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[quote=Anonymous]I faced the exact same situation as you five years ago. I had a job I liked but the pay was low and would not cover the cost of child care. My DH is a doctor and at the time was working 80 hours a week during his residency. So I became a SAHM. But I had a design background and an eye for value so for the first year or so my baby and I would troll consignment shops and buy used clothes and furniture that I would fix up and sell on CL or EBay. I was making $200-300 a week without a lot of effort. We had a condo that I really fixed up and we sold it for a very good profit which helped pay off a lot of DH's medical school loans. We then bought a trashed foreclosure and I completely redid the interior and exterior and we are about to sell it for another very good profit in an area with no home price appreciation. All this while having two more babies and a doctor/husband who has no time to mow the lawn. So, while I haven't been collecting a paycheck I really do believe I've made a lot of money for our family. My DH is highly appreciative of what I do so there are no issues there. [/quote]

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