Side job/side hustle ideas/recommendations to supplement income

[tm3308]

"donate" plasma. they usually have fairly lucrative front end incentives to sign up and donate x number of times after sign up. I donated plasma religiously durning undergrad. glad I did. just paid off my student loans last month.

This is what I do. I'm currently pulling in $130/week this way, which I use to pay for the loans I've taken out through Affirm for various things. I bought a great set of gym equipment, stuff for my garage smokehouse, and a plane ticket for a wedding in Seattle this spring, among other things (and soon I'll be getting a Traeger Timberline with it). Not having to use my paycheck to cover those payments has been nice. And it usually only takes 90 minutes or less, twice a week, from when I walk through the door to when I'm pulling out of the parking lot.

 

[EvilBetty]

This is what I do. I'm currently pulling in $130/week this way, which I use to pay for the loans I've taken out through Affirm for various things. I bought a great set of gym equipment, stuff for my garage smokehouse, and a plane ticket for a wedding in Seattle this spring, among other things (and soon I'll be getting a Traeger Timberline with it). Not having to use my paycheck to cover those payments has been nice. And it usually only takes 90 minutes or less, twice a week, from when I walk through the door to when I'm pulling out of the parking lot.

do they pay you cash where you donate. they did in ames in the early 2000's and it was awesome. In nashville they put it on a debit card and there are asinine fees associated with it. take money out-fee. leave money in-fee. use it as debit card-fee. it is ridiculous.

 

[tm3308]

do they pay you cash where you donate. they did in ames in the early 2000's and it was awesome. In nashville they put it on a debit card and there are asinine fees associated with it. take money out-fee. leave money in-fee. use it as debit card-fee. it is ridiculous.

Pre-paid debit card. It's a little weird. I can't make purchases that are within a dollar off of my total balance, but that dollar isn't taken out as a fee. I don't usually need to transfer it, anyway, but if I do, I can Venmo the entire balance to myself.

 

[AgronAlum]

We’re in the same type of situation. We ended going for three because I already had my oldest and my wife wanted two more of her own closer in age. The third meant my wife could no longer work. We did the math and her full time job would have brought home around 300 a month after only calculating daycare and gas. At a certain point it’s not worth it. The youngest two are going on four and two soon and I can’t wait until they get into school.

I do handyman type work on the side but keep in mind, more kids also means less time for supplemental income as well. My ability to free up a night or day on a weekend has gone down a ton after each child.

If you’re handy at all, people need things done around their house all the time and work just comes by word of mouth of you know what you’re doing. I usually charge somewhere around 40-50 bucks an hour plus materials (with a small markup), which is typically quite a bit less than a true professional but its still really good supplemental income.

If anyone around Ankeny needs some work done, let me know. I put up a garage heater yesterday and the next project is a barn door for a member here (who is a repeat customer).

 

[Gonzo]

We’re in the same type of situation. We ended going for three because I already had my oldest and my wife wanted two more of her own closer in age. The third meant my wife could no longer work. We did the math and her full time job would have brought home around 300 a month after only calculating daycare and gas. At a certain point it’s not worth it. The youngest two are going on four and two soon and I can’t wait until they get into school.

I do handyman type work on the side but keep in mind, more kids also means less time for supplemental income as well. My ability to free up a night or day on a weekend has gone down a ton after each child.

If you’re handy at all, people need things done around their house all the time and work just comes by word of mouth of you know what you’re doing. I usually charge somewhere around 40-50 bucks an hour plus materials (with a small markup), which is typically quite a bit less than a true professional but its still really good supplemental income.

If anyone around Ankeny needs some work done, let me know. I put up a garage heater yesterday and the next project is a barn door for a member here (who is a repeat customer).

That's a pretty generous rate. I can do pretty simple DIY stuff but often hire a local handyman for more involved stuff and things that are over my head and it's usually twice that.

 

[AgronAlum]

That's a pretty generous rate. I can do pretty simple DIY stuff but often hire a local handyman for more involved stuff and things that are over my head and it's usually twice that.

I also don’t have some of the overhead a full time person has. I don’t do enough that I’m reporting income for taxes (yeah I know it’s like 400 bucks, don’t turn me in lol). I have tools to do pretty much anything but don’t do enough of any single thing that I have to worry about wear and tear on them. I do charge for specific wearable or one use items I may need.

I also don’t have to carry insurance because I don’t take work that would truly need it. If it’s something I would need to be licensed/insured for, I generally work with my FIL who carries both.

I’ve always had a hard time valuing my work because I think about what I would pay (which is nothing). The only house work I’ve ever hired out was our AC unit. I’m sure people would pay more but I feel bad charging more for some stupid reason, especially when it’s a lot of family/friends or people they’ve sent my direction. I also never come back to people with a price outside of what I originally quoted even in situations where I probably should. I e broke even or taken losses on projects because of it.

 

[BCClone]

People keep talking about donating plasma, but it would be quicker to be a sperm donor. In and out in a couple minutes, only drawback is that in 16 years you may see a kid bagging your groceries at HyVee that looks just like you.

 

[alarson]

People keep talking about donating plasma, but it would be quicker to be a sperm donor. In and out in a couple minutes, only drawback is that in 16 years you may see a kid bagging your groceries at HyVee that looks just like you.

I saw some stories about that industry recently, apparently some of those clinics can be pretty sketchy. Might not just be one kid. There have been instances of hundreds of kids from a single donor .

 

[Gonzo]

I also don’t have some of the overhead a full time person has. I don’t do enough that I’m reporting income for taxes (yeah I know it’s like 400 bucks, don’t turn me in lol). I have tools to do pretty much anything but don’t do enough of any single thing that I have to worry about wear and tear on them. I do charge for specific wearable or one use items I may need.

I also don’t have to carry insurance because I don’t take work that would truly need it. If it’s something I would need to be licensed/insured for, I generally work with my FIL who carries both.

I’ve always had a hard time valuing my work because I think about what I would pay (which is nothing). The only house work I’ve ever hired out was our AC unit. I’m sure people would pay more but I feel bad charging more for some stupid reason, especially when it’s a lot of family/friends or people they’ve sent my direction. I also never come back to people with a price outside of what I originally quoted even in situations where I probably should. I e broke even or taken losses on projects because of it.

I'm going to hire out for powerwashing and restaining my deck and powerwashing my house siding in early spring to get ready for grad party #2. Did the deck last time myself, am getting older and lazier.

 

[AgronAlum]

I'm going to hire out for powerwashing and restaining my deck and powerwashing my house siding in early spring to get ready for grad party #2. Did the deck last time myself, am getting older and lazier.

Are you in the Des Moines area? Lol. I have to do the deck and fence at my house in the spring. I replaced the fence, patio and decking last fall but it was too wet to finish.

Old deck:



New deck, fence and patio:

 

[BCClone]

Are you in the Des Moines area? Lol. I have to do the deck and fence at my house in the spring. I replaced the fence, patio and decking last fall but it was too wet to finish.

Old deck:

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New deck, fence and patio:
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Your neighbors coordinate their fences so they are all similar? Or do you have an L shaped lot?

 

[Gonzo]

Are you in the Des Moines area? Lol. I have to do the deck and fence at my house in the spring. I replaced the fence, patio and decking last fall but it was too wet to finish.

Old deck:

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New deck, fence and patio:
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Warren County. Nice work on your deck, looks great. Mine looks more like the before, lol, except it's a level up and has stairs leading down to the back yard.

 

[besserheimerphat]

Dang! 40K is more that my wife brings in a year (she works as a full time substitute teacher).

When we had our third in 2009, my wife quit her job. We calculated that between daycare and gas for her 40 minute commute she was working "for the fun of it." She had a masters and taught science at Waterloo West. The daycare was at a small town between Waterloo and Marshalltown so it's not like it was "high falutin' big city" prices. I was commuting 20 miles the opposite direction too - couldn't be close to both.

She found a terrific opportunity to WFH part time as an adjunct faculty member for Western Governors University (basically a paper grader). Has been doing that ever since.

 

[CapnCy]

People keep talking about donating plasma, but it would be quicker to be a sperm donor. In and out in a couple minutes, only drawback is that in 16 years you may see a kid bagging your groceries at HyVee that looks just like you.

I've always thought...what if someone donated a few times...then by random chance like 20 years later the off spring met at college.....fell in love....

 

[BCClone]

I've always thought...what if someone donated a few times...then by random chance like 20 years later the off spring met at college.....fell in love....

Like Joe dirt?

Find this smoking hot woman to only find out later you have the same dad, that would be sickening.

 

[Candide]

Like Joe dirt?

Find this smoking hot woman to only find out later you have the same dad, that would be sickening.

The part where you find out or the part where you keep the relationship going?

"This sort of thing never happens to me, but...."

 

[mkadl]

People keep talking about donating plasma, but it would be quicker to be a sperm donor. In and out in a couple minutes, only drawback is that in 16 years you may see a kid bagging your groceries at HyVee that looks just like you.

Thats odd it takes me forever! Signed very Happily married.

 

[BCClone]

Thats odd it takes me forever! Signed very Happily married.

To donate?

 

[AgronAlum]

Your neighbors coordinate their fences so they are all similar? Or do you have an L shaped lot?

We just have a notch in that back corner of our lot. The neighbors had a chainlink fence inside our fence, so I had to turn it around when I replaced it. Then a week after replacing ours they pulled the chainlink out. The greyed out back part is the only section that isn’t ours but I’ll power wash and finish it when I do the rest of it.

 

[qwerty]

Be a Nutter . . . . (have at all the things you can say about this!)

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The makers of the Planters brand are looking for three Peanutters to drive a 26-foot-long peanut on wheels, while “shellebrating” the communities they visit.

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