Any suggestions on ways to earn extra income?
it’s me asked:
I have a master’s degree and make about 45,000 a year. My husband works however, his paycheck is hardly nothing about $700 per month. We have one child and one due in December. I would like some realistic ideas on how I can make some extra money possibly from home or on the weekend. My husband has searched for other jobs, but he only has a high school diploma and the town we live in is very small and hardly hiring. With our bills, (just the basics rent, power, etc.) we are barely scraping by. Any suggestions?
JANELLE
I have a master’s degree and make about 45,000 a year. My husband works however, his paycheck is hardly nothing about $700 per month. We have one child and one due in December. I would like some realistic ideas on how I can make some extra money possibly from home or on the weekend. My husband has searched for other jobs, but he only has a high school diploma and the town we live in is very small and hardly hiring. With our bills, (just the basics rent, power, etc.) we are barely scraping by. Any suggestions?
JANELLE
September 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
It sounds like to me instead of looking for extra income, you should be cutting things out of your budget. You need to take a serious look at your budget. Ask yourself if there is anything you can cut back on, or things you are spending you money on that is not needed.
I know this may be difficult, and a lot of people don’t want to “downgrade” their life style but it may be needed. Do you have a $400 a month car payment? If so sell your newer car and buy a reliable used car. What about rent? Can you move to a cheaper place? Do you have an expensive cable or cell phone plan? If so you can probably cancel both and save at least $150 a month.
Combined you two make nearly $4,000 a month. There is no reason why you should be “scraping by”. My girlfriend goes to school full time and I am the only income. We live comfortable off of less then $30,000 a year and there is always plenty of room in the budget.
You really need to list all of your expenses per month and find out where you can cut back.
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:31 am
Hi.
With little searching you can find some legitimate ways to make money at home.
For work at home you have several options.
1. If you’re a good writer you can signon to almost any webmaster forum and advertise that you can write short, 500 word articles on a particluar topic in which you’re knowledgable. Many webmasters need this service for their websites.
2. If you can program go to one of the freelance programmers websites and advertise your services. You’d be surprised how many people need programmers. Especially PHP and ASP.
3. Many companies need data entry help, but these can be hard to find since the opportunities are limited.
4. Signup with a marketing opinion gathering service like . They pay you to act like a “neilson” family … that is they pay you to give your opinion on products and services.
There really is a surprising number of jobs out there that you can do from home/dorm/jail, etc.
Good Luck!
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