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Corporations taking over side hustles seems to be screwing over people, since they take such a large cut and flood the market for that hustle.

But the ones I've personally seen people do that work pretty well (in USA) are:

Stay at home mom watching another kid (legally dubious depending on state/situation. But I ain't no narc.)

A neighbor of my mom's sends out a menu saying what she plans on cooking each night for that week, and for $X will deliver you some as well (Legal in Utah due to special laws, other states could be dubious. )

People who go pick up free furniture that is pretty trashed, and then refurbishes it and sells it. Or people with trucks who are like "Will deliver furniture for $30 in X area" is also pretty life saver for people without cars/trucks. Was able to get a super cheap/nice coach because of this.
People who just flip free stuff or stuff from thrift stores without doing any improvements annoy me greatly though. We broke and you're just driving up the price!

None of these generate a ton of cash, but I like that they take very little up front cost, aren't disruptive, and mostly take labor.

So what side hustles have you seen work out?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The only one I’ve heard of working really well was 3D printing copyrighted material that is usually way overpriced. Board game pieces, figurines, etc.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

A little bit of legally dubious action to pay the bills and siphon money from billion dollar companies never hurt nobody!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FW99X9Z?psc=1

$50 dollars for THREE, UNASSEMBLED, and UNPAINTED minis? Yeah man, I ain't gonna question why the texture of your warhammer minis are different. Game on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Honestly, 3d printing and selling designs online is a good side hustle I've seen, but they can't be straight up copies of someone else's work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Graphic design of print on demand products. I started it in 2017 when I was between jobs, put in serious effort for about two years, I still make around $200 a month passively from it. Doesn't pay all the bills but it does give me a decent chunk of beer money.

I'm now exploring choice mushroom growing, as there is a shit ton of money to be made in oysters and lions mane rn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ooh I tried growing some mushrooms before! I got 2 good harvests and that was cool, but didn't seem worth the effort beyond the fun factor in such small amounts. But with some of them costing $10 a pound and being able to be grown in doors if well ventilated, I bet if you get things going you should be able to make decent money without a ton of effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

What did you grow?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Furnace/water heater replacement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Can low water pressure in the whole house be attributed to a bad water heater?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Ours was exactly that, the oulet and inlet pipes in the tank corroded badly. Cold pressure fine, hot pressure was flow restricted

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

European here without education for a plumber, just barely scratched the profession for a few years.

Low water pressure occurs in bigger complexes with a pipe to small for the consumers. The water pressure in suburbans and cities comes directly from the local water station.

If you have issues with this, there are special armatures for low water pressure.

The cheapest improvement is replacing the water disperser with a current one.

Other then that, one could install a pump to improve the water pressure, but these things are expensive and have high maintainability costs due to pumping drinking water, not water in a heater pipe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Perhaps your pipes are too wide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Bad PRV (Pressure Reducing Valve). They only last so long. If you have high water pressure (over 120psi) coming in they last a few years tops. If that’s the case, get one with 2 diagrams and it’ll last you 10 years at a minimum.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

There are lots of states that will straight up ban you from doing this without a gasfitter ticket.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

Mate at work has made a fair bit of money off crypto

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