Where did you find your money tree?

[fastbaja5b]

I work 2 jobs to pay off a house (total 52 hrs a week), my wife works part time, and runs a business while raising our 3mth old son, but for rc, I can only spend what I gain selling old stuff.


Simple as that. We both have government student loans to pay off ($90k total) as we were both stupid enough to go to university and in this country the government enforces compulsory repayments at a level $14000 a year BELOW the average wage.

Living week to week sucks.

[Justin B]

My money comes from working 40 hours a week (hopefully)and when I'm done there I'll go to my garage and fix motorcycles and mountain bikes for whoever needs it done. Repair and sell lawnmowers (usually someones garbage found along the road), cut and sell firewood. (this stuff is just laying there if you know where to go) A couple of days a week I try to line up driveway sealcoating jobs, usually on the weekends though, and in my spare time I do this RC thing and ride dirtbikes. You need money? Hustle, wheel and deal, buy cheap and sell for a profit. The bottom line is get off your ass turn off the TV and computer, hang up the cell phone roll up your sleeves and make something happen. No one is going to come looking for you to give you easy money.


This isn't directed at anyone in particular but if it does offend you.....

[jnev]

Originally Posted by magman

I know that I am going to offend someone but....a lot of younger people today do not have a good work ethic. There is almost always some means of earning money if you are creative and MOTIVATED enough.

Originally Posted by skellyo

I've run across that problem even with kids coming out of school these days with engineering degrees. They don't want to listen to how things are done where I work, nor do they want to work any overtime when it's needed. I think it's a huge problem with society these days. People have no sense of personal responsibility.

You guys are describing society so well right here. Being a teenager (17yo), I understand this very well because all my friends expect to get handouts and free stuff, whether it be from the government or their parents. You rarely find someone that is willing to work hard, and take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming others on why they can't buy something, why they did got in trouble, etc. I do live in a very upscale neighborhood, which could explain why the kids are spoiled, but parents need to teach there kids some responsibility. Many of my friends have brand new BMW's, Mercedes and other $30,000+ cars. And it is not uncommon, for them to wreck the car and get a brand new one a couple days later.

I ref soccer games to make money on the weekends where you can make anywhere from $17 to $33 per hour depending on the age of the players. Yah its boring, yah you're in the sun all day with parents and coaches yelling at you, but when you need money, you work for it. Anything that is not needed to live comfortably, I have to buy myself which sounds reasonable to me being a teenager living with my parents. Housing, clothes, and food are all provided, which is kind of expected. But anything for enjoyment, from going out with friends to rc's to bikes to anything else I would spend money on, I need to work for it. If you need money bad enough and look hard enough, you should definitely be able to find a job.

[lincpimp]

Heres an idea I learned from a friend. He calls it "treasure hunting" I call it dumpster diving...

Go out on trash night with a few buddies and a truck. Just drive up and down the streets eyeballing the stuff on the curb. Vacuum cleaners are a good bet, people toss those and they still work. Same with other stuff. My buddy did this for a few weeks, cleaned and fixed some stuff, then made $1100 with one 1 day garage sale. He did it again a few weeks later and made 800 bucks. Free money, I need to go out with him when he does this again.

Another trick, buy the broken rental tools from the various places that rent. My buddy bought 8 chainsaws for 40 bucks, gave them to me and I got 5 of them working. He gave me 2 and sold the rest, 200 bucks a pop. Turned 40 bucks in a grand (600 on his end).

Just keep ypur eyes open, there is plenty of stuff you can do.

[Metallover]

Albert Einstien once said it drove him crazy because he could see sooo many ways for people to make lots of money, but they just got regular 9-5 jobs. I try to look out for things...

I was umpiring today and I got the infamous no-armed coach. He makes a game out of intimdating the umpires and yelling. He got his teams fans to yell too. One call the kid slid uner the tag at home and I got it good for calling him safe... I should've called him outl

I only could umpire 4 games but I made $60. It's pretty fun too, you get free food. I'll almost volunteer if they offer free food. Some tournaments you can make over $200 in a weekend and if you're a softball umpire around here you can make upwards of 300-400 dollars. Too bad I chose baseball.

[fastbaja5b]

I miss basketball coaching, I used to pull $70 an hr as a Level 3 State level coach.

[eovnu87435ds]

@ lincpimp:

I've done the dumpster diving a few times with a couple push mowers here and there, but it is quite tough around these parts. the night/morning before trash pickup and i see 3 or 4 trucks going by. there must be alot of competition.

@ everyone else:
ok, so can you guys tell me how goes this for creativeness? feel free to give me your input, and try it out if you so choose.

tinyurl.com/MikesComputerServices

As far as I know, nobody's in this market with this kind of business plan. Kind of unique, and stands out, which is good from an advertising standpoint. Its not too cheap to be "too good to be true" but not so expensive so that people will be willing to give it a shot. when it works out for them, they will brag to their friends how they fixed the problem themselves for $3 instead of having someone come out on site to fix it for hundreds of dollars. Then, the next time they think they know what they are doing, but aren't 100% sure, they'd gladly pay a mere $3 to make sure, instead of risking it.

tell me what you think!

[lincpimp]

Decent idea, up your price to 7 bucks...

[rootar]

well never rely on an intership, my GF was chosen to do a physics intership with NASA this summer and was gonna be making about 20 an hour from what we figured up, well they didnt get their budget in soon as planned and then put everyone on hold, and then demanded that the interns stay for 4 weeks longer than planned... well she told them no because we were moving and fixing our house the last half of this summer (the last 4 weeks actaully) and she was supposed to be gone and back by july, they wanted her to leave mid june and stay till mid august...... so now she sits around here while i work nights and pay the bills


speaking of which our roommate found out how much i make an hour ($16) and actaully said something along the lines of man "thats crazy you make more in two days then i do in a whole week" i said "yea but i already graduated from one college (suma cum laude 4.0 and 81 hours in 4 semesters), got my certifactions and have started a real job" i still have 6 more semesters of school and over a 100 more hours to go, plus my required 30 hours a week to keep my full time employee status at my job, but it surprised me that my "friend" said something to me in a tone of "hey you make way more than me you could help me out this month or cover the whole deposit..." he didnt actaully say it but he implied it.

rant over! a good idea get one of those rolling broom wands and a gas powered pressure washer and go power wash driveways and sidewalks for people, there is alot of money in this, i would know my little brother is doing it on the side this summer, you can just go around to house that have dirty or blackened concrete and offer your services..... my brother make about 40-100 bucks a pop depending on size and extent of cleaning needed and it never takes hime more and 2-3 hours a job.....

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by rootar

i make an hour ($16) and ...... i already graduated from one college (suma cum laude 4.0 and 81 hours in 4 semesters),

Must be a 2 yr degree????? That's a pretty low wage for a 4yr degree.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by fastbaja5b

Simple as that. We both have government student loans to pay off ($90k total) as we were both stupid enough to go to university and in this country the government enforces compulsory repayments at a level $14000 a year BELOW the average wage.

Not sure what you are saying here? Yes, the price of college now is astounding. But really unsure what you mean by them forcing you to pay off the loan? Of course there is going to be a minimum payment level, and of course you have to pay those loans - that's what a "loan" means....hopefully I misunderstood what you said.

[mkrusedc]

Originally Posted by eovnu87435ds

@ lincpimp:

I've done the dumpster diving a few times with a couple push mowers here and there, but it is quite tough around these parts. the night/morning before trash pickup and i see 3 or 4 trucks going by. there must be alot of competition.

@ everyone else:
ok, so can you guys tell me how goes this for creativeness? feel free to give me your input, and try it out if you so choose.

tinyurl.com/MikesComputerServices

As far as I know, nobody's in this market with this kind of business plan. Kind of unique, and stands out, which is good from an advertising standpoint. Its not too cheap to be "too good to be true" but not so expensive so that people will be willing to give it a shot. when it works out for them, they will brag to their friends how they fixed the problem themselves for $3 instead of having someone come out on site to fix it for hundreds of dollars. Then, the next time they think they know what they are doing, but aren't 100% sure, they'd gladly pay a mere $3 to make sure, instead of risking it.

tell me what you think!

Definately worth a try. No start up cost and minimal overhead.

Linc does your friend come to the southshore? We have put out a sleeper couch, a barbecue grill, patio umbrella, iron bench and a TV all of which disappeared before the trash men came.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by mkrusedc

Definately worth a try. No start up cost and minimal overhead.

Linc does your friend come to the southshore? We have put out a sleeper couch, a barbecue grill, patio umbrella, iron bench and a TV all of which disappeared before the trash men came.

I do not think he has ever gone over to the south shore... Although it sounds like you guys are "sitting on a goldmine"!!!!

[E-Revonut]

Apply for a job at pizza shops. The work isn't horrible, you can usually have fun working in a pizza shop, at least I have been for the last 8 1/2 years! Also the turnaround on employees is short, usually a person only lasts a couple months due to calling in or not showing up. Don't expect much more than min wage but that's still better than the $0/ hr your earning now

ima sound like a spoiled little college kid but i get most of my money from leftover scholarship funds. Its quite a lot actually. Full ride with books, fees, travel expense, housing, and "living" costs and there is a lot left over.


BUT i also work at a contracting company, engineering firm, and flowershop during the school year.

During the summer i work for all of the above and also teach at a engineering summer camp for about $40 an hour.

but all dont go to the R/C....life comes hard with insurance, car payments, tax, girlfriend....etc.