very little that you can do in terms of labor (babysitting, walking dogs, etc) that will get you anywhere close to $47 an hour. If you can find an entrepreneurial pursuit that does not require upfront asset purchases and is immediately cash flow positive, go for that. Otherwise, focus instead on reducing your costs - time spent doing this will recover money at the rate of your salary. Why are you just "able to make" your monthly bills? The average income for 26-year-olds is less than 1/2 of your income. Even 75th percentile is $52k. You have an excess of 40k gross income. I recommend the 3-month salary rule for your car. That means a limit of about $23k, which should get you a myriad of new cars such as the Mazda 3 and Honda Civic. I am not sure if you are married, and if not, reconsider why you are buying a house. It's almost certain that whatever home you buy will not be something you keep once you get married - your spouse may not like it, it may be too far for his/her commute, you may start having children, etc. I have a childhood friend who bought a townhome when he was fresh out of school, lived in the master and rented out the other rooms, which essentially paid for the mortgage. This maybe something you can consider if you are still single. |
Anonymous
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You could try teaching English on preply. So many people around the world want to converse with Americans.
But it took me months of hard work and low rates to establish a profile people were interested in. |
Anonymous
| I teach fitness classes on the side. $50/hr 7x a week. |
Anonymous
I really regret not doing this in my 20s. Although it maybe wasn't as easy to find people, pre-internet (although I suppose word of mouth would have worked). I totally wish I had done one or two weekends a month babysitting -- for a couple hundred bucks a pop (and lets be honest, under the table), it would have made a huge difference in my disposable income. |
Anonymous
| Start a YouTube channel. |
Anonymous
OP. This is the only sensible option. At your level, working hard at your current job is more valuable than blue/grey collar side gigs. OF, Youtube channels, Tiktok channels, etc. require a particular personality/moral mindset (for OF) and I'm not sure if you have it. Some of these will come back to haunt you later in your career/life. If you like investments, look into understanding that in a lot more detail and get into options trading. Good money there (but likely not OF levels at this stage in your career). |
Anonymous
| 09:25 pp again: One more.. If you haven't bought a house already, wait. The market is very toppy right now and when the bubble pops, there will be a lot of deals.. in 2-3 years. |
Anonymous
| Look into Brand Ambassador groups on Facebook. I did this while consulting in my mid-20s. There are different types of gigs but most usually pay around $35 an hour and it can be pretty fun plus you typically get things like swag or clothes/shoes. I also attended free concerts and festivals. Examples include working for a shoe company at festivals, giving samples of alcohol at stores, working registration at fancy events. Not sure how it works with COVID but I had fun. |
Anonymous
| OP hasn't returned after posting this. You can see how motivated they are. |