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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is OP's husband a good teacher?  If he is a good teacher, he can charge $125/hr and he does not work until after 3pm in the afternoon and before 8pm.  He can work a few hours on Saturday and Sunday.  Very good job with flexible hours.

I have three kids age 17, 16 and 10 and they are being tutored by a retired former TJ English teacher and he charges us $125/hr and I have to take my kids to his house.  My kids go there twice a week for 90 minutes session.  He is in such high demand that there is a waiting list to be his students.  I have to sign a minimum one year contract and pay 60% of the cost upfront.  He is a very good English teacher and he really makes my kids better since we're immigrants.

That's something worth looking into for OP's husband.[/quote]

Ok, wait.  $125 hr is $187.50 for 90 minutes, times 3 kids is $562.50 per week.  Assuming only during the school year and not when they are on spring or winter break, that's about 40 weeks a year, which is $22500 per year, of which you pay $13500 in advance.  My mind is blown.  [/quote]

Your math is a little bit off.  My kids go there twice a week 90 minutes each time.  Therefore,  $125 x 1.5 hours x 2 times per week x 3 kids x 40 weeks = $45,000/yr.  I have to pay the former TJ English teacher $27,000 upfront.  Last year, we spent about $8,000 for my son SAT prep in the summer.  My daughter will be doing SAT prep this year, same price.  My son could have gone to Sidwell Friends, about 43k/yr, but we decided that he will do fine at Langley HS and use the money to supplement with tutoring.  No one told me that having kids can be very expensive  :wink:

Back to OP's question, tutoring can be a very lucrative business, especially if you're really good at it and produce good results.  People will find you.  There are tutors who graduated from Harvard and they charge $200/hr and they also have a students waiting list too.

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