Side Hustles That Actually Work?

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Talon2DSO
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I have an etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/CorvinaClothingCo

And we started catering texmex bbq here in Pittsburgh, PA. Not enough yo quit our jobs yet but has potential.
evan_aggie
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I started an OF account for my wife. She has 3,200 subscribers, but is going to be so pissed when she finds out!
Talon2DSO
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evan_aggie said:

I started an OF account for my wife. She has 3,200 subscribers, but is going to be so pissed when she finds out!



Started my side gig to fund your OF. You're welcome
cgh1999
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I have a reverse OF account. Pay me each month and I WON'T send pics of me.

I should be able to retire soon.
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I was having a good day until I saw this.
cgh1999
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jja79 said:

I was having a good day until I saw this.

Speaking of, you haven't paid. Check your phone. New pictures are on the way.
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The Pilot said:

JobSecurity said:

I understand some of these words

Can you explain "life changing" in terms of real american dollars?



Ha, yes I know it sounds like techno babble but some of these airdrops payout tens of thousands of dollars for relatively little work. Although the biggest up front cost is thoroughly educating yourself about crypto, how to secure it, how to organize and secure your wallets for these airpdrops, tax implications, etc.

Here are some examples:

Uniswap paid out over $6B for it's airdrop with average users receiving close to $30k.

Arbitrum paid out billions in their airdrop, top wallets were paid out over $12k.

The recent Manta airdrop gave out 50 million tokens (around $100M), with average wallets receiving about 10k tokens and top wallets receiving around 50k tokens and Manta is currently trading for around $3.

In any case if you research and keep on top of the market it is entirely possible to make over $100k / yr as a part time gig with a schedule that you set.
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Interesting. Going to do a little more research on this. I am tech inclined and this looks like an interesting rewarding challenge. Thanks!
AyoCheetah
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Do folks in Pittsburgh like TexMex? Probably a dumb question but thought I'd ask.
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In4TheHuddle said:

The Pilot said:

JobSecurity said:

I understand some of these words

Can you explain "life changing" in terms of real american dollars?



Ha, yes I know it sounds like techno babble but some of these airdrops payout tens of thousands of dollars for relatively little work. Although the biggest up front cost is thoroughly educating yourself about crypto, how to secure it, how to organize and secure your wallets for these airpdrops, tax implications, etc.

Here are some examples:

Uniswap paid out over $6B for it's airdrop with average users receiving close to $30k.

Arbitrum paid out billions in their airdrop, top wallets were paid out over $12k.

The recent Manta airdrop gave out 50 million tokens (around $100M), with average wallets receiving about 10k tokens and top wallets receiving around 50k tokens and Manta is currently trading for around $3.

In any case if you research and keep on top of the market it is entirely possible to make over $100k / yr as a part time gig with a schedule that you set.
But what exactly is an "airdrop"?
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kinda like this

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handle234 said:

I feel like refereeing sports at an HS level can start to pay. Twice a week, stay in shape, get to be around sports (if you like them)
I can speak for football only, but I know other sports are in the same ballpark.

$50-70 per game for subvarsity (Monday - Thursday, can work multiple games in a night)
$100-150 (usually) for Varsity games.
I know officials that work pee-wee games on a Saturday and come away with $300.

There are some initial costs like uniform, state and chapter fees, etc. that probably add up to $200-250 total.

I'm in Houston and can help anyone who wants to do it. If you're not in Houston, I can get you in touch with the right people across the state.
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Started a "dumpster" rental business in 2021. Up front costs are fairly high depending on the direction you go, but sales have averaged $50k/year and it only takes up to about 8-10 hours a month of my time. Fortunately, my "real" job is a remote job, so I can deliver during the week as needed.

Hardest part is just advertising and keeping the phone ringing. I found the idea on YouTube and so did a lot of other guys in town. Luckily with it just being a side gig, I'm not worried about how much I make.
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Cash secured puts (MES for now, SPX one day) / covered call on my SPY.

1DTE, way OTM. So small #s, but low risk of hitting and daily income.

It adds up across 252 market days to a solid little income stream. It takes about 3 min / day after close (let margin clear) to submit my orders. Then automated alerts if I need to cut a loss.
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CoachRTM said:

handle234 said:

I feel like refereeing sports at an HS level can start to pay. Twice a week, stay in shape, get to be around sports (if you like them)
I can speak for football only, but I know other sports are in the same ballpark.

$50-70 per game for subvarsity (Monday - Thursday, can work multiple games in a night)
$100-150 (usually) for Varsity games.
I know officials that work pee-wee games on a Saturday and come away with $300.

There are some initial costs like uniform, state and chapter fees, etc. that probably add up to $200-250 total.

I'm in Houston and can help anyone who wants to do it. If you're not in Houston, I can get you in touch with the right people across the state.


I feel like this would all be undone when I have to pay bail money and get a lawyer for beating some ahole parent's ass
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Where abouts ya located?

Willing to chat about your experience thus far? Buddy and I are talking about doing the same.
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I serve on a couple of MUD boards. $3000/yr for about 15hrs time.

Not a side hustle, but learning and doing home improvement projects that you would otherwise pay someone to do can save a ton and results in owning cool tools and skills. I've built bathroom cabinets, living room built ins, closet shelving, erected privacy fencing, installed landscape drainage and sod, hung gutters and shutters, framed out windows, taped/floated/textured drywall, installed replacement doors, crown and baseboard, HVAC rigid duct, irrigation system, etc. Have easily saved six figures DIYing.
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cgh1999 said:

10andBOUNCE said:

Last year I was tempted to donate Plasma for some of the bonuses they offered but didn't end up doing it.

Do it on a Friday afternoon and then head to the chicken. In the late 90's that was a net $75 gain. $45 for my plasma and it only took $5 to get hammered.


I think I remember hearing this same exact story about a week ago.
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evan_aggie said:

I started an OF account for my wife. She has 3,200 subscribers, but is going to be so pissed when she finds out!

I won't tell her during my side hustle.
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An ardrop in the crypto world is an event where tokens or indeed coins are distributed to a large group of wallet addresses. Historically this was done during a hard fork and typically include all wallet addresses from the legacy chai, Bitcoin Cas (BCH) is the most traditional example.

Today however they are more marketing campaigns to encourage user adoption. Basically if you are an early adopter of a new blockchain you will be rewarded with tokens on the chain typically on what is known as a TGE (Token Generation Event). This creates incredible excitement around a project and fuels user adoption as many times there will be multiple phases to the airdrop so that more usrs come on to the blockchain.

Long story short if you use a new blockchain and perform specific tasks on the protocol you are rewarded with tokens.

Hope that helps and wasn't too much techno jargon.
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Rents to value ratios are difficult right now, but buying and holding rent houses and been very profitable for my family.
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AyoCheetah said:

Do folks in Pittsburgh like TexMex? Probably a dumb question but thought I'd ask.


They would if they knew what tex mex is. My family is from there and so is wife. They truly have no idea. Very few "Mexican" restaurants up there.
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P.H. Dexippus said:

I serve on a couple of MUD boards. $3000/yr for about 15hrs time.

Not a side hustle, but learning and doing home improvement projects that you would otherwise pay someone to do can save a ton and results in owning cool tools and skills. I've built bathroom cabinets, living room built ins, closet shelving, erected privacy fencing, installed landscape drainage and sod, hung gutters and shutters, framed out windows, taped/floated/textured drywall, installed replacement doors, crown and baseboard, HVAC rigid duct, irrigation system, etc. Have easily saved six figures DIYing.


I've feel like I've probably broke even here. I do the same with my home and property. Gas in Lowes runs and screw ups, plus projects that I think are necessary but really are a way to fill the "I need to do something today" void.
Talon2DSO
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AyoCheetah said:

Do folks in Pittsburgh like TexMex? Probably a dumb question but thought I'd ask.


They wouldn't know it if it poop slapped them.
one MEEN Ag
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Turo, but its lots of risk and little reward. I looked into for a while but decided against it. At the end of the day, the best Turo revenue streams already have something going for them before they turned to Turo. A nice car that either offers more convenience than going to a car rental place, better car quality, offering a missing selection like something exotic, or better pricing. Also that the car is paid off.

I had an older truck, that wouldn't sell for more than $50 a day, in location that didn't really have a good reason someone needed a Turo. So the only reason you'd rent it was because you needed the truck bed or towing capability and that just wasn't going to end well over the long term. So I just cleaned the truck up really nice and sold it.

Best 'free money' Turo use case I saw was a buddy who has an old Toyota 4Runner with 4WD on big tires sitting in the Denver airport long term parking lot. He lived in Houston and kept it up there for his many trips, but only used it about once a month. Turo was a great opportunity to increase some revenue, but he got so wealthy it just wasn't worth the money. He already came out ahead just having this car up there in the first place.
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If you have enough space...

Build a greenhouse. The government will give you money to build it through the farm subsidy programs.

Grow flats of flowers. You want them ready for Mother's day, Easter, summer planting, etc.

Talk to the owners of malls and sell them in the mall parking lot by the flat. You can probably get 15-20 a flat, your cost will be under a buck.


You can make a lot of money doing this plan. My uncle got up to 7 100 foot greenhouses by the time he sold his off, he started with 1 20 foot greenhouse
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knoxtom said:

If you have enough space...

Build a greenhouse. The government will give you money to build it through the farm subsidy programs.

Grow flats of flowers. You want them ready for Mother's day, Easter, summer planting, etc.

Talk to the owners of malls and sell them in the mall parking lot by the flat. You can probably get 15-20 a flat, your cost will be under a buck.


You can make a lot of money doing this plan. My uncle got up to 7 100 foot greenhouses by the time he sold his off, he started with 1 20 foot greenhouse
Wow! Kudos to your uncle man! My wife has plants and flowers she cares about more than me so this is intriguing. Thanks!
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Selling stock options comes with some risk, but if you learn the ropes it's *very* profitable for only an hour or so a day at marker open. If you have some stock already, you can start with covered calls, following up with cash secured puts in the event of assignment.
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A buddy from high school started up a bounce house side hustle.

Does pretty well showing up to a party in the morning setting it up, and coming back several hours later to take it down.
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AgsMyDude said:

A buddy from high school started up a bounce house side hustle.

Does pretty well showing up to a party in the morning setting it up, and coming back several hours later to take it down.
These are extremely popular at kid parties. One thing to be sure of - don't even think about having anything less than the best liability insurance policy possible.
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Tecolote said:

AgsMyDude said:

A buddy from high school started up a bounce house side hustle.

Does pretty well showing up to a party in the morning setting it up, and coming back several hours later to take it down.
These are extremely popular at kid parties. One thing to be sure of - don't even think about having anything less than the best liability insurance policy possible.


Oh yes absolutely
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I started Uber this month mostly out of boredom, I'm single (divorced) and have a ton of free time. I'll do a few rides in the morning on my daily commute, and some in the evening. Get paid immediately after every trip. Car gets good gas mileage, so it's really just costing me time and eventually wear and tear. Will update with numbers after a couple of months.
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You guys aren't hustling enough for some of the best side hustles. Use your day job to help your side hustle.

one MEEN Ag
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AgsMyDude said:

Tecolote said:

AgsMyDude said:

A buddy from high school started up a bounce house side hustle.

Does pretty well showing up to a party in the morning setting it up, and coming back several hours later to take it down.
These are extremely popular at kid parties. One thing to be sure of - don't even think about having anything less than the best liability insurance policy possible.
Oh yes absolutely
Not a lawyer, but I have specifically talked to some lawyer friends about this as a business prospect. Children cannot sign waivers that waive away their liability, and that contracts that state business are held harmless against a child's injury etc are contracts of adhesion.

No waiver stops a lawsuit from being filed, but in this instance, waivers don't stop lawsuits from proceeding. I have only seen two bouncy house companies. Ones that have a ton of insurance and cost a lot, and super cheap fly by night operations. The second category is usually the more judgement proof.

By the way, to offset this, there is a big thing in kids gymnasiums, bounce houses, etc that the fine print now says that people who bring on suits agree to pay for the defendant's (the business) attorney fees.
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In4TheHuddle said:

An ardrop in the crypto world is an event where tokens or indeed coins are distributed to a large group of wallet addresses. Historically this was done during a hard fork and typically include all wallet addresses from the legacy chai, Bitcoin Cas (BCH) is the most traditional example.

Today however they are more marketing campaigns to encourage user adoption. Basically if you are an early adopter of a new blockchain you will be rewarded with tokens on the chain typically on what is known as a TGE (Token Generation Event). This creates incredible excitement around a project and fuels user adoption as many times there will be multiple phases to the airdrop so that more usrs come on to the blockchain.

Long story short if you use a new blockchain and perform specific tasks on the protocol you are rewarded with tokens.

Hope that helps and wasn't too much techno jargon.
Whew! For a minute there, I thought this was like a pet rock scheme. Turns out, it's closer to Cabbage Patch Kids or Pokemon. Good luck!
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