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Originally Posted by lovcom
This exercise is kind of silly because most, of not all those jobs don't pay real money.
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So what? How many threads have there been here where the suggestion was made to get a 2nd job to help get out of debt? Lots of things listed so far could qualify as 2nd jobs even for someone who has a good career.
I'm a physician with a 6-figure income. Despite that, I sell on ebay and half.com. I've had sales of about $800 so far this year without really even trying. In the past, I've made $1,000/month when I was really working at it.
I do a lot of medical surveys and market research programs. I made over $1,000 doing them in October.
My wife used to do cake decorating. She just did it for friends and family and didn't charge nearly enough but still got $30 or so per cake. She could have sold many more cakes but wasn't in it for the money.
My brother-in-law had a good job with a major bank but in his spare time, wrote a book (about saving money, actually).
None of these things bring in enough to live on, but they definitely help, and for someone in trouble with debt, they could be the difference between making it and not.