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robotbebop
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Here's the scoop, I have to move soon, and I'm not going to find a place for close to what I'm paying for my basement suite that isn't in one of the complete shit-hole areas of town.
I don't REALLY want to move into another basement suite, the only reason I live in this one is because I'm friends with the people upstairs.
I now pay $500/mo for this place, and can afford up to $650/mo, most decent-ish places around here range from $650 to $900 a month. This isn't even a large town with a high income rate, so I don't know how it justifies the high cost of living, but whatever.
If the cost of rent alone was the issue I wouldn't be that concerned, but I REALLY need to get a car; so tack on the cost of a car and I'm basically consuming 100% of my net income.
I'm wondering what I can do to rake in some extra cash, ideally $300+
Here are the specific details on what does/doesn't help me in this goal:
Anybody have any ideas?
I don't REALLY want to move into another basement suite, the only reason I live in this one is because I'm friends with the people upstairs.
I now pay $500/mo for this place, and can afford up to $650/mo, most decent-ish places around here range from $650 to $900 a month. This isn't even a large town with a high income rate, so I don't know how it justifies the high cost of living, but whatever.
If the cost of rent alone was the issue I wouldn't be that concerned, but I REALLY need to get a car; so tack on the cost of a car and I'm basically consuming 100% of my net income.
I'm wondering what I can do to rake in some extra cash, ideally $300+
Here are the specific details on what does/doesn't help me in this goal:
- Arrive back in town around 6:45-7:00pm
- Go to bed around 10:30-11:00pm to wake at 6:30am
- Weekends Off
- Skilled programmer in a number of areas
- (probably obvious but) Skilled with computers
Anybody have any ideas?
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Blood Giving, Sperm giving, drug testing. But you might cap at like $200. But it leaves a lot of time for other jobs.
Failing that you could fix people's PCs on the side. Depending on the area and your skillset you can charge between $35 and $90 an hour. The only downside to this, is that it's not "reliable" work. Sometimes you'll book 10 hours one week and the next you won't have any. So, I would personally think that is a bit risky if you have to make rent every month (unless you stock it away and save it in the chance you have a down month).
Mowing lawns and shoving snow can pay 5 to 10 an hour. Again, this like computers - some months you get lots of work, others not much at all.
Part time job? If you need $300 a month, say at $10 an hour that is 30 hours before tax. Depending on your tax bracket, you could do 40-55 hours extra a month. 30 hours divide by 4 weeks is 7.5 hours a week or 1.5 hours per weekday.
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Stores around this time are hiring for Christmas sales, a few extra bucks there. Especially weekend work.
If you need a new car, you could just buy the car and deliver pizzas, which are fairly resilient to the economy as it's a cheap comfort food for a family compared to eating out at a restaurant. That alone will pay for the car payment each month; you would just have to worry about the extra mileage you are putting on the car, which wouldn't be a problem if you buy it with low mileage. You wouldn't get the weekend shift more than likely as a rookie, but you could do that for 3 hours a night during the week.