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How This Couple Bought an $11,500 RV, Traveled To All 50 States, and Built A Thriving Business

May 24, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 50 Comments

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Today, I'd like to introduce you to Heath and Alyssa Padgett. They are currently living in an RV full-time, making a living, and documenting it all.

Heath and Alyssa Padgett are living in an RV full-time, making a living, and documenting RV life all at the same time. Here's how they make this a reality! They blog over at HeathandAlyssa.com, and I'm a huge fan! Not only have I been on their podcast (How Michelle Makes Six Figures from a Blog While Full-Time RVing), we’re also friends.

In 2014, they quit their jobs, purchased a motorhome, and went on a year-long road trip across America. They worked jobs in all 50 states for a documentary they filmed called Hourly America.

After a year of living in an RV full-time, they realized RV life was for them. They worked to pay off a bunch of debt, built up their video production business, and they still love RV life.

This amazing couple has been featured on CNN, CBS, People Magazine, Business Insider, Forbes, and more!

Related articles on living in an RV full-time:

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How to Make Extra Money with a Flea Market Booth

April 14, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 15 Comments

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Today, I have a great post about how to make money selling at flea markets. Shannon Rooney is a reader of Making Sense of Cents and has paid off more than $60,000 in debt through hard work and budgeting. She runs a booth at a local flea market with her mom. Today, she is going to tell you why selling at flea markets is a good (and fairly easy) source of extra income; offer advice on getting set up and selling at flea markets; and offer tips on what to sell and how to source inventory to make the most out of your booth. Below is her blog post:

Do you want to know how to make money selling at flea markets? Here's exactly how Shannon does so at local flea markets and what sells best at flea markets. These are some great tips! A yard sale is a quick way to make some cash.

I’ve definitely hosted my share. But, when you live in a northern climate like I do, yard sale season is short. Thanks to a shared hobby with my mom and some elbow grease, I’ve stumbled upon a side hustle that takes “yard sale” to the next level.

Selling at flea markets.

A flea market booth stays open all year round, which means you have the opportunity to make money on used or vintage items whatever the weather.

About a year ago, my mom and I were shopping at a local flea market. There is a long strip of them in my area, one right after the other, mixed in with a few thrift stores and antique shops. My mom and I would spend hours at these places, checking out all the cool vintage items, and sometimes critiquing the booths.

“I’d group those vases together on a tall display.” “They need to put those Pez dispensers in a basket.” [Read more…]

How to Use Your Tax Refund to Scale (or Start) Your Own Online Business

March 31, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great blog post about how to use your tax refund from my friend Jeff. Jeff began his career at a private wealth management firm, but now runs two blogs full time. Between VTX Capital and Breaking The One Percent, he's dedicated to helping millennials and young entrepreneurs grow their online businesses and dominate their personal finances.

June 2018 Update: At the end of 2017, Jeff and Ben rebranded VTX into a more “blog friendly” name, DollarSprout.com. If you are looking for their latest content on making and saving extra money, that’s where you can find them!

How do you plan on using your tax refund this year? Have you thought about starting an online business with it? Yes, this is a great idea! Each year when tax season rolls around, I like to take a step back and look at the Big Picture when it comes to my personal finances. Most years, I end up getting somewhere between $500-$2,000 back from the IRS.

Usually, I put a little bit of that towards my student loan debt, throw some money in my IRA, or just cushion my emergency savings a bit. And of course I'll occasionally splurge on a fun toy.

Hey, I'm human.

But in 2014, I decided to do something different with my tax refund.

I decided to make the biggest investment of all, and put the money towards starting my own online business.

Why? [Read more…]

How Jenn Makes Over $10,000 A Month With Her Online Store In Less Than 10 Hours Per Week

March 3, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 25 Comments

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Today, I have a fun interview to share with you that will show you how to start an online store. I recently had the chance to interview Jenn Leach of E-commerce and Prosper, who explains exactly how to start an online store and make extra income.

Interested in learning how to start an online store? Here's how Jenn makes over $10,000 a month with her ecommerce business in less than 10 hours per week. Jenn is a corporate mom turned e-commerce store owner and blogger.

She started her online business a little over three years ago and since then she has developed and grown three successful online e-commerce stores earning an average of $19,000 per month.

She only dedicates around 5-10 hours per week on her e-commerce business and is super successful.

If you are looking for a new business or even just a side hustle, learning how to start an online store may be something that you want to look into.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to start an online store.

One last thing before we head to the interview on how to start an online store. Jenn Leach has a course called E-commerce and Prosper that teaches you successfully how to start an online store. She has a rinse and repeat formula that she's revealing to students in the course. This formula earns her an average of $19,000 per month. In her course you will learn: [Read more…]

How To Make Money By Becoming A Cooking Instructor

February 24, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 12 Comments

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Today, I have an informative interview to share with you that will show you how to become a cooking instructor and hold kid's cooking classes. I recently had the chance to interview Jan Pinnington from Healthy Hands Cooking, who explains how this extra income opportunity may be a possibility for you.

Did you know that you may be able to become a cooking instructor and hold kid's cooking classes? This could be a great opportunity and business idea! In 2011, Jan realized that her children were ill-equipped in the kitchen and falling into unhealthy eating habits.

She started teaching her daughter how to cook, and eventually more and more children started coming to her home for cooking lessons. Some parents started putting money in Jan's apron to cover food and time and she suddenly thought, “hmmmm…I wonder if I could turn this into a business?”

This eventually led to Jan launching Healthy Hands Cooking.

Healthy Hands Cooking is a movement to fight childhood obesity by empowering adults to teach children about nutrition and healthy cooking through entertaining and informative classes, camps, and birthday parties.

Healthy Hands Cooking is a self-paced cooking instructor certification program that can be completed from the comfort of home. This is a 11 module course that will help you to create your own cooking business with the correct licensing, permits, background checks, food safety, marketing, and more. [Read more…]

How Melissa Made $40,000 In One Year Flipping Items

February 17, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 51 Comments

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Today, I have a fun interview to share with you that will show you how to buy and sell by flipping items. I recently had the chance to interview Melissa Stephenson of Flea Market Flipper, who explains how this may be a possibility for you.

Are you interested in learning how to buy and sell by flipping items? Here's how Melissa made over $40,000 in one year flipping! Melissa’s family yearly income through buy and sell by flipping items for 2015 was $42,875, and that was through doing this buy and sell business in about 10-20 hours per week.

Yes, just 10-20 hours a week!

And in 2016, she hit $133,000!

Some of the best flipped items that they've done include:

An item that they bought for $10 and flipped for $200 just 6 minutes later.
A security tower they bought for $6,200 and flipped for $25,000 just one month later.
A prosthetic leg that they bought for $30 at a flea market and sold for $1,000 on eBay the next day.

She also has a great book called 5 Ways to Get FREE Items To Resell for Profit that will help you learn how to make money by flipping items as well.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, learning how to buy and sell may be something that you want to look into.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to buy and sell by flipping items. [Read more…]

How To Become A Scopist – Another Great Work From Home Opportunity!

January 6, 2017 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 6 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have an informative interview to share with you that will show you how to become a scopist. I recently had the chance to interview Linda of Internet Scoping School, who explains how this may be a possibility for you.

Linda has been scoping for over 35 years and has taught scoping online for almost 20 years.

She has been married for over 30 years to a retired deputy sheriff, has two daughters and two sons, one grandson, one granddaughter, three dogs, and a vociferous parrot in a pear…’er, pine tree. She lives in the beautiful state of Montana and never intends to leave. She knows how blessed she is in life and in her career and loves sharing that with others.

And, that's why she is here today to tell you all about scoping.

If you are looking for a new job or even just a side hustle, this may be something that you want to look into.

She also has a free course that will introduce you to scoping so that you can think further about whether you want to pursue it. You can find the free course by clicking here.

Check out the interview below for more information on how to become a scopist. [Read more…]

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