How Would an Extra $3,200 in a Month Help you?
We started the year a bit rough, having overspent by nearly $3k over the Christmas/New Year break.
We had a goal to save an extra $3,000 this month and managed $3,200.17.
Here’s how we did it.
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Made Extra Money
A big focus for us is increasing income this year.
We have done a variety of things over the years, but in 2018 we am honing in on a few specifics we enjoy.
That said, January was a mixed bag of things and in this ‘extra’ money, we don’t include business/blog income.
1. Airbnb – $150
Even though we had some issues with an Airbnb guest, we got it sorted and this month had an extra $150 through Airbnb.
You can find tips on renting your home through Airbnb here.
2. Medical Testing – $1,500
There are loads of tests being done all the time and you can make thousands from it.
Find out more about doing medical testing here.
3. Bank Bonuses – $200
2 friends joined a bank through our referral link scoring us $100 each.
4. Sold Things – $1,350.17
We didn’t have time (or desire) to buy and resell much this month.
Our main selling has still been rockabilly clothing and due to our lack of desire to deal with people because of the haggling and no shows on Facebook, we’ll be selling off what we have and not doing it anymore.
We made over $10,000 a month when focused on buying and reselling but we don’t want to do it anymore.
If you want to do it, you can find all the tips on what to sell, where to find it, where to sell it, how to post and more here.
5. Online Surveys
We don’t do these regularly anymore, but every now and then we test the ones we have listed here to make sure they still work and are paying out.
We made $115 this month from them and got screened out of a few more.Â
Saved Money
All money that came in, we committed to putting into savings. Previously, we would save 10% of all income.
That is separate to any of the extra money made from this side hustle challenge.
All of the above are things you can do too! How will you be making and saving more money?
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