Wednesday, April 1, 2015

March side hustles 2015


The great thing about doing side hustles to generate extra income is that you can hustle on your own terms.  The more hard work, time, and creative effort you put in, the more extra money you can make.  You can hustle as little or as much as you want, whenever you want.  It’s your extra money, and you can choose how you want to spend it.  Instead of focusing on what ideas don’t apply to you, try focusing on different side hustle ideas that you can implement to work for your situation.

Welcome to April.  It is amazing how fast time flies.  Can you believe that we are already done with one quarter of the year?  Our baby is due in less than 3 months.  Abby has matured so much and is almost a year and a half.  The 2014 deadline to contribute to your IRA is coming up on April 15th. 

With the purchase of our first rental property and a baby on the way, our side hustles have really helped to fatten our wallets.  As our lives get busier, I’m not sure how much more side hustle shenanigans we can continue to do.  But that’s the beauty of hustling on the side – you can hustle as much or as little as you’d like. 

Here’s our monthly summary of side income that we have generated in the previous month of March.

Award Travel
On 3.1, I redeemed 69,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points towards a free round trip flight from Taipei to Los Angeles for my father, saving $844.50 after fees.

Cash Back
On 3.9, I received a check for $18.18 from Mr. Rebates
On 3.11, my wife received a $10 statement credit from AMEX on her Starwood Preferred Guest credit card from AMEX Offers (Spend $75 on your cell phone bill, get $10 back)
On 3.28, I received a check for $50 for redemption of 5,000 ThankYou Points from my Citibank Forward credit card

Search and Win
On 3.17, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Swagbucks

On 3.17, I received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing
On 3.19, my wife received a $5 Amazon gift card from Bing

Paid surveys
On 3.2, I received a $3 PayPal deposit from PineCone Research
On 3.16, I received a $3 PayPal deposit from PineCone Research
On 3.24, I received a $3 PayPal deposit from PineCone Research

E-Rewards Medical
On 3.14, I received a check for $60 for completing a survey from E-Rewards Medical

Side Job
On 3.17, I received a check for $275 from my side job teaching students at a local university
On 3.30, I received a check for $275 from my side job teaching students at a local university

Rental Income
On 3.2, I received checks totaling $2,214 from our two new temporary housemates.  One paid for her short 3 month housing stay completely in full.

Monthly Totals:
March was a nice productive side hustle month.
We saved $844.50 (after fees) on award travel using our Chase Ultimate Rewards points
We earned $78.18 in cash back
We earned $15 worth of Amazon gift certificates from Search and Win sites
We earned $69 in cash from paid surveys
I earned $550 from my side job teaching at the local university
We earned $2,214 from rental income


All of this totals $3,770.68 from our side hustles for the month of March, our second highest month to date!  The hustling continues.

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