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Time Is Money. Or Is It?

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If time is money, then people who work more hours should make more money. Time is only money if that’s how you chose to structure your income, around an hourly rate. To escape the time is money paradigm, you have to be willing to be paid based on results rather than hours.

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The Best and Worst Times to Side Hustle

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There’s always an opportunity to make more money which is why many take on side hustles as a way of maximizing that opportunity. Side hustles can range from babysitting to web designing to freelance writing to soap making- basically anything you can charge for can become a side hustle.

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Work Harder, Then Work Smarter

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These examples are just a few ways to make more money. I could probably think of 50 more ways without even trying – and I know you could too. Part-time Job Ideas. Waiter/Waitress. Valet (@ golf course or hotel). Bell Boy at hotel. Dish Washer. Pizza Delivery. Retail Store employee.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

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Once we got married we realized we have great jobs and a great income, but where is all the money going? We knew that we would make more money but we wanted to be able to buy a house with a conventional mortgage and we can’t come up with the down payment so we need to ratchet down. Example, Farrah would want a pedicure.

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How to Make Good Financial Decisions

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To get ahead in life, you need to make more good decisions than bad. Good decisions can result in your ability to get a better job, make more money, save more money, invest for gain and other steps that help you end up in financial plus land. Sleeping on your choice. Take time to mull it over.

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Things to Consider Before Investing in Real Estate

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Know beforehand if you plan on making money off your real estate via rent or capital gains. Will I make more money off of rent, or more money off of the increase of the value of the land? But let me give you an example to make my point.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you have some bigger items, you will likely make more money selling them on Craigslist or your local Facebook sale page than at a yard sale. If you need to save a lot of money and you have pinched every last penny, then consider finding a part-time job in order to find the money for your emergency fund.