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With the side hustle becoming a part of American Millennial culture, what better way to go into the weekend than a comprehensive list of things you can do this weekend to make some extra scratch? The following are five easy ways to make money this weekend that don’t require advanced degrees, crazy hours, selling bodily fluids, or becoming the subject of a sketchy research project:

Start Driving For Uber : There’s a reason that Uber has become the quintessential side job. You can work whenever you like, for as long as you like, and even get the funds sent to your bank account within 24 hours. I personally use Uber in every city my travels take me and am amazed at the number of people who are driving full-time, making their living through Uber.

The sign-up process is fairly simple and takes about 7-10 days to complete, sometimes a little longer. Uber’s minimum guidelines include:

  • You must be at least 21 years of age (If you’re 19-21 you could drive for UberEATS or UberRUSH)
  • Have at least one year of licensed driving experience in the U.S. (Three years if you are under 23 years old)
  • You must have a valid US Driver’s license
  • You must show proof of vehicle registration and insurance
  • You must use an eligible four-door vehicle

If you meet these guidelines and pass the background check, you’re ready to download the Uber app and begin hauling riders.

Now that Uber has added the tipping feature to their application, make your ride stand out a bit to entice great tips. Here are some of the better experiences I’ve had with driver-partners that made me dig deep and tip them well.

  1. Have a cooler of bottled water in your car and offer riders water when they get in
  2. Find out where your passengers are from and then point out landmarks, restaurants, and other activities in the town if visiting from elsewhere.
  3. Have phone charging cords in the car and ask if they’d like to charge while headed to their next destination.
  4. Clean your ride daily.

Click HERE to get signed up driving for Uber and making some extra dough on your own timeline!

Clean out your closets and shelves – Use DeCluttr : My 14 year old daughter was recently giving me grief about my CD collection from days gone by. There are easily 4-500 CDs in a tub in the basement collecting dust and just begging me to reminisce about college. (Boyz II Men Coolly High Harmony anyone?) In addition, there are hundreds of DVDs I haven’t watched (and won’t) that live in storage buckets under our entertainment center. Finally, you’d think our family was planning on opening a library at some point in the future. It’s time some of those books go bye-bye.

DeCluttr has got to be one of the easiest ways to, well… declutter your home by getting rid of much of the stuff that used to hold value for you and now just takes up space.

DeCluttr’s process is super simple. Download the app, scan the bar code of the item you’re looking to get cash for and they’ll make you an offer on the spot. Each of the items you scan can be added to the ‘cart’ which you’ll then send in to the Decluttr redemption center to collect your payment.

They’ll take the aforementioned items as well as technology like cell phones, video gaming systems, iPods, etc. The tech is valued based on the age, quality, and functionality of the device. Have a non-working Android from 7 years ago? Chances are these guys will buy it.

I prefer this method to hauling my books, movies and CDs to Half-Price Books and then hoping I’ll get .05 cents on the dollar for everything in the box. (Plus I always spend the money I get on stuff in their store so what’s the point?!) I can declutter from the comfort of my own home!

For MasteryOfMoney.com readers, we’ve arranged to get you an extra 5 bucks just for signing up and sending in your first round of stuff. Click HERE to get signed up for Decluttr and get an extra $5 on your first sale.

 

Get paid to sit on your couch and take surveys with Swagbucks : Hey, I get it, actually getting showered and dressed might be too much to ask to make a little extra swag. That’s why you would be a perfect fit for Swagbucks.

This incredible company pays you to take surveys and answer questions – all from the comfort of your home, car, airport, doctors office, car maintenance waiting area, (see where I’m going here…). You can literally make money from ANYWHERE with this app.

I find the Swagbucks app perfect for certain individuals:

  • People that have a serious coffee addiction and refuse to give it up. Use this app, take a survey or two and buy your friend a latte while you’re at it.
  • Those that are looking for extra cash to apply to debt repayment but don’t necessarily want to have a part-time job. You can knock out many of these surveys in the length of time it takes for two commercial breaks during your favorite sitcom.
  • Busy moms and dads looking for something productive to do with their time while they wait for Jr. to finish soccer, ballet, piano, choir, fencing, and chess club.
  • Students looking to make a little extra for upcoming trips, concerts, and new tech purchases.

One of my close friends uses her swagbucks account to send gift cards to friends for birthdays and other holidays. She estimates doing a few surveys a week saves her hundreds of dollars a year in gifts.

We’ve partnered with Swagbucks at MasteryOfMoney.com so that you’ll get $5 for FREE just for getting signed up. Click HERE to claim your first $5 swagbucks payment on us!! (You can trade swagbucks for gift certificates from major retailers like Target, Kohls, and Starbucks, among others!

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