1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (41 page)

249 DO OTHER PEOPLE'S CHORES FOR CASH.
No one likes doing chores — but some people actually hate it enough to pay you to do it for them. Throw an ad on craigslist, post a flyer at a college hangout, or offer your services through word of mouth. Before you know it, you'll be folding someone else's laundry. Sweet victory!

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250 CLEAN OUT OTHERS' CELLARS.
After you've swept up their basement, cleaned up the cobwebs, and hauled out all types of trash, ask if you can keep a few “pieces of junk” that you found. They'll most likely agree —
why would anything of value be in the basement
? — and you'll be the owner of the long-lost missing footage from The Lady from Shanghai. Shame on them for not knowing what they had.

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251 TIDY UP ATTICS.
The up-upstairs can get kind of gross with all sorts of dust and debris, not to mention possible rodent infestation. So you better pack some protective gear when you go to make your clean sweep. Just pray the corpse of the owner's rejected twin isn't rotting away up there. That's one mess you probably don't want to handle.

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252 CLEAN OUT A BARN.
It's a lot like cleaning a garage, but more charming and rustic. And usually barns are a lot bigger than garages or sheds so there's even more room for crap to pile up. So the next time you see a big ol' barn, offer to clean it for the owner. Maybe you'll actually find something worth keeping.

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253 CLEAN OUT SOMEONE ELSE'S GARAGE.
Cleaning out your garage sucks. You feel like you want to throw stuff out and start fresh, but you struggle with the idea of parting with your lunchbox collection. You have no qualms about throwing out other people's precious memories though. So offer to do someone else's unpleasant chore — for pay. It will still suck, but afterward you'll have enough money to buy yourself a beer to drown your sorrows.

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254 WORK AS A CHAUFFEUR.
If you live in a city where many people don't have cars or where the public transportation system is less than ideal, use your car for cash. Depending on your route, you could even have a few jobs a day. Create free business cards online (visit
VistaPrint.com
) and leave them all over the place.

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