What do you do for supplemental income?

[ESMonitor]

I used to cater crawfish boils with a couple of friends. It was seasonal work. Of course, it was a fun job, and we made pretty good money doing it, but both me and the owner of the business have moved out of state.

I no longer drink so I am not looking to do that again as crawfish boils and beer go hand in hand.

I would like to make some "side money" again if I could.

What do you do to make money in addition to your regular 9 to 5 job?

[dawnwes]

Nothing.

We make it work within our current income. I can't imagine DH working more than he already works, although his income is fine. He has ONE client on the side, which is isn't supposed to have but they let it slide because he had the guy before he was put into an advisory position. The guy actually passed away this year but Dh will keep doing taxes for his estate and residual checks.

When I was working there were ways to make more within my job. When I was a teacher I could work an extra class period per day (during my prep period) and make some extra. I could tutor after school. Then when I was a counselor I worked off track and some Saturdays in a special program to make more.

But to go out and get a whole other job.....no. I don't have it in me.

[sv2007]

I used to cater crawfish boils with a couple of friends. It was seasonal work. Of course, it was a fun job, and we made pretty good money doing it, but both me and the owner of the business have moved out of state.

I no longer drink so I am not looking to do that again as crawfish boils and beer go hand in hand.

I would like to make some "side money" again if I could.

What do you do to make money in addition to your regular 9 to 5 job?

Hmm, sounds like you want to know how YOU can make more side money. In that case, we'd need to know more about you and where you are to make suggestions.

Or are you just curious as to what others are doing...

When I worked, sometimes I'd take up a consulting job to boost my income. However, I only take side jobs that I like because my life (i.e. time) is important to me.

A few year ago, my investment income has surpassed the retirement mark so I stopped working at a good juncture (considering company needs, stock vests, and generally leaving on the best of terms for the company and myself). And I've been retired for the past year.

I did some consulting work for my old company to help them out initially, but their last couple of requests I simply refused. You've got to wane them off somehow.

[pflyers85]

I mow lawns in the spring through early fall and help my girlfriend's cousin blow snow in the winter. I don't mow any real huge lawns, and I only have like 6 clients who are either seniors or single older women with 1/4 of an acre to less of lawn. It's an extra $150-$200 a week depending how often I need to mow and if I do any additional edging or trimming. I also am currently in the process of going back to school for IT Networking and Security and would like to start doing a little computer repair/PC building on the side. I am relatively young, unmarried and do not have children so I have plenty of work/life balance and it gives me something to do in my spare time without having to spend money.

[feh]

I have a small stake in an LLC that provides passive income. I have no interest in working multiple W2 jobs.

[disneysteve]

I sell on ebay. Not nearly as much as I used to but I still dabble now and then. I've had a collectibles business since 1986. Initially, it started with a mailing list. At one point I had a 40-page catalog. Then I started doing toy and collectible shows. Then the internet came along and I started advertising there and built a website. Then ebay happened and I got on there in 1997. At my peak, I was doing $2,000/month in sales but that was a long time ago. Now it's mostly just selling old stock and cleaning out the house.

My main "side job" is doing online surveys. I made over 12K last year. These are professional surveys, not ones available to the general public.

[Fishindude77]

Farm income, commercial real estate rental income, stock dividends, plus directors fees from a board I sit on.

[bjl584]

I sell here and there on Craigslist. I also do some side jobs occasionally like tree cutting, landscape, some construction.

Other than that, I make some passive income on my investments.

[greenskeeper]

"recycle" scrap appliances gotten for free through my work. Sort the metal to take to the scrap yard and part-out the appliances on ebay.

[Nika]

DH teaches graduate course on line one evening a week. About 7-9K per course.

[TexasHusker]

I hoard Dum-Dum wrappers.

[DoreneHanson]

I would prefer coaching kids since I am qualified for it, or else you can even hold some activity classes for kids.

[clatoden99]

Use reward credit cards for as many expenses as possible. I know it might sound odd, but as long as a person is responsible enough to pay the card off immediately the cash rewards are easily an extra 1% of expenses in income.

For instance, let's say one year you spend $50,000 on daily life, medical expenses, bills, repairs, entertainment, etc. If you pay with check or cash, you simply spend $50,000. If you can put those expenses on a card, you'll effectively get $500 each year in rewards essentially free.

Plus, since you're offsetting the point at which you're paying for the items, you get to earn interest on your savings for an extra month or so leading up to actually paying the balance.