Anyone got any good side hustles for extra cash?

[salmon1286]

Did some research and saw some people resell or flip items on facebook marketplace or other websites. Having vendors and stuff like that. But a lot of these vendors are online and I want to keep everything cash. Also heard margins aren't as good as social media shows. Heard also any thing service related is good as well. But does anyone have any consistent side hustles they have been using for a while which has generated a decent amount of cash for them. By the way, I really do prefer a fully cash method. In terms of legal or illegal side, I don't have the most strongest moral compass so I wouldn't mind jumping on to the illegal side of the fence a bit. In terms of how much I want to make, nothing crazy, I mean this is just meant to be side hustle. But maybe a bit more than a hundred or so a month is enough for me. Thanks in advance.

 

[bazokajoe]

 

[Ponderling]

A good side hustle for me has mostly dried up, but for a while it was ok.

I used to drop my kid to work 6:30 am, and my job, not far from his, nominaly started at 8am.

On the route to work before my work site changed is a 4 pad arena with a lot of adult rec league hockey.

I would line the back of my hatch back car with a stout tarp, and harvest empty beer cans from their dumpster garbage bags about 4 days a week.

It used to take about 40 minutes each harvest day to harvest cans and still get to work on time
and 20 minutes once home counting and bagging the pre crushed cans, pull and rinse the tarp.
And spray a whack of fabreeze and usually leave windows down in the car in the garage.
Make the beer store return trip 2-3 days a week, when out for groceries etc.

Yield was $250--300 a week, and that went on for about 14 months.

Then an arena guy was approaching retirement, and clued in he really had not saved up much.
So he gathers most of the cans now.
So now I am down to just a weekend day when he happens to not be working.
Usually $60 a month.

But I still do dumpster dive a Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster about 2-3 evenings a week.
A 15 minute round trip.
And figure that I avoid buying about $5000 a year on groceries.
From what they toss the day that best before date passes. Or drop from carrying, or change the packaging size.

 

[LP191]

Panhandling on busy streets on Toronto with a sign saying something funny or super sad to get peoples money

You’d be surprised how many people make a lot off that

 

[Autumn-desilva]

Maybe you can clean at a nightclub? They usually pay cash

 

[KidTwist]

Scrap metal. You don't have to pay taxes on it either.

 

[Ponderling]

Scrap metal. You don't have to pay taxes on it either.

Yah, I gather scrap metal in managable sizes as I dumpster wander.
Or on no limits gargbage days.

Mostly stuff like motors, copper wires, copper pipe, aluminum brass bath and kitchen taps, auto batteries.
I also take apart dead split system a/c units as I find them at an HVAC shop dumpster when I find them there. Separating those out adds a lot of $$ when scrapping.

I hit the scrap yard when a pile accrues.
Or when I need to tidy the side aisle beside the garage that leads to the back yard.
Like at times when we host a back yard bbq and I dont want visitiors to see that mess.

I also gather clothing as I come across it and donate to thrifts for free.
I know a lot of folks who shop thrifts do it out of economic necessity.

Two days ago when I was diving a spot I hit regularly I notice bags of clothing in the cardboard biin, since it stood out there.
Sorted it once home.

Hand made ladies 70's clothes found will go to a community theatre group we are involved with.
To see if the costumers are intersted.
The other 5 very full cloth shopping bags I dropped off to Goodwill, along with other household items we no longer used that had bee piling up

I found the clothes because that is a site where we get all our burger and lunch buns.
They are a deli style restaurant, who get fresh buns delivered from a bakery every morning.
And toss any unused buns at the end of their day.
So usually next morning I can easily find the 20 or so I come for our weekly or bi weekly need, for from the typically 60-80 they toss every night.
I have been mining that site for over a decade now.

 

[curvluvr]

A good side hustle for me has mostly dried up, but for a while it was ok.

I used to drop my kid to work 6:30 am, and my job, not far from his, nominaly started at 8am.

On the route to work before my work site changed is a 4 pad arena with a lot of adult rec league hockey.

I would line the back of my hatch back car with a stout tarp, and harvest empty beer cans from their dumpster garbage bags about 4 days a week.

It used to take about 40 minutes each harvest day to harvest cans and still get to work on time
and 20 minutes once home counting and bagging the pre crushed cans, pull and rinse the tarp.
And spray a whack of fabreeze and usually leave windows down in the car in the garage.
Make the beer store return trip 2-3 days a week, when out for groceries etc.

Yield was $250--300 a week, and that went on for about 14 months.

Then an arena guy was approaching retirement, and clued in he really had not saved up much.
So he gathers most of the cans now.
So now I am down to just a weekend day when he happens to not be working.
Usually $60 a month.

But I still do dumpster dive a Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster about 2-3 evenings a week.
A 15 minute round trip.
And figure that I avoid buying about $5000 a year on groceries.
From what they toss the day that best before date passes. Or drop from carrying, or change the packaging size.

Too bad the beer can hustle at the arena dried up. Sounded like a good gig.
What are you diving for at the Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster?

 

[xix]

Too bad the beer can hustle at the arena dried up. Sounded like a good gig.
What are you diving for at the Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster?

I used to do Beer cans as he mentioned. Only Saturdays / Sundays, my area was dry mostly. Should have thought where teenagers have their drinking parties in the forest.

Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster?
HIS REPLY:
And figure that I avoid buying about $5000 a year on groceries.
LAST 2nd sentence.

 

[unassuming]

......And figure that I avoid buying about $5000 a year on groceries.
From what they toss the day that best before date passes. Or drop from carrying, or change the packaging size.

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[Ponderling]

Too bad the beer can hustle at the arena dried up. Sounded like a good gig.
What are you diving for at the Shoppers Drug Mart dumpster?

I find day old milk in the cooler months, and we find it lasts fine for a few weeks. Summer, dont bother - its bad.

But often a 3 bag unit with one a leaker, and the other 2 are dated 2 week in the future.' Toss the leaker and other 2 bags are just fine.

Butter, often dated months ahead but dented up. Tastes fine

Cheese, dont know why it was tossed.
But 13 bars, so 11 went to the freezer and we shred it to make home made pizza.

Yohurts all the time, a day or two past dat tastes fine.
Often someone thief has nipped out of one of a multi pack so whole remaining pack gets dumped.

Eggs - get banged up cartons and they toss the whole carton.
Last round it was 26 dozen, and I yieled 20 dozen good eggs dated to mid June.
Pass lots on to pals.

Bacon when changed 500g to 375g packages yield 38 packs of bacon for the freezer.

Tons of potato chips, popcorn, chocolate bars, granola bars 'past date'
Pre cooked chicken breasts, deli meats.

Canned tomatoes, pasta sauces, KD.

Muffins and cookies all the time. English muffuns, bagels.

Soaps, body wash, shampoo conditioner, when the packaging or sizing changes.

A few years ago soaps in 10 bars per shrink wrap changed to 8 bars per shrink wrap.
Cant have them on the shelf at the same time.
So I brought home over 160 bars of soap that day.
'
Sometimes it is a product with a dinged lid.
Rest of product is fine. Often have a spare cap or container in the closet for such occurances.

Other times it is vendor does not pay shelf fees.
I came home with over 300 bottles of cosmetics foundation from a vendor SDM had dropped.
Wife kept shades she likes, rest went to the community theatre make up supply cache.

Other times when I find such cosmetics I donate via a gal pal to the battered women shelter.

Orchid plants a few times. I now have about of these 8 plants with differnt bloom colours.
That I have nurse back to health growing in the front window at the moment.

I find too many things to list.

Wierdest SDM bin fish was about 80 brake drums and disks.
Arms were tired but a reasonable price at the scrap yard.

 

[LTO_3]

Yah, I gather scrap metal in managable sizes as I dumpster wander.
Or on no limits gargbage days.

Mostly stuff like motors, copper wires, copper pipe, aluminum brass bath and kitchen taps, auto batteries.
I also take apart dead split system a/c units as I find them at an HVAC shop dumpster when I find them there. Separating those out adds a lot of $$ when scrapping.

I hit the scrap yard when a pile accrues.
Or when I need to tidy the side aisle beside the garage that leads to the back yard.
Like at times when we host a back yard bbq and I dont want visitiors to see that mess.

I also gather clothing as I come across it and donate to thrifts for free.
I know a lot of folks who shop thrifts do it out of economic necessity.

Two days ago when I was diving a spot I hit regularly I notice bags of clothing in the cardboard biin, since it stood out there.
Sorted it once home.

Hand made ladies 70's clothes found will go to a community theatre group we are involved with.
To see if the costumers are intersted.
The other 5 very full cloth shopping bags I dropped off to Goodwill, along with other household items we no longer used that had bee piling up

I found the clothes because that is a site where we get all our burger and lunch buns.
They are a deli style restaurant, who get fresh buns delivered from a bakery every morning.
And toss any unused buns at the end of their day.
So usually next morning I can easily find the 20 or so I come for our weekly or bi weekly need, for from the typically 60-80 they toss every night.
I have been mining that site for over a decade now.

Good for you and I applaud what you're doing. But this also pisses me off because the buns and other viable foods could just as easily have been given to a shelter to help those who have issues getting food and it would cost the shelters nothing except going and picking them up a couple times a week. I don't see any health issues since it's only "day old" breads and stuff that are unlikely to cause any health issues due to prolonged spoilage.

LTO_3 .

 

[Leimonis]

I find day old milk in the cooler months, and we find it lasts fine for a few weeks. Summer, dont bother - its bad.

But often a 3 bag unit with one a leaker, and the other 2 are dated 2 week in the future.' Toss the leaker and other 2 bags are just fine.

Butter, often dated months ahead but dented up. Tastes fine

Cheese, dont know why it was tossed.
But 13 bars, so 11 went to the freezer and we shred it to make home made pizza.

Yohurts all the time, a day or two past dat tastes fine.
Often someone thief has nipped out of one of a multi pack so whole remaining pack gets dumped.

Eggs - get banged up cartons and they toss the whole carton.
Last round it was 26 dozen, and I yieled 20 dozen good eggs dated to mid June.
Pass lots on to pals.

Bacon when changed 500g to 375g packages yield 38 packs of bacon for the freezer.

Tons of potato chips, popcorn, chocolate bars, granola bars 'past date'
Pre cooked chicken breasts, deli meats.

Canned tomatoes, pasta sauces, KD.

Muffins and cookies all the time. English muffuns, bagels.

Soaps, body wash, shampoo conditioner, when the packaging or sizing changes.

A few years ago soaps in 10 bars per shrink wrap changed to 8 bars per shrink wrap.
Cant have them on the shelf at the same time.
So I brought home over 160 bars of soap that day.
'
Sometimes it is a product with a dinged lid.
Rest of product is fine. Often have a spare cap or container in the closet for such occurances.

Other times it is vendor does not pay shelf fees.
I came home with over 300 bottles of cosmetics foundation from a vendor SDM had dropped.
Wife kept shades she likes, rest went to the community theatre make up supply cache.

Other times when I find such cosmetics I donate via a gal pal to the battered women shelter.

Orchid plants a few times. I now have about of these 8 plants with differnt bloom colours.
That I have nurse back to health growing in the front window at the moment.

I find too many things to list.

Wierdest SDM bin fish was about 80 brake drums and disks.
Arms were tired but a reasonable price at the scrap yard.

If Warren Buffett knew about this he’d be so much richer now

 

[Big Rig]

If Warren Buffett knew about this he’d be so much richer now

Buffet taught me a side hustle


First, I save then spend only what is left

Then I invest

First in RRSP then TFSA

Maxing out on both is my minimum financial objective but I usually exceed that unless major unexpected expenditure or there is no overtime

I listen to objective advice by smart people on the net like Buffet, not a financial advisor salesman

I put money in index funds by researching which are the best for me - IE risk vs profit -
and I do not let the market downturns panic me

Make a ton of money by the magic of compounding

Once you get things established there is no more work involved as you set it then forget it .
When market drops that is expected, the market will recover

The real work is the overtime I may have to do to match my savings objective

Fortunately, my job has overtime, depending on time of year, that I can depend on
which I usually grab as it is a lot of fun watching your savings grow
because your money does your work for you

Free money, love capitalism


Buffet taught me if you do not make money while you sleep, you wil never stop working

 

[bazokajoe]

Buffet taught me a side hustle


First, I save then spend only what is left

Then I invest

First in RRSP then TFSA

Maxing out on both is my minimum financial objective but I usually exceed that unless major unexpected expenditure or there is no overtime

I listen to objective advice by smart people on the net like Buffet, not a financial advisor salesman

I put money in index funds by researching which are the best for me - IE risk vs profit -
and I do not let the market downturns panic me

Make a ton of money by the magic of compounding

Once you get things established there is no more work involved as you set it then forget it .
When market drops that is expected, the market will recover

The real work is I may have to do is to match my savings objective through overtime

Fortunately, my job has overtime, depending on time of year, that I can depend on
which I usually grab as it is a lot of fun watching your savings grow
because your money does your work for you

Buffet taught me if you do not make money while you sleep, you wil never stop working

Very good advice.

 

[Ponderling]

First, I save ... to invest.... then spend what is left
Max ... RRSP then TFSA
I listen to objective advice by smart people on the net like Buffet, not a financial advisor salesman

I put money in index funds by researching which are the best for me - IE risk vs profit -
and I do not let the market downturns panic me

Make a ton of money by the magic of compounding

Once you get things established not a lot of work as you let it ride .
When market drops that is expected, the market will recover

I have done that for many decades.
First best lesson I learned is that 'the nice lady at the bank' is not looking out for me first.

All of those past efforts and these present (batty to some degress) side hussles are where I end up with some ( not unlimited amount of ) fun money for this hobbying.

 

[anonemouse]

You're going to laugh but.....

Clinical trial studies pay pretty well. I did a couple with here: https://www.pharmamedica.com/volunteer back during covid. In mid to late 2020 you couldn't do anything. No travel. Everything closed. But medical trials were exempt and I was working from home full-time so I could do both at the same time.

The ones that I did: you go in on a Friday afternoon. It's dorm living so you're in a room with a bunch of bunk beds and other suckers. They would set up a port in your arm for taking blood cause they end up taking a lot of blood over the course of the study (a small amount, many times over). Saturday morning you get dosed (or not, if you're in the control group) and then they take blood at intervals all day. Sunday morning they keep taking blood until around noon and then you're sent home. Come back on Monday for a quick blood test. Repeat for 3 weeks. It paid around $5k if you stuck with it through the entire study. If you drop out you get a lot less, but still get paid.

The studies weren't to see if the drug works, it was to see how quickly your body absorbs it. It was a pretty low dose. No one I talked to had any side effects.

It's tax-free as well.

The people were a pretty mixed bag of people from all walks of life. The WiFi was good, and I used the time to organize my archived photos from the last several years and catch up on tv series. You spend your time in a recliner which was comfy and you couldn't move around a ton as they had to know where to find you when it was time for the blood draw. It had to be taken at very specific intervals.

When COVID ended, I could have kept doing it but decided it wasn't worth the hassle of having to come back every Monday morning for an hour plus they didn't have any good studies coming up.

My 2 cents. The money was very good, it was super simple, and if I had any sort of work from home situation now I'd do it again.

 

[SinnamonFairbanks]

Good side hustles for people that have the skills are carpentry and cutting down trees. They take skill but it's good money and generally cash if you ask for cash.

You can make $500 cash or more a day if you're good at it. It's by the job and not everyday is good for working and it's inconsistent but pretty good money for side jobs.

Did some research and saw some people resell or flip items on facebook marketplace or other websites. Having vendors and stuff like that. But a lot of these vendors are online and I want to keep everything cash. Also heard margins aren't as good as social media shows. Heard also any thing service related is good as well. But does anyone have any consistent side hustles they have been using for a while which has generated a decent amount of cash for them. By the way, I really do prefer a fully cash method. In terms of legal or illegal side, I don't have the most strongest moral compass so I wouldn't mind jumping on to the illegal side of the fence a bit. In terms of how much I want to make, nothing crazy, I mean this is just meant to be side hustle. But maybe a bit more than a hundred or so a month is enough for me. Thanks in advance.

 

[SinnamonFairbanks]

I used to do this in my teens living in Oshawa because my family was dirt poor.

We would get chips, cakes, pepperettes all Vachon and Hostess items. All stuff we could never afford at the grocery store.

I watched a movie recently about this and all the items people were able to aquire that were thrown out for silly reasons. The statistics on food waste are so sad. Right from the farmers field to the grocery store, perfectly good food is wasted everyday.

I live on a farm/ homestead now and food is abundant, but even the food we dont use doesn't get thrown out. It gets composted and reused to grow future crops.

I find day old milk in the cooler months, and we find it lasts fine for a few weeks. Summer, dont bother - its bad.

But often a 3 bag unit with one a leaker, and the other 2 are dated 2 week in the future.' Toss the leaker and other 2 bags are just fine.

Butter, often dated months ahead but dented up. Tastes fine

Cheese, dont know why it was tossed.
But 13 bars, so 11 went to the freezer and we shred it to make home made pizza.

Yohurts all the time, a day or two past dat tastes fine.
Often someone thief has nipped out of one of a multi pack so whole remaining pack gets dumped.

Eggs - get banged up cartons and they toss the whole carton.
Last round it was 26 dozen, and I yieled 20 dozen good eggs dated to mid June.
Pass lots on to pals.

Bacon when changed 500g to 375g packages yield 38 packs of bacon for the freezer.

Tons of potato chips, popcorn, chocolate bars, granola bars 'past date'
Pre cooked chicken breasts, deli meats.

Canned tomatoes, pasta sauces, KD.

Muffins and cookies all the time. English muffuns, bagels.

Soaps, body wash, shampoo conditioner, when the packaging or sizing changes.

A few years ago soaps in 10 bars per shrink wrap changed to 8 bars per shrink wrap.
Cant have them on the shelf at the same time.
So I brought home over 160 bars of soap that day.
'
Sometimes it is a product with a dinged lid.
Rest of product is fine. Often have a spare cap or container in the closet for such occurances.

Other times it is vendor does not pay shelf fees.
I came home with over 300 bottles of cosmetics foundation from a vendor SDM had dropped.
Wife kept shades she likes, rest went to the community theatre make up supply cache.

Other times when I find such cosmetics I donate via a gal pal to the battered women shelter.

Orchid plants a few times. I now have about of these 8 plants with differnt bloom colours.
That I have nurse back to health growing in the front window at the moment.

I find too many things to list.

Wierdest SDM bin fish was about 80 brake drums and disks.
Arms were tired but a reasonable price at the scrap yard.

 

[kona]

Reading through this, I don't get it. Has the economy gotten so bad that we are talking about dumpster diving? I found that growing wealth wasn't that hard...Live below your means and invest consistently and constantly. Money can grow really fast. My wife lost her job and it was so stressful for her and we never wanted to be in that position again so we made it out goal to reach $1 Million net worth by age 40. We reached it by age 35 by spending my income and saving her's. Then each additional millions came in fast and we decided that we had enough in our late 40s and retired, Now we practice geographical arbitrage by spending 6 months out of the country each year. We got to the finish line and never had to resort to the activities mentioned in this thread. Maybe I am out of touch with the realities of life today.