Hi guys. Recently found out I’m gonna be a dad come mid 2025 and my fiancée would like to be able to stay home with the baby as much as possible due to daycare costs not really being feasible for us. I want to try to reduce the burden of her bills on her as much as possible. I don’t have very many digital skills but I have a bachelor’s degree in business and my current job is glorified data entry. I don’t really have much money to invest in getting something started but I could make something work if it was promising enough. I’m open to any suggestions. TIA!
Here’s a good list of gig sites. Good luck on being a new dad!
MissNicklaus said:
Here’s a good list of gig sites. Good luck on being a new dad!
I don’t see the list. Did I miss a post?
Learn to buy & sell phones and expand to other tech as you learn the side hustle. For example, find an iPhone XR online for $90, post for $140. You made $50, now rinse and repeat and I promise you can make over $500-1000 a month pretty easily if you put in the work. The best sellers for me at the moment are iPhone 11, 12, 12 Pro Max, 13 Pro & 13 Pro Max.
@Xan
Hey thank you for your answer! Which other tech can you recommend?
For you: power washing, mowing, mulching flower beds… pretty much any honey do things around the house!
For her: find babysitting gigs. If she can keep a second child in the home on her days off, she can help bridge that gap. My cousin is a nurse, and they work inconsistent days on a 2-week rotating schedule so she never needed the required 5 days all daycares offer. She just needed like 2 days this week/3 days next week (etc). She ended up finding a neighbor to keep her baby the first year or 2 because of that!
Long term: find a job where you can get performance or billable bonuses. That way you aren’t locked into a salary— you can hustle a little more here and there for your family’s seasonal/occasional financial needs like Christmas or family vacation coming up.
Lastly, kids can be SUCH a money pit. There’s always something “more” you could buy. So approaching this journey from a tighter “outgoing” financial perspective will save you so much so technically you won’t “need” to make as much as you think. Find someone who has a girl or boy who is a year older than yours will be and get your hand-me-down systems in place. They will appreciate someone to offload their old clothes/toys onto! Do you have a blender? You could make a significant amount of baby food.
WAIT to buy anything until after your baby shower. I know it’s tempting but communicate the financial goals and link them to current, here and now choices and you and your partner will be set.
I know all these things because all this is exactly what me and my husband do. We adopted so we paid roughly 18k just to become parents in the first place. We made changes, put ourselves in a delicate financial position when I became a SAHM, but everything worked out in the end. Him getting a job where he gets performance bonuses is the most efficient way we can beef up our income in the short term.
It’s not that hard. You can buy and resell. Find a niche where there is a product in demand on the pre-owned market. Then, simply buy from one person slightly lower than average and sell to another at or above average. Rinse and repeat. You would be amazed at how easy it is to buy a used product, clean it, take better photos, and relist on multiple platforms to increase the potential audience. If your goal is $500, then your goal should be $1,000 with 50% to you and 50% back into products. With this strategy, you will eventually see larger consistent returns.
james1 said:
Rover?
That’s my plan. I have my own apartment and I want to start doing Rover for walks and dog sitting during the day and overnights. Got a friend who I have dog-sat for a lot so he’ll be helpful with reviews. Going to grab that dog license thing that we New Yorkers need to dog sit overnight.
@Jessie
NY requires a license for that? That’s strange… still, it’s an amazing way to make extra cash. I only take 1 dog per month and it makes me a little over $200 (I only sit them 4-5 days too). If you do it more full time, you’ll make way more.
@james1
Yup. No idea why; I think it just costs $75-100 to apply for one.
james1 said:
Rover?
She considered doing it a while back; the problem is getting the reviews you need to start.
james1 said:
Rover?
She considered doing it a while back; the problem is getting the reviews you need to start.
That’s actually easier than you think. You can do it a few ways. 1) Have your friends give you one or two recommendations that show up as reviews. 2) start off by offering the lowest boarding costs. This will absolutely get you a few first clients and they’ll review you. Once you get them, just raise your fees. 3) just have your friends book you and refund them. It won’t cost much; think of it as marketing lol.
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I made about $1000 a month pet sitting on Rover. I only boarded dogs at my own home, though, so not sure if that’s possible for you. If you sign up to pet sit over a holiday, you can make $100/night for just chilling with a dog.
We don’t want him.
Why they gotta be fat? 
Why they gotta be fat?
I think I’d be contemplating suicide after month 1 and my kid kinda needs me.
Why they gotta be fat?
I think I’d be contemplating suicide after month 1 and my kid kinda needs me.
I prefer delivering DoorDash food to the fatties instead haha.
Something tells me the fiancée wouldn’t be on board with that one.
He could also be a fat chick pimp for 100 fat chicks and only take $10 per month as a ‘service fee.’