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
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.