Let's face it; there are millions of reasons why people would need some extra money each month.
Bills fall behind too easily these days, unexpected expenses are popping up around every corner, and the holidays seem to creep up on us faster than ever.
All the while, our incomes are staying the same, and in some cases, they are going down.
So what to do in a situation like this? You could start your own home based business or get another job.
While those may be great ideas to bring in extra money, they both take at least a couple weeks before you see any results.
You need money and you need it now, so how are you going to get it? Luckily, there are lots of unexpected and creative ways to make some extra dough now and then.
Three of them are outlined below.
First off, what about yard sales? You may downplay these at first, but if you have a lot of extra junk lying around your house, you actually make quite a bit of money off of it.
An added perk is that you will be freeing up all kinds of extra space around your home and garage.
Don't have anything to sell? So visit other local yard sales, pick up other people's used items for cheap, and then turn right back around and sell them for profit on eBay.
When you really think about it, eBay is just a giant online yard sale, so take advantage of it! If you use PayPal to request your payment, you can have money in your account in just a few days.
If you offer a buy it now option, you could have that money today!