How do you Find Money Fast?
On Instagram, we announced we were doing a 5 day fast money challenge.
Day one has seen us find $1,062.89 before lunchtime! Day two is all about budgets, books and mindset. Day three covers cash you can get, freebies and discounts.
What is a Money Hunt?
A money hunt is going in search of money. We do this 2 ways – physically and online.
Physically, it is searching through the home, under appliances, in the car, looking through clothes etc.
Sometimes we have turned up only a few coins, once we found $70 under the stereo.
Also, check if you have anything that needs to be returned/refunded or paperwork lodged.
Online Money Hunt
Look at everything you have signed up to online and see if you have cash in there ready to claim.
It is amazing how much we sometimes have spread across a few places, especially if you have been doing everything we recommend to make and save more.
Check all cashback sites
We have a list of my favourite cashback sites. Check them all to see if there is cash sitting in there. We had cashed out the other day, as we do it the last Wednesday of the month.
Check online survey sites and cash out
One had $70 but we no longer recommend them. Check out the best Aussie online survey sites for more.
Check Loyalty Programs
How many VIP and loyalty programs are you a member of? We have a list of Aussie reward programs here. Most have a sign-up bonus as well.
When we checked ours, we had $20 to cash out in Flybuys and $10 with Woolworths.
Check Your Banking
We had a few bank accounts and are sorting that out. Loads of banks offer sign up bonuses when you join so have a look around.
Payoneer is an online payment platform we’ve used from time to time as a few companies we do work for use it. It had $17.73USD in it ($26.46).
PayPal had $45.53 (not from work)
Check services
A car share service and another service had refunds sitting in there that needed to be manually cashed out.
Check for any Online Gift Cards
We had $150 from David Jones and $15 Visa Credit (from a PayPal survey we did).
Search your emails and check everywhere for any online gift cards you might have missed.
Check Your Investments
Lastly, while we won’t cash out, we did check my investments but their amount is not included in the total.
All up, not including the invoice, it’s $1,062.89! This makes it sound like we didn’t know or weren’t organised.
To be honest, the past 6 weeks were all over the place and it shows in every area of my life. Hence why we are dedicating the time now to sort everything and fast!
Money Making Brainstorm
Whenever we need money fast, we resort to selling things or buying things to resell as it is easy.
When we did this consistently, we made almost $3,000 in the first month and over $10,000 in the 4th.
Our main tips are to take good photos, list in niche Facebook groups, not just marketplace or gumtree. We rarely list on eBay now.
Have a clear description and price fairly. On eBay, you can check sold listings to see if the item you want to sell is selling.
Ways To Make Money
Renting a room out or your garage can sometimes spin money quickly. Domestic chores such as cleaning, babysitting, lawns etc.
Read 22 ways to make money in 2022 for some ideas too.
Our little brainstorming session focused on business-related options.
Since we don’t own a car or house and are nomadic, the options are smaller in that sense.
So we have a list of business tasks to do in relation to upcoming travel instead.
Don’t just think about them, do them!
No Spend Challenge
As basic as it sounds, unnecessary spending creeps in. This week there are no treats or excess spending.
Only exactly what we need.
Due to travel, we don’t do full grocery shops anymore, generally only enough food for a couple of meals.
It has reduced waste but at times also increased my spending on food or takeaway.
For our No Spend Challenge, we have scaled back everything.
We have a delayed gratification list where we write anything we want.
At the end of the week, we will discuss those items and maybe work them into the budget.
They have loved being involved and learning. We started this a little a few weeks ago.
How Much Have you Found on a Money Hunt?
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