Sunday, March 2, 2014

February side hustles

It’s the beginning of a new month, and it’s time for another monthly summary of our side hustles. 

To quote myself from my previous post

“The great thing about generating extra income with side hustles is that you can hustle on your own terms.  The more work, time, and creative effort you devote, the extra money you can bring in.  You can hustle as little or as much as you want, whenever you want.  It’s your money, and you can choose to spend it with purpose, or without.”

Now on to the February side hustles!


Cash Back
  • On 2.11, my wife received a $300 check for cash back purchases made with her Citibank Dividend credit card.
  • On 2.27, I received a Staples $15 rebate Visa gift card on a Visa gift card purchase I made months ago.

Website income
This has been a slow month for us, and we haven’t hit the thresholds necessary to receive payment.  For example, Google Adsense makes a direct deposit into our account every time the website generates a minimum of $100.  We’ll wait for the passive income to build up this month.

Search and Win
  • On 2.4, my wife received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks
  • On 2.10, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks
  • On 2.18, my wife received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks
  • On 2.24, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks 

  • On 2.6, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing
  • On 2.28, my wife received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing
  • On 2.28, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing

Paid surveys
We somehow seem to always make time to do a survey or two each day.  The money isn’t much, but it’s nice to get paid for sharing our opinions.

  • On 2.7, I received a $10 Paypal credit from Opinion Outpost
  • On 2.23, I received a $10 Paypal deposit from Opinion Outpost

  • On 2.11, I received a $3 Paypal deposit from PineCone Research
  • On 2.19, I received a $3 Paypal deposit from PineCone Research 

  • On 2.28, my wife received a $15 Paypal deposit from i-Say


  • On 2.24, I received a $2 Paypal deposit from Survey Savvy

Side job teaching

  • On 2.18, I received a $275 check for a day of substitute teaching at a local university. 

Rental Income
We have rented out one room and have received a month’s rental pay of $550 from one housemate, a graduate student that will be staying with us for 3-4 months.  Another housemate will be joining us in a few days.

Credit Card sign up
I was approval for my own Barclaycard Arrival credit card on 2.2 and have already earned the 40,000 bonus miles.  We have all the credit cards that we need and are not looking to sign up for anything else at this time.  Of course, this can all change if a new big sign up promotion comes out!

Monthly Totals:
February was a pretty productive side hustle month.
  • We earned $315 straight cash back
  • We earned $35 worth of Amazon gift certificates from Search and Win sites
  • We earned $43 in cash from paid surveys
  • I earned $275 for teaching students for a day
  • We earned $550 from rental income
  • I added the Barclaycard Arrival credit card to my wallet, which will be used to earn more cash back in the near future.


All of this totals $1,218 from our side hustles for the month of February!  Do you have the motivation to hustle on the side? 

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