Ways to Make Easy Money
I am a real estate investor and while investing in real estate can make you a lot of money it can also take a lot of money! Especially now with high-interest rates and expensive properties, it takes a lot of money to invest in real estate and the more of it you have the better off you will be. Even if you don’t want to invest in real estate, having more money is usually a good thing. I created this page to offer many different ways to make easy money with minimal effort. These techniques may not make you millions of dollars, but every little bit helps!
Saving and investing mindset
It is hard for many people to manage money. Many of us (myself included) do not want to think about what we spend money on, where we waste money, or what we could be doing differently to save or make more. If you find yourself ignoring your finances and hoping they magically get better, this is the worst thing you can do. Making more money is great, but if you just spend it all with nothing to show for it, you aren’t going to make your financial life better.
Don’t feel bad about your finances or what you spend money on, don’t feel bad that you spend money on things that you don’t absolutely need, and don’t feel bad that you could be doing things better. The past is the past and we cannot change it. Looking at your finances and making changes is not an admission of failure but a way to make your future better. Looking at your finances in detail and making changes is more than most people do and puts you ahead of the pack.
You also do not need to be perfect! Looking at your finances does not mean you have to stop spending money on all fun and unnecessary things. I spend money on things I don’t need all the time but they bring me joy or are entertaining and that is okay. Looking at your finances is a chance to cut out things you want or need or don’t use. It is also a way to find substitutes that may be cheaper and a way to find opportunities to make more money.
Along with this list of easy or free ways to make money with minimal work, I also created a program to help people understand, save, and make more money as well. It is not a program that focuses on spending nothing and taking all the fun out of like until you are 70 like many of the other ones out there. It focuses on simple changes and mindset shifts that will improve your finances, help you make more, invest more, and feel better about your financial situation with a lot of information on real estate investing as well.
You can check out the Money Mastery program here. I made it super affordable to help as many people as possible.
Free and easy ways to make money
Below is the list of websites or places you can make a little extra money or see if you have money that belongs to you sitting in a lost bank account. If you know of other programs I may have missed comment below and let us know in the comments!
| Name | Description | Link | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coinbase Learn (Has referrals) | Earn crypto as you learn about it. This takes almost no time. I have earned $50 from a few minutes of my time and now have multiple crypto coins that may grow further as well. | https://www.coinbase.com/ | |
| Online Focus Groups | Share your opinions, get paid. Online focus groups. | https://www.userinterviews.com/hello | |
| Respondent (Has referrals) | One-on-one interviews for market research. Enter your information and then you will be sent notices when market researchers want feedback from people like you. A person in my office has made over a thousand dollars from a few short interviews he enjoyed. | https://www.respondent.io/respondents | |
| Plasma Donation | Get paid to donate plasma from your blood. Must meet certain requirements (No recent tattoos, no HIV, certain medications) and must live near a plasma center. Can expect $300-500 a month if you are not afraid of needles. Plasma corporations are location dependent. | ||
| Neighbor (Has referrals) | Rent out an extra parking space, garage space, or storage space in your basement or attic. | https://www.neighbor.com/host | |
| Wrapify or Carvertise | Wrap your car in advertisements to earn an extra $100-300 a month. Works well in conjunciton with rideshare apps ( Carvertise specializes in rideshare drivers). | https://wrapify.com/drive/ | https://carvertise.com/drivers/ |
| Amazon Mechanical Turk | Companies host miscellanious tasks through Amazon, and you can get paid for completing surveys and other small jobs. (This one pops up a lot and is talked about often. It seems you can make quite a bit of money if you put in the time.) | https://www.mturk.com/get-started | |
| User Testing | Record yourself testing websites and completing designated tasks to earn money. You can complete these tests on mobile and on desktops. | https://www.usertesting.com/get-paid-to-test | https://www.intellizoom.com/ https://www.trymyui.com/worker/signup |
| TestBirds (Has referrals) | Similar to other testing websites above, except you specifically look for software bugs on websites and applications. | https://nest.testbirds.com/home/tester | https://tester.userbrain.com/ https://www.userlytics.com/tester/signup |
| Cambly (Has referrals) | Get paid for talking with people around the world as they practice their english. You can tutor any time of day without needing to know a second language. Get paid $10.20 a hour or $12 a hour for teaching kids. | https://www.cambly.com/en/tutors?lang=en | |
| Medium | If you have some exciting life experiences or are knowledgeable in a certain field, you can start writing articles and earning money on Medium. They distribute articles to readers on their website, and you get paid based on how many and how long each reader spends on your article. | https://medium.com/creators | |
| Prolific (Has referrals) | Another online focus group that specializes in providing research for academic studies. You complete “tests” which are similar to surveys. | https://app.prolific.co/register/participant | |
| PlaytestCloud | Get paid to usertest and give feedback on videogames, mostly mobile games. | https://app.playtestcloud.com/signup | |
| Fiverr/Upwork | Freelance in just about any service. | https://www.fiverr.com/start_selling?source=top_nav | https://www.upwork.com/work |
| Government Owed Money | If a business, government office, or other source owes you money that you don’t collect, it’s considered unclaimed. You can search various databases to find out if you are owed any money. | https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money | |
| Bank of America Advantage Banking | Bonus: $100 Expiration: Dec 31 2021 How to get: New customers must open a new online and use code DDY100CIS. You must deposit $1,000 within the first 90 days. Monthly Fee: Depends on the account opened. $4.95, $12, or $25, each can be waived with different requirements. | https://www.bankofamerica.com/deposits/checking/advantage-banking/ | |
| Chase Secure Online | Bonus: $100 Expiration: Oct 18 2021 How to get: New customers must open a new online Secure Banking account, and must complete 10 qualifying transactions within 60 days. The account also remain open for 6 months after receiving the bonus. Monthly Fee: $4.95 | https://account.chase.com/consumer/banking/secure | |
| Huntington Checking Account | Bonus: $150 -$200 Expiration: Oct 7 2021 How to get: New customers must open a new online account with Huntington. You must then deposit $1000 within 60 days and maintain at least $1000 for 90 days. Depositing $1000 into the Asterick-Free Checking account gets you $150 while depositing $1000 into the Huntington 5 Checking account gets you $200. Select states only. Monthly Fee: $0 for the Asterick-Free account, $5 for the Huntington 5 Checking account, waived with $5,000 in total balances across Huntington accounts. | https://www.huntington.com/checking-account-promotions-bonuses-offers | |
| Webull Investing (Has referrals) | Sign up with the referral link and get 2 free stocks valued $3-$1600 each (when someone uses your referral code, you get two free stocks as well). | https://www.webull.com/ | |
| Cashback and Rebate for Online shopping | Get discounts and/or earn points towards cashback rewards by using these reward apps to buy what you normally do online. | https://capitaloneshopping.com/ | https://www.earnwithdrop.com/ https://www.shopkick.com/how-it-works |
| Cashback for Physical Stores | Scan your receipts from many different stores and restaurants to earn points toward gift cards and other rewards. | https://fetchrewards.com/ | https://www.coinout.com/ |
| Bits of Stock | Connect your bank account to the app and shop as you normally would. Earn small portions of stock instead of getting cashback rewards. | https://bitsofstock.com/ | |
| Crypto Referrals (Links are to referral pages) | Both parties get free money towards buying crypto using referral codes. | https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/4357896-referral-program-crypto-com-exchange/ | https://www.gemini.com/refer-a-friend https://www.binance.com/en/activity/referral |