Ten Dollars a Day

Ten dollars doesn’t seem like very much. If you’re like a lot of people, if you found ten dollars on the street it likely would be spent by the end of the day. If you lost ten dollars, it probably wouldn’t seem like a huge loss. If you spent ten dollars on something you didn’t [...]

Selling Stuff on Ebay in Today’s Economy

I’ve done pretty well on EBay over the last couple of years. I mostly sell items that have some collector value – models railroad items, vintage electronics, etc. In other words, stuff that probably wouldn’t sell if I was limiting my sales to a local market. The beauty of EBay, of course, is that you [...]

A $100 Hour – Cleaning Out Your Space

Do you have a hobby? If so, chances are that you have accumulated lots of stuff related to your hobby over the years. How much stuff do you have? If you’re like me, maybe quite a lot. How much of it do you think you don’t need? If you’re like me, maybe you think you [...]

A $100 Hour – Sell Vegetables at a Farmer’s Market

Yesterday I was talking with a friend who likes to garden. He grows a lot more than he can use himself, so he gives some away and sells the rest at the local Farmer’s Market. I’d always known about this, but I never realized how much money he makes. It turns out he net a [...]

A Working Vacation

Starting next Thursday, I’m taking vacation through October 5th. Eleven whole days of nothing to do. Except for spending 3 days in paradise, I hope to get a lot of stuff done, so it’s really going to be a “Personal Finance” vacation. I hope to accomplish several things:

The Wisdom Journal has a great list of [...]

A $100 Hour – Recycle Aluminum Cans

Isn’t that what homeless people do? Isn’t it a waste of time? Isn’t the money you can get from recycling cans minuscule? No, I haven’t lost my mind. Recycling aluminum cans is, in fact, a viable way to make $100 or more in a relatively short period of time. How do I know this? When [...]

The $100 Hour

One of the best ideas I’ve found while reading Making A Living Without A Job is “The $100 Hour.” Basically, you make a pact with yourself to set aside time every day (if possible) or at scheduled intervals and dedicate it to finding an idea that will net you $100. You don’t need to implement [...]

Divide and Conquer Your Way to $10,000

I’ve been reading about the importance of having a definite goal, so I decided that my goal this year is to earn $10,000 over and above my salary, by the end of this year. I don’t know about you, but to me that is a lot of money to come up with in a little [...]

5 Reasons Garage Sales Don’t Thrill Me

Many people enjoy holding garage sales, and why not? You get to spend time outside, you can get rid of a lot of clutter, and you can generate a little spending cash. Some people enjoy them so much that they become serial Garage Salers. When I was growing up, the neighbors across the street would [...]