It has worked really well for us over the last 8 years and we are still using all the various furniture pieces except for a hand made futon that a guest destroyed.The place you buy brand new is mattresses, linens, towels etc.

We have never had any major damage to any piece of furniture except a handmade futon someone couldn't figure out how to make back into a couch and broke it.

Don't eat out, give hand made gifts, get side work, learn home improvement skills.1st investment; buy a househack, find the ugliest house/duplex etc.

I do have a very nice set of mid century modern bedroom furniture from an estate sale that I bought a house through; the furniture is probably worth several thousand dollars as it was flawless, handmade in the early 50s out of high quality solid birch (most birch is veneer).

Instead, I surf Facebook Marketplace for heavy, handmade furniture.

Kind of a bummer as it was a handmade futon from a local woodworker.

Were you like me, using a hand made spreadsheet before you found a software that worked for you?

In my area it's not uncommon to find little signs at intersections looking to either buy ugly homes or to sell a house to an investor to flip.  These hand-written signs are there one day, and gone the next.What are th...

Etsy and Artfire selling hand made or custom itemsEbay stores selling items you find in your area that others can't find or get easilyCreate a blog discussing something you are good or passionate about for advertising incomeStart a youtube channel for advertising incomeStart a services based business doing something you are good at and advertise on CraigslistCheck the Craigslist gigs area for one time quick gigs you can get that work around your scheduleUber or lyft as a driverHouse hack, or buy a house and rent out all but your roomWhile saving move your money from bank to bank to gain their 3 or 6 month bonuses like $300 bonus for holding your money in their savings for 90 days, then move it to the next bank offering that.Sell everything you are no longer usingSell photographs to stock photo websites like istock, depositphotos, etcBuy pallets of overstock/returns to ship and have Amazon sellBuild websites for companies using wordpressOffer to maintain the social media for all business owners you know, and take a monthly fee for some extra facebook and twitter time.Become a long distance digital assistant for some REI investors that need you to analyze deals, juggle calls, etc allowing you to learn along the wayOf course any job working in the industry you are looking to get into like an working with a realtor, investor, broker, mortgage agent, etc would be preferred since it gives you further advantages in future investments.Let us know what you decide to do!

Charlie Swindall aka Gladhatter here from beautiful hills near Clintwood Virginia USA.Bit about me is we are the last of the the traditional ultra custom hand made hat makers in the world.