So you want to get out of debt? Need to figure out a way to generate some cash. Here are some simple ideas almost anyone can do. If you don’t one idea. Read it anyways. Maybe the model for the idea isn’t perfect but you have another way to do it or have another idea for the same model. Be Creative.
If you figure out a service that you could provide for someone and you charge them $30 a week that would be $120 a month. You would have to find 17 customers for your service. So what could you do for $30 a week? You could take your lawn mower and offer to mow 17 of your neighbors lawns. Granted, where would you have the time for this? That’s 2.5 lawns a day. Would you be able to do this on top of your regular job? Maybe you would have to hire someone to use your mower & pay him $15 a lawn to mow. You could have him work at the mowing & you could focus on finding new customers. 34 lawns would bring in to make $4,000 a month. Pay your helper $500 a week to mow for you. 37 lawns.
Start a very very small business. What do I mean? Do you have a talent or something that you could sell? Do you play golf very well? Could you sell lessons? Do you know piano? Could you sell lessons? $60 an hour or $30 a half hour is a fair rate to charge for lessons. You would only have to find enough clients to fill 8.5 hrs a week to make an extra $2,000 a month.
What do you do on weekends? If you work 5 days a week that’s 2 free days. In order to make an extra $2,000 a month. Could you find a job that pays $250 a day on the weekends? Could you find a 2nd job after work for 4 hrs a night plus weekends?
Perhaps you could start your own window washing business. Charging $3.50 a window. All you have to do is wash 600 windows a month. The average house has 8 windows. Finding 75 houses a month would be a lot on the average house. But targeting bigger houses with 40-50 windows & business’s who want their windows cleaned weekly professionally. Those clients will add up fast.
Perhaps you’re good at this entire “internet thing”. Could you create webpages for people? Some people charge thousands of dollars per webpage. Do you think starting out you could charge $500 an find 4 clients a month? Absolutely. Finding 1 client and making 1 webpage a month is very realistic part time after work.
What are some other ways? Did you used to be a roofer when you were younger? Did you hate the work but wouldn’t mind doing a roof a month to help make an extra $2,000 a month? Perhaps you don’t even need to do the work. Just find the work. Find out what local roofers in your area are charging if its $2 a square foot for labor. Go door to door. Pass out fliers & advertise. Offer selling your services for $3 a square foot for labor. Once you got a contract with these people. Call up the guy who charges $2 and hire him to do the roof. He will love you for it.
Now, just a word of warning. Some of these things might require licenses in your area. that’s okay. You may not need a license right off the bat. You can probably get away with doing a job or two without a license for a friend. But use that money you earned towards making sure everything is legal.
Remember! Be creative. You can figure it out.