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16 Best Online Jobs For College Students & How To Start

Last Updated: November 10, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 3 Comments

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How can college students make money online? This list of the best online jobs for college students will show you how.

More and more people are attending college and working at the same time. This may be those who are going straight from high school to college, adults going back to college, those working towards more degrees, and so on.

I had to work throughout high school and throughout college, and I will admit that it was tough at times.

While almost all of it was in-person, hourly jobs, I would have loved to find something online instead! It would have made it much easier to balance work and school if I had a flexible, online job like I do now.

I didn’t find out about blogging until towards the end of my time at college, and I wish I would have learned about working online sooner as it would have helped me greatly. [Read more…]

How To Become a Freelancer and Make a Full-Time Income

Last Updated: November 17, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

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Today, I have a fun interview to share with you that will show you how to become a freelancer.

I recently had the chance to interview Ben Taylor. Ben has been freelancing since 2004, and he has worked for dozens of companies.

Yes, this is a career path that you can learn!

As Ben will tell you in the interview below, a freelancer can be anything. You can be a freelance designer, personal trainer, nutrition coach, online teacher, virtual assistant, writer, and more.

If you are looking for a new business or even just a side hustle so that you can learn how to make extra money, learning how to become a freelancer may be something that you want to look into.

In this interview, you will learn:

What a freelancer is, who they work for, what they do, etc.
How much a new freelancer should expect to earn
How a person can find their first freelancing job
The steps needed to take to make money as a freelancer

And much more!

He also has an informative course called Freelance Kickstarter. This course takes you through the step by step process of creating your own freelance business.

Check out the interview below for more information. [Read more…]

15 Home Business Ideas & The Free Courses You Need To Get Started

Last Updated: November 26, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Are you looking for a work from home job or some home business ideas?

If so, then I have a great list of free resources, such as courses and guides, that will help you find the best option and learn how to get started. Plus, all of the courses and guides in this article are free!

If you’re looking to make extra money, or even a full-time income, working from home is a great option. There are lots of realistic home business ideas that allow you to work on a flexible schedule.

In fact, around 50% of U.S. businesses are home based, and that number is expected to grow well into the future.

But, many people don’t know what kind of options are available or how to get started with their home business ideas.

This article is a good starting point because I’m going to tell you about 15 different profitable home based business ideas and link to free courses, workshops, and guides that will help you kick off each of these ideas.

There are lots of valuable paid courses out there, but if you’re not sure about an idea, you might not want to spend hundreds of dollars on a course. That’s why free courses and guides are a great way to start. [Read more…]

How To Make a Resume – Your Questions Answered

Last Updated: November 8, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 8 Comments

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Looking to learn how to make a resume? Here, you’ll see a resume example, tips for writing a cover letter, and answers on how to create a resume.

Resumes are important for many reasons.

The job you’re applying to may require one, and it’s how you stand out among other applicants.

The one position you are applying to may have hundreds or even thousands of other people applying to it, so a resume that grabs the attention of the company is extremely important.

I interviewed a resume expert, Katie Pelton, on the subject of how to make a resume. You may remember her from when I first interviewed her back in 2013 – Extra Income Series: I Run a Resume Business.

As the founder of Resumes By Katie, Katie Pelton is a career development aficionado, both for herself and others.

She loves helping people realize their accomplishments and she has helped hundreds of people across the country improve their resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and interview skills. When she’s not enjoying the challenge of a job hunt, you can find her eating pizza with her fiance and rescue pup in Minneapolis. [Read more…]

A 31 Year Old’s Journey to $5,000,000 in Rental Property Value

Last Updated: November 21, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Today, I have a great article to share with you from Kyle Kroeger on how to invest in real estate. He has a goal of reaching $5,000,000 in rental property value, and is sharing his plan today.

The prospect of retiring early on real estate is highly intriguing to me. It should be for a number of people and I’ll highlight a bit more below.

For millennials, like me, we don’t have it easy. Despite the mainstream media’s thoughts, millennials have faced a Great Recession, massive student loans and a global pandemic already at a young age.

We’ve seen a lot but that can be used to our advantage for financial planning and life goals.

That’s okay if things are a bit harder for millennials financially. It’s a bit more fun when things are hard.

Here I’m ready to show you why real estate investing can be a great asset class.

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Should I Start A Blog? Here Are The Top Reasons You Will Love Blogging

Last Updated: November 23, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 3 Comments

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Are you wondering should I start a blog? Have you been thinking about starting a blog for a while? Maybe you’re trying to find a way to make extra money?

Today, I want to share why I love blogging so much, and how much it has changed my life over the years. My story may answer your question of should I start a blog.

A lot of people wonder if I started blogging to make extra money.

The truth is that I had no idea you could make money blogging when I started Making Sense of Cents.

I was so clueless when I first started my blog. And, it seemed like a very random thing when I first heard about blogging, but I decided to go ahead and create a blog of my own.

Making Sense of Cents was started simply as a way to keep track of my own personal finance journey. Most people in my life didn’t even know I had a blog. [Read more…]

How We Reached Financial Independence Using Airbnb & Real Estate – Plus Strategies During The Pandemic

Last Updated: May 12, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Hello! Today, I have a great guest post from Boris and Susan. They purchased their first real estate property in 2017, and became Airbnb hosts. This was a 4-bedroom home that ended up generating them $120,000 in revenue in the first 12 months. They now host close to 10,000 guests per year across all of their properties and do all of this remotely. Below is their story, enjoy!

A foreword given the current state of the world

We wrote this post back in February to describe and share our experience using real estate and Airbnb over the past 3 years to build additional sources of (semi-passive) income. As everyone else, we had no idea that the world would change so dramatically in less than a month after that.

However, although it certainly did change – especially given that the travel and hospitality industry came to a grinding halt and caused a few heartburn-filled weeks – the fundamentals remained valid.

As we’ll discuss towards the end of the article, we’ve been able to make adjustments and pivot in a way that kept our properties occupied, covering costs, and still generating a profit (albeit a smaller one than usually).

The truth is that if we’re looking at a 3-9 months horizon, things will remain challenging and uncertain. However, this was never a short-term strategy for us, as we try to plan for the next 3-10 years and make decisions based on that sort of a timeline. But first, let’s start in the beginning.

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Here’s how it all got started as Airbnb hosts.

For many years, real estate was not really on my radar.

I was happily renting, enjoying the flexibility that it offered, and generally thought of real estate in the context of owning your own home – mainly that it limited your options and didn’t really bring too many positives, other than the hassle of maintenance and doing your own lawn every Saturday.

When I met my wife, Susan, on the other hand, she grew up with a completely different mindset.

When she was growing up in China, the common wisdom was that you should always strive to own your own place as soon as you can afford it.

When she moved to the U.S., she maintained the same viewpoint that owning real estate is a key to becoming financially secure. [Read more…]

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