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These days you have to be very creative in what you do to make money. Jobs are hiring, but for a terrible wage. It's almost impossible to afford to take care of a family these days, especially when Government Shutdowns. Having a way to make extra money could easily be the difference between paying your bills and being evicted.
Here is a list of some things you can do to make some fast cash.
1. Do Online Surveys and Money Sites.
You can make $.25 up to $5 or more on Surveys that take about 5 minutes.
By that rational, you can make $100 a day or more.
Opinion City is actually a great source for paying surveys.
Surveyjunkie is another good one.
Swagbucks you get $5 just for signing up
2. Sell Photos On Shutterstock
Shutterstock will pay you every time some one downloads one of the pictures you upload to their site. They start out paying $.25 per download and that escalates as your popularity escalates.
3. Sell Your Junk on Letgo or Craigslist
Letgo is an app that lets you post your unwanted items for the rest of the world to purchase.
Craigslist is a house hold name. You can pretty much buy and sell anything on Craistlist, but you admittedly doing business with site like this, it's always better to make your exchanges in public places.
Do not expect anyone to mail anything to you. Keep everything COD.
4. Freelance Photography
Freelance photographers make at least $100 per special event. All you have to do is post a $5 ad or ask around to see if anyone needs a wedding or birthday covered. Who isn't having a birthday?
Did you know you can get a few hundred to a few thousand for you snapshots at the local newspapers and magazines?
5. You Can Do Gigwalk
Gigwalk is a downloadable app that sends tasks and jobs within your area to your cellphone. You accept them, do them, mark them complete and your paid.
6. Freelance Bartending and Serving Tables
There are many caterers around the city that need workers. Most jobs start at $12/hour plus tips to up and over $300 - $1000 for a day depending on the event and venue of course.
7. The Pawn Shop
There is always the end all be all of quick money, the pawn shop. There is always something you can get some sort of money for in your household. Just make sure you pay back the money in time to get your merchandise back.
8. A Consignment Shop
You can go to a neighborhood consignment shop and sell your used clothes and jewelry. The clothes have to be absolutely clean and preferably nearly new as if you just took the tags off of them. Consignment shops sell the merchandise to or they themselves are thrift stores.
9. Open Bank Accounts
Chase bank offers $200 for opening a checking account along with a few other banks. You get an account, you have money in the bank, win win!
10. Sell Your Ex's Stuff
That's right I said it. How many times do you walk around your place and see unwanted memories in the form of stuff your ex left behind. Well I'm here to tell you, there is something very therapeutic about relieving your abode of these things. Nothing like getting paid for closure. lol