Ways to make money quick?

[raeoflyte]

What have you done to bring in money quickly?  

Right now we're going through the house selling stuff we don't use anymore.  Sold our 20 year old truck, selling baby gear, I have a couple pieces of jewelry I haven't worn in over 10 years that I can probably sell for a little bit of money.  We'll run out of stuff to sell sooner rather than later, and nothing we have is high end, but win-win to declutter and get in cash when we need it. 

One of ds' friends parents do airbnb in their home.  We don't have an extra bedroom, and I don't like people enough to do that, but I can see bringing in a decent amount that way.  They also rent their extra cars -- like a car rental place.  People come to them, sign the agreement, take the keys and bring the car back when done.  

What other ideas are out there? 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

I've tried to get DH to sell plasma but he is afraid of needles.  I don't meet the weight requirements otherwise I'd do it.   Depending on your blood type you can make up to $400 a month.

[giramomma]

What about looking for jobs on care.com?

How much money are we talking?

From my experience, we didn't go the selling route. Even still. We COULD use the money from a garage sale. But, it's easier for me to make $300/month escorting a kid from daycare to preschool than doing a garage sale.

You have chickens? Can you start to sell eggs?

What can you cut back on? Have you cut back on everything? That is also more effective for us...

What are you willing to do? This time of year, there's a fair amount of ads for lawn care, weeding, etc. Housecleaning, too.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Sell my body to science.  However, for me it was because I had access to where studies were going on.  I was on multiple lists to provide blood as normal control, but this was usually last minute where I'd get a call.  A couple tubes of blood could get me $20 cash.

My best study was that I had to check into the hospital for 3 consecutive weekends arriving Fri nite and leaving late Sat night (midnight).  For this study, they were examining a new drug delivery system (nasally) of an old drug.   They were looking at the blood kinetics, so you had to be available for blood draws (a port was installed) hourly, then every 3 hours the last 12 hours.   I could roam the medical center as long as I came back in time for my blood draw, so went to the lab and worked.  That study got me $1500.

[MJ2.0]

thanks for the plasma info, DQ. I found a place near me that I think I can donate to for some extra $$$.

[giramomma]

There is also Uber/Lyft.

You might see if some places are always hiring.  Our local grocery store is always looking for weekend folks. You work two weekends a month. Sunday pay is pretty good, and you can gross close to 400/month working 4 days.

[raeoflyte]

Apr 26, 2017 10:33:19 GMT -5 giramomma said:

What about looking for jobs on care.com?
I think I'll do this--but I'd have to still have my own kids so not sure how many people are interested in that.  

How much money are we talking?
As much as we can get?  But we're not in dire straights either.  We're hemorraging money.  I hate the idea of taking on debt but I really don't want to spend any money from savings, so just trying to bring in extra to cash flow.  Fairly short term problem as well.  Once all of our rentals are fixed up and re-rented at higher rents things should even out and I won't feel like I have a bunch of unknowns to deal with. 

From my experience, we didn't go the selling route. Even still. We COULD use the money from a garage sale. But, it's easier for me to make $300/month escorting a kid from daycare to preschool than doing a garage sale.

You have chickens? Can you start to sell eggs?
Only 3 are laying right now.  We'll have 5 by the end of the summer laying, but still not enough to sell considering then we'd have to buy eggs.  We'd probably save money to scrap the coop all together, but I'm not ready to do that.  

What can you cut back on? Have you cut back on everything? That is also more effective for us...  Not everything, but quite a bit.  I'm embarrassed by how much we were spending eating out.  We cut the cell phone bill, dropped audible and dropbox.  Have $40 a month cable for internet and netflix for tv.  I'm painting/cleaning the rentals myself instead of hiring it out.  Dh and the kids are working on a fish tank project, and if you don't count the one that collapsed and caused a ton of damage/spending, they're keeping it pretty cheap.  

What are you willing to do? This time of year, there's a fair amount of ads for lawn care, weeding, etc. Housecleaning, too.  Honestly, not much.  I'm working full time and in school part time.  Dh works opposite shifts so my time off work I have the kids.  Dh picked up 1 extra shift and will hopefully keep that up.  We can handle that with little outside help, and a gratuitous amount of tv time for the kids so that I can still work.  

[CCL]

Apr 26, 2017 10:05:06 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

What have you done to bring in money quickly?  

Right now we're going through the house selling stuff we don't use anymore.  Sold our 20 year old truck, selling baby gear, I have a couple pieces of jewelry I haven't worn in over 10 years that I can probably sell for a little bit of money.  We'll run out of stuff to sell sooner rather than later, and nothing we have is high end, but win-win to declutter and get in cash when we need it. 

One of ds' friends parents do airbnb in their home.  We don't have an extra bedroom, and I don't like people enough to do that, but I can see bringing in a decent amount that way.  They also rent their extra cars -- like a car rental place.  People come to them, sign the agreement, take the keys and bring the car back when done.  

What other ideas are out there? 

With the car rental, how does that work with their insurance, liability, repairs, etc.? No way I would do that. They might wreck my car. I'd rather spend less money.

[raeoflyte]

Apr 26, 2017 10:10:48 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I've tried to get DH to sell plasma but he is afraid of needles.  I don't meet the weight requirements otherwise I'd do it.   Depending on your blood type you can make up to $400 a month.

I don't think ours pays that much, but for something that I could do over a lunch break is worth checking into more.  

[raeoflyte]

Apr 26, 2017 11:00:27 GMT -5 CCL said:

Apr 26, 2017 10:05:06 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

What have you done to bring in money quickly?  

Right now we're going through the house selling stuff we don't use anymore.  Sold our 20 year old truck, selling baby gear, I have a couple pieces of jewelry I haven't worn in over 10 years that I can probably sell for a little bit of money.  We'll run out of stuff to sell sooner rather than later, and nothing we have is high end, but win-win to declutter and get in cash when we need it. 

One of ds' friends parents do airbnb in their home.  We don't have an extra bedroom, and I don't like people enough to do that, but I can see bringing in a decent amount that way.  They also rent their extra cars -- like a car rental place.  People come to them, sign the agreement, take the keys and bring the car back when done.  

What other ideas are out there? 

With the car rental, how does that work with their insurance, liability, repairs, etc.? No way I would do that. They might wreck my car. I'd rather spend less money.

She said it wasn't a problem with insurance, but we don't have an extra car so I'm not looking into personally.  turo.com/rentals

[Regis]

Apr 26, 2017 10:10:48 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I've tried to get DH to sell plasma but he is afraid of needles.  I don't meet the weight requirements otherwise I'd do it.   Depending on your blood type you can make up to $400 a month.

You need to bulk up and take one for the team! 

[giramomma]

Apr 26, 2017 10:58:12 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Apr 26, 2017 10:33:19 GMT -5 giramomma said:

How much money are we talking?
As much as we can get?  But we're not in dire straights either.  We're hemorraging money.  I hate the idea of taking on debt but I really don't want to spend any money from savings, so just trying to bring in extra to cash flow.  Fairly short term problem as well.  Once all of our rentals are fixed up and re-rented at higher rents things should even out and I won't feel like I have a bunch of unknowns to deal with. 

Can you just be patient and wait until the rentals are going? How long before that happens?

I agree, that in your situation, that I would not want to work more. Besides the eating out...can you really cut down all your spending? Honestly, that's what I would do. I know they are keeping your fish tank project cheap, but is the fish tank a need or a want? You might find it easier to really be like, need or want? with everything until your rentals get on par again. I'm not trying to pick on the fishtank, but just as an example here...if you did it for $50...would it be easier to not to the fish tank and have $50 or for you to have the fishtank and spend your time/energy selling your jewelry for $50. (I'm making up fake numbers.)

I even pulled the kids out of activities to save money for a while. Wants. Not needs.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Apr 26, 2017 11:00:48 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Apr 26, 2017 10:10:48 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I've tried to get DH to sell plasma but he is afraid of needles.  I don't meet the weight requirements otherwise I'd do it.   Depending on your blood type you can make up to $400 a month.

I don't think ours pays that much, but for something that I could do over a lunch break is worth checking into more.  

Usually it takes a bit more than an hour. An friend of mine used to do it, and she said it took about the same amount of time as watching a movie (unless things have gotten faster since then).  Also, you get paid more for more frequent donations, like $20 for the first, $30 for the second within a set period of time (numbers I've seen from college newspapers).  As plasma replaces quickly, you can go a few times each week.  

[raeoflyte]

Apr 26, 2017 11:14:46 GMT -5 giramomma said:

Apr 26, 2017 10:58:12 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Can you just be patient and wait until the rentals are going? How long before that happens?

I agree, that in your situation, that I would not want to work more. Besides the eating out...can you really cut down all your spending? Honestly, that's what I would do. I know they are keeping your fish tank project cheap, but is the fish tank a need or a want? You might find it easier to really be like, need or want? with everything until your rentals get on par again. I'm not trying to pick on the fishtank, but just as an example here...if you did it for $50...would it be easier to not to the fish tank and have $50 or for you to have the fishtank and spend your time/energy selling your jewelry for $50. (I'm making up fake numbers.)

I even pulled the kids out of activities to save money for a while. Wants. Not needs.

It would be, but I swear dh has to have a thing and that thing is always spending money so at least this is contained. He hasn't added fish yet because he's still working on getting the nitrate levels right. Similar to how scrapping the coop and rehoming the chickens would save us money (definite want), but I'm not willing to do it yet.



I wish his thing would be yard work, or house work, or pet sitting or dog walking, or a dozen things he could do that would either save me more time or possibly bring in more money but it just isn't. When I talk about saving money, he only knows how to bring up more things we need to spend on, and now that he's realized that I'm actually stressed about money he is starting to lean towards selling one of our rentals and I don't want that either as it reduces our monthly income and changes our retirement plan. He and I are not money compatible which sucks, but we try to deal as best as we can.



Kids activities are really hard for me to cut, but worth laying it on the table as another option. Definitely taking a break from the next session of music classes for dd that aren't rec center prices.  



I'm estimating 60 days out on the rentals.  Although it seems like as soon as one is done, something else comes up, and of course comes with more expenses.  

[andi9899]

Apr 26, 2017 10:10:48 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

I've tried to get DH to sell plasma but he is afraid of needles.  I don't meet the weight requirements otherwise I'd do it.   Depending on your blood type you can make up to $400 a month.

Shut up! I never knew that! I may have to look into it. I've been giving the stuff away for free!

[Deleted]

I do think for the short-term, the easiest  for me besides selling is expense cutting.  In a pinch, I could slash a lot from the budget.  Nothing I'd want to do for long, or I'd just be facing the same issue further down the road, but it would buy me time. 

Maybe figuring out a way to stop the bleed is better than trying to find ways to put blood back in? 

[MarleyKeezy78]

I do side jobs for my family. I mow my grandmas lawn, clean for her and take her anywhere she needs to go. I also help an uncle take care of some bank accounts for him since he is a long haul trucker, I place orders, transfer funds, deposit checks and take care of some phone accounts for him, I also take down wallpaper, paint, put up blinds and any other odd job anyone needs help with as I am pretty handy   I can earn $400+ on a good month! 

[Chocolate Lover]

Maybe the pay for plasma has gone up since I did it almost 20 years ago, but all I got was roughly $30 a week. Took about 2 hours most of the time since you had to wait on a bed to open up. I'm not near enough to a donation place to make it worth the drive to even find out if the pay is worth it. 

[raeoflyte]

Apr 26, 2017 14:26:54 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I do think for the short-term, the easiest  for me besides selling is expense cutting.  In a pinch, I could slash a lot from the budget.  Nothing I'd want to do for long, or I'd just be facing the same issue further down the road, but it would buy me time. 

Maybe figuring out a way to stop the bleed is better than trying to find ways to put blood back in? 

I'm going to pull #'s tonight to see what options are.  I don't feel like there is a lot of wiggle room, but I wouldn't bet my life on it either.  

[Rob Base 2.0]

Ways to make money quick?     Strippin......errr, I mean "exotic dancing"

[raeoflyte]

I lied.  Grocery/eating out is still way too high, so we can cut there.  But I'm still going to try to see what else we can do to bring in extra money that doesn't make life completely suck.  

Dh is going to try to pick up 1-2 extra shifts per week for the next 4-8 weeks (he works 20 hours a week, so its not like I'm pushing for extreme amounts of OT).  

I had overpaid xcel by almost $500 and they're refunding that.  I have a $550 expense reimbursment check coming from work, and basement full of baby stuff that needs to get the heck out of my house one way or the other and taking it to the consignment store for a little extra money doesn't take much more effort than dropping it at goodwill.  

[Bonny]

raeoflyte said:

I'm estimating 60 days out on the rentals. Although it seems like as soon as one is done, something else comes up, and of course comes with more expenses.

Lol, and it NEVER ends! If you're that tight on the cash flow, sell one now while the market is hot. If you want to resume the brain damage you can pick another one up during the next correction.

[Sam_2.0]

When we were saving money for our wedding, I would trash pick items in decent condition, bring them home and clean them up, and then sell them at our garage sale. I made about $1,000 off of kids' toys, side tables, etc. It was fun Sanding wood items & painting them black or white seemed to be the most popular.

[raeoflyte]

Apr 27, 2017 15:48:46 GMT -5 Bonny said:

raeoflyte said:

I'm estimating 60 days out on the rentals. Although it seems like as soon as one is done, something else comes up, and of course comes with more expenses.

Lol, and it NEVER ends! If you're that tight on the cash flow, sell one now while the market is hot. If you want to resume the brain damage you can pick another one up during the next correction.

I know.  And in some ways we should sell this one, but I just can't do it yet.  We took on way too much the last 45 days but I'd hate to make a quick decision that I'd regret because I couldn't power through for another 1-2 months.  Rentals always suck when you have to work on them.  

The property manager that my parents hired (and is working on one of theirs and the triplex we own together) has gotten the first 2 he worked on rented out it felt like over night.  The 3rd place will hopefully have renovations done within 2 weeks and rented shortly after.  My big concern right now is my old house, and if the inside looks as good as the outside I can have it ready for him try to rent out by next weekend.  

That's the "super optimistic everything is awesome" attitude I have until about 6pm.  After that I can only think about everything that can and WILL go wrong, and I'm guessing reality will hit somewhere in the middle.   

[raeoflyte]

Apr 27, 2017 16:02:16 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

When we were saving money for our wedding, I would trash pick items in decent condition, bring them home and clean them up, and then sell them at our garage sale. I made about $1,000 off of kids' toys, side tables, etc. It was fun Sanding wood items & painting them black or white seemed to be the most popular.

I was just thinking about all of the random furniture in my parents garage that they say they want to get rid of...  

[973beachbum]

Apr 26, 2017 14:37:57 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Maybe the pay for plasma has gone up since I did it almost 20 years ago, but all I got was roughly $30 a week. Took about 2 hours most of the time since you had to wait on a bed to open up. I'm not near enough to a donation place to make it worth the drive to even find out if the pay is worth it. 

I don't think it has gone up unless it is really recent.  I looked into it in a moment of feeling poor a few years ago.  And my DD did as she is a poor college student and there is one place right near her college.  I remember something like $20 a donation and it wasn't even cash but some gift card type thing.   And they said with sitting there to start plus after it was about 2 hours.  And some days they would be running behind so it could be even longer.

She only has known a few people who do it because the compensation just isn't enough.  You know it isn't a lot when broke college students won't even bite.

[Pants]

Apr 28, 2017 7:20:30 GMT -5 973beachbum said:

Apr 26, 2017 14:37:57 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Maybe the pay for plasma has gone up since I did it almost 20 years ago, but all I got was roughly $30 a week. Took about 2 hours most of the time since you had to wait on a bed to open up. I'm not near enough to a donation place to make it worth the drive to even find out if the pay is worth it. 

I don't think it has gone up unless it is really recent.  I looked into it in a moment of feeling poor a few years ago.  And my DD did as she is a poor college student and there is one place right near her college.  I remember something like $20 a donation and it wasn't even cash but some gift card type thing.   And they said with sitting there to start plus after it was about 2 hours.  And some days they would be running behind so it could be even longer.

She only has known a few people who do it because the compensation just isn't enough.  You know it isn't a lot when broke college students won't even bite.

This depends heavily on the state. In IL it's illegal to sell blood products so you can't get compensated at all.

[Peace77]

To make fast money, sell your stuff to a pawn shop. They will take most anything: musical instruments, game systems, tools, jewelry, etc.

[muttleynfelix]

Apr 28, 2017 8:07:34 GMT -5 Pants said:

Apr 28, 2017 7:20:30 GMT -5 973beachbum said:

I don't think it has gone up unless it is really recent.  I looked into it in a moment of feeling poor a few years ago.  And my DD did as she is a poor college student and there is one place right near her college.  I remember something like $20 a donation and it wasn't even cash but some gift card type thing.   And they said with sitting there to start plus after it was about 2 hours.  And some days they would be running behind so it could be even longer.

She only has known a few people who do it because the compensation just isn't enough.  You know it isn't a lot when broke college students won't even bite.

This depends heavily on the state. In IL it's illegal to sell blood products so you can't get compensated at all.

I believe places get around this by paying you for your time and not your plasma.

[muttleynfelix]

This isn't really making money, but for cash flow problems, make sure your reimbursements are up to date for Health Care and any work expenses you might be holding on to.

I've sold baby stuff/kid stuff. Some house stuff we didn't need once we moved (chairs that were the wrong height for this house).