Comments on: Extra Money – Look At Your Hobby

By: John Svid

John Svid — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:19:21 +0000

Wow great site! Some really helpful information there.
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Personal Finance Advice - » Baseball Cards - Money Photo Day 16 — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:47:15 +0000

[...] I think this experience has gone a long way to help me turn multiple hobbies into money making ventures. I haven’t touched them since college and they’re probably worth a fair amount of money (most of my cards are from the 70s ans early 80s before they began to really be massed produced). I think I’ll look into selling them off, maybe keeping a few I know will increase in value and those that have sentimental value. [...]

By: Champion Cheapskate

Champion Cheapskate — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:24:39 +0000

Doing what you love and making money at it. Wow! What a combo. Many successful full time businesses were started this way. Having a yard sale, auction and garage sale may be a good place to sell what you do, even a service. Let people share in what you do and get paid for it. Just a thought as we begin the spring thaw out.

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davemessina.net » Blog Archive » links for 2006-03-23 — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:29:37 +0000

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By: John OMM

John OMM — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:46:03 +0000

I’m totally with you on the hobby idea. I make on average about $100 a month using my knowledge gained from a collecting hobby of mine to buy items and resell them at a small profit. The purchases and sales also allow me to improve the quality of the items that I retrain in my collection by adding new items and selling old ones.

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2� Worth » Blog Archive » …. and in passing — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:04:29 +0000

[...] According to the news report, he’s a self made man, who started from scratch. As a businessman, there’s a lot of truth in that statement; and there are things anyone can do to try to earn more. For instance, Jeff’s post on turning a hobby into something that makes money. [...]

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:53:01 +0000

For me, the hobby is poker. It is quite profitable. Yesterday evening, I played for around 5 hours and made $350.

By: samerwriter

samerwriter — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:47:31 +0000

I was in Midas one day perhaps 8 years ago, and struck up a conversation with another fellow who was waiting in the lobby. He discovered that I work for a technology firm, and am technically inclined, and offered on the spot to pay me $75 to set up his home network.

He recommended me to a few of his friends for similar work. I didn’t pursue this beyond a couple jobs, but it became very clear that I could easily have set up a part-time job in the evenings doing computer maintenance, and making $50 – $75/hour doing it. That was an eye-opener for me, and the impetus for starting to do some part-time subcontracting as a programmer.

By: lamoneyguy

lamoneyguy — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:33:02 +0000

I love the dog walking idea. I would love to hear some of the other ideas you and your friends came up with.