20 Easy Side Hustles Our Family Has Actually Done

[@tamara1565]

My brother in law and his teenage sons started mowing lawns on the side to support their wrestling expenses and it has grown into a full time business.

[@kimdodd8055]

Wow, I never imagined 30 hours a week for a few KZbin videos, you should do a vlog showing the “behind the scenes” We appreciate you sharing all of your knowledge

[@Nicole-zv7ee]

Yes! That would be fun to watch.

[@tanjacavlovic8053]

I am taste testing drinks and food like ice creams as a side hustle for a research company who producers are hiring to get feedback from the market 😋 before they release it to shopping stores

[@sharonlong8805]

I am a reading teacher. I privately tutor as a side gig. Half hour $30...and I love it😊

[@Midwestmomvolunteer365]

I have a close friends whose 20 something son housesits all the time. Mostly for family and close friends, a great way to make some extra cash.

[@preparingformountainlife]

Don't forget these side hustles... hunting and fishing supplements the food budget. My husband has bagged two deer already this season and will be saving us money on buying meat. :)

[@brg2743]

Work in produce at a grocery. Cutting, putting things out on shelves, cleanup a few hours daily. Use reward points for extra food items there and get an employee discount. Not eady work, but helps.

[@monicastricker3582]

I tried to get a side job, but locally, they only want full-time workers.

[@becsackville6446]

Coles here has a rewards card that you can earn points get towards 10 dollars off your next shop but they also have surveys. I do one survey a day and this month I have got enough points for 30 dollars to spend in the store. I know I am not getting paid but I'm getting free food so to speak. It's what I do to cover my food bill

[@marymanning5150]

Got paid £200 pw for using my home for hosting 2 to 3 French children, sometimes teachers, whilst on holiday in the Uk. Did it for a year to go to Australia. Had so much fun but at 77 I’ve decided it’s time to retire.

[@corinnestratman1428]

Can you do a book review of The Complete Tightwad Gazette? You could do a video for each article topic and what your view is.

[@DebraMorris-q6r]

The old side gigs/ hustles are now survival hustle, it’s not always extra it’s necessary to make ends meet, I’m a substitute at a local school, it helps.. if you have food insecurity you can work jobs in the cafeteria and they do offer a free meal while working. I can pick and choose the days I work by what is offered. It’s is something to be consider.😊

[@UndertheMedian]

Love these ideas!

[@LaManteca76]

At work more things are being required to be done online which a lot of us aren't used to so I help some of my coworkers with unemployment, complete the food handlers course, etc. There are older coworkers who have never touched a computer or smart phone so I help them go online and complete their forms,etc. I don't charge but they insist on paying me like $5, $10. I received a watermelon & some snacks once, lol. It's not a lot but so far I've made about $70 this year and put it towards my property tax fund. I'm almost there!

[@drivinfool9902]

How sweet you are ❤😊

[@LaManteca76]

@@drivinfool9902 Aww thank you. About an hour after I posted my comment, a coworker gave me some money to help her with an online course. 😀

[@elizabethzierke4733]

Retired nurses or stay home mom could cut toenails for elderly. They dont want spa prices just trims bc of age or arthritis. I have paid $10 or $15 and schedule is flexible.

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

I forgot one. I make dinner for a friend and she pays me a small fee. (This depends on the health regulations where you live, of course). If you make food for 4 people a week, at 25 bucks a pop, it's 100 bucks. Is it the most? No. But, I stay home, so I am cooking dinner anyway for my own family.

[@katiejon17]

You know what - this is a great one! My father lives with us (he’s in his 70’s) and has a former coworker who’s side-gig is canning and making meat pies to sell. Since my husband and I are a one-income, homeschooling family, WE cannot afford this. But my father has supported her side-gig for years, and he will come home with jams, pickles, pickled beats, cowboy candy, dilly beans, salsa, meat pies, salmon pies, turkey pot pies, etc. This is something so kind he does for our family. Each time he goes to see her (maybe 4x/year) he spends a couple hundred dollars! And she has over a dozen customers! Right now we have a stocked pantry and about 8 dinner pies in the freezer. What a great side-gig!

[@cathymontano569]

My daughter gives piano lessons. This has been a help to her. 💰

[@lindadorman2869]

I tried a bunch of side gigs like mystery shopping, transcription, proofreading, copywriting, blogging, surveys, personal tasks, stock photography, etc...most turned out to be not worth the time or pennies earned. Finally, I found online reselling. Once you list your items, it's practically passive income. Now I earn more than I did working for someone else, set my own schedule and spend just a few hours packing and shipping orders twice a week. On average, I earn 10X what I paid for the items I sell.

[@robertadunaway7030]

I loved mystery shopping for Dominos back in the day.

[@TJMcDowell]

If you don't mind me asking, on which sites do you list?

[@tiffanynelson9537]

May I please ask the genre of items you resell? I am trying to do the same.

[@anngallagher7495]

I take clothing that is gently used to a consignment store and acquire credit in the store or i can get a check.

[@TheFrugalFather]

Love doing a side hustle and today it is necessary

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

What do you like? Share suggestions.

[@TheFrugalFather]

@ I like field agent and survey merchandiser. Both are in the App Store

[@madelineeverritt8874]

I'm disabled. I have severe osteoarthritis in both knees and no cartilage in either one. I also have rickets which have caused my legs to be badly deformed. I can't stand on my own. I have to use a walker just for a few steps. I use a wheelchair when I go anywhere. My chair has just about seen its last legs too. I make yarn dogs. They are really adorable. They're about the size of a peekaboo. I make them with love. Sometimes depression really gets to me hard. I've enjoyed watching your videos. I'm learning so much. I would love to make you one of my yarn dogs. It would be a gift from me to thank you for all you do. It would be my pleasure to make you one. ❤

[@marendababcock6104]

You should take a picture and try to sell them on Marketplace

[@victorwadsworth821]

My health insurance Care N: Care is dropping out of Medicare. I called out to two friends of 30+ years for ideas, my social worker gave me three names, one lined up with my friend's advice. I am going into a huge Senior Health Fair where I can talk with others & providers all together in one place.

[@katiejon17]

Five years ago, my husband and I got married. We had about 40 guests, and kept the budget at $1,300 for it all (catering was BBQ, with BYO drinks). It was so lovely. A former colleague and friend offered to make our wedding cake for us as her gift, and we gladly accepted! Of course a few years later she made a move on my husband👀(yikes) and we have broke all contact with her... but hey - if you have a skill like this it could be a win-win.

[@LaManteca76]

Wow! I was thinking What a great deal! until I read the end. That's crazy, but I'm impressed you managed to keep your wedding bill pretty low. Some people go into debt paying for a wedding. 😳

[@tiffanynelson9537]

oh my goodness! I'm glad your relationship survived and probably strengthened after such a weird situation!

[@missymurphy9996]

My friend’s husband goes to thrift stores and finds guitars, refurbishes them and sells them.

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

That’s great. I don’t know if Iv seen a guitar at thrift.

[@ingetnamn-de9fc]

Plant something and sell. Garlic is very good.

[@lindajacquot5391]

A neighbor of ours sells tomato and pepper plants each spring as well as eggs from her home, which is in the center of our town.

[@victorwadsworth821]

Start plants from seeds & sell the starter plants.

[@illiniwood]

Plant herbs and sell them to chefs in high end restaurants.

[@SageGypsy]

I love market research! I would go to the mall on purpose to do market research!

[@jodileec]

I did transcription work after having my first child. I'd had jobs in an office where I was a secretary/admin and did dictaphone typing so I had experience, however I only lasted a few months. Like your daughter-in-law, one day I typed a particularly difficult file that was an interview in a cafe with heaps of background noise. I ended up having to listen to the audio a 2nd time to make sure I hadn't missed anything. I worked out that with that file my hourly rate was $10AUD and I thought I'm worth more than this, as much as I liked being home with my child and working around his needs, I needed more.

[@victorwadsworth821]

You can sharpen knifes or fix watches, Haror Freight has watch fixing tools.

[@PatriciaMoffatt-ph6mf]

Good morning😊

[@HereInCalifornia56]

My side gig of caregiving turned f/t. It was more lucrative than my other job due to being paid to sleep. I make a thousand dollars a week working one 48 hr shift. My background is in Mental Health so my client doesn't need hands on care, she has behavior issues so they burned through 3 other caregivers but I can handle her. I don't enjoy this but at 56, I am able to save for retirement

[@Corinna_Schuett_GER]

Frontotemporal dementia FTD?

[@traceyobrien8410]

I am curious about how you obtained the gig for being paid to sleep.

[@patriciaholloway]

I tried pet sitting but I now regret it. The dog bit me and chased our cat to the point we had to keep her hidden in my daughter's bedroom. And the pay just wasn't worth it. My daughter started on eBay, she's had some success but it's slow. Occasionally I take items to our thrift store and they sell it for you and you receive 40% of the sale but it's a thrift store so you're not going to make much. I want to craft but I don't think I'm crafty 😅😅

[@UteLydia]

I got really hooked on your channel when I realized you are vegan! Made me feel like I can follow your Grocery vids

[@UndertheMedian]

That's awesome. We've been plant-based for about 10 years or so.

[@katiejon17]

I’m not vegan, and I love their recipes too! Actually, Hope’s food videos are my favorite. We eat many meatless meals each week and Hope (and Daniel too!) give me such great ideas!

[@sw8234]

I've been 90% vegan for many years. So fun to see Hope's yummy recipes.

[@inspiredlife9643]

Vegan and Christian is what got me and the great info

[@kejuanlynette8531]

@@UndertheMedianDo you have videos on the health improvements of being plant based? I know about the heart disease reversal. Over the decade, have you noticed anything else (digestion/hair/skin/nails/teeth condition etc). I could tell Mr. Larry was a healthy eater when I saw his nails (they’re really healthy and white)!

[@keelyseward5413]

We like to eat out but do not like paying for it. So we Mystery shop restaurants to try and get our eating out fix!

[@UndertheMedian]

I love this idea. I looked into it once, but we never did it.

[@LaManteca76]

That's pretty smart!

[@drivinfool9902]

I 💕 to eat out. This may work for me. ❤😊

[@armslengthaway]

Do you have a recommendation of a good company that a person apply? I have heard of that before but don’t know of anyone who has done it.

[@keelyseward5413]

@@UndertheMedian It's very fun and you never know what you will get.

[@writercard4]

Survey junkie is a good one

[@LaManteca76]

I'll have to check that out

[@Patchouliprince]

I often have an extremely hard time even finding people who can afford to pay me to do little jobs

[@juliemoore6957]

Great ideas!

[@traceyobrien8410]

5:43 Question regarding selling items online for others: How do you determine the base commission rate?

[@UndertheMedian]

We went with 10-20%. Part of what you need to take into consideration is what we call, "The pain in the butt factor". How much time will it take you to clean up, photograph, etc. Also, we did this strictly with friend who we knew would pay us once the item was sold. If you are going to do with with others, you need a standard contract with a waiver of responsibility if the item gets damaged or broken.

[@carolynb2457]

Hannah took such a cute picture of you two!

[@UndertheMedian]

She's a great photographer.

[@lynnswartzentruber5416]

Enjoy your heloful video's! Im curious what your thoughts are on surveys? They seem to be quite personel, just wandering if there safe..

[@Skiparocktoday]

Hi Hope and Larry, would love to meet more people like you. Where do you meet frugal people

[@fretworkband3204]

Flea markets, farmers markets, et al?

[@elizabethkeith7283]

What exactly is "extra" cash?

[@brg2743]

We damaged a tv screen and it is like when a computer screen needs replaced. Where can you buy a tv screen to replace it? Would like to fix it myself because I have done this with an old computer.

[@lesliekanengiser8482]

TV's are so cheap now. You can buy a brand new one for 99 dollars. (Even cheaper depending on brand/size). I'd really think it would be cheaper than finding the screen and replacing it. Although, I'm not an expert. Especially newer televisions. They don't even make replacement parts sometimes

[@brg2743]

We put out $100 for this tv and would like to try and fix it ourselves if possible. Thank you.

[@yvonnebourque9115]

Elderly relatives paid someone to come do their laundry.

[@Sharlene-x4q]

How do you know that if you have someone house sitting that they will leave when you get back.

[@UndertheMedian]

My daughter-in-law housesat for friends. So, they knew she would leave when they got back.

[@murielmoloney1043]

Love ur genius ideas

[@UndertheMedian]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@LadyBeeSting2434]

Great ideas, thanks for sharing!

[@Savannah-ed4rv]

I like to think I would be good at something but I'm really not! I don't think I could ever make decent money on the side Hustle😊

[@abrahamhicks9307]

Fiverr is correct spelling

[@epicgamesters7192]

❤❤❤

[@trosa223]

The survey one was awful. Spent some much time and all the personal information only for them to reject me.

[@janetmacdonald2823]

🌻

[@mkosachuk6530]

Donate plasma… I gave me spending money during college.

[@Nicole-zv7ee]

Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback (good or bad) about donating plasma, for extra money?

[@celestebarrentine3922]

My husband used to donate for extras.... be sure you are well hydrated and eating well. If you start to notice yourself tending to be fatigued, or seeming to be unwell... colds, etc, back off on the frequency of donations. Otherwise, I regularly recommend it to people as a good way to bring in some extra cash.

[@robertadunaway7030]

My sisters and I have thought about it but the closest facility is 40 min away.

[@tamibrantley7986]

I did it years ago, it covered my car payment until I got enough raise to fill the need. I went every week twice a week for 9 months but I started I having low iron and being turned away part of the time. If I were doing it today I would donate twice a week for a month to get the bonus and then take the next month off to allow your body to recuperate. I have always said it was the easiest money I ever made.

[@dawncurtis583]

It is worth it. The better hydrated you are the quicker the donation will be. I can’t remember which it is but your iron or protein needs to be high enough or you can get deferred from donating for a period of time.

[@MinnesotaCabin6]

I tried it, but kept getting light-headed, no matter what I ate prior to donating. Fainted twice. Pay attention to how you feel thru the whole process. Don't leave the facility until you have eaten a snack. My son had no trouble when he donated.