| With the holidays coming up, many people are | | | | This is often overlooked, but collecting scrap |
| looking for ways to come up with some quick | | | | metal (particularly aluminum and copper) can help |
| money for presents for their family. Money is | | | | you earn some quick money. Go visit a job site |
| tight for a lot of people right now, so you might | | | | and see if they will let you haul away some scrap |
| have to get creative. Here are just some of the | | | | aluminum door or window frames. Load up a |
| ways I've come up with to make a quick $100 to | | | | wheelbarrow full of iron pipe. If you have access |
| help with your holiday shopping. | | | | to a pick-up truck, this would make things a lot |
| 1. Sell something you already own and aren't using | | | | easier to haul to the scrap yard of course. A |
| on Craigslist | | | | couple of truck loads of aluminum, iron, or copper |
| Craigslist.org is perhaps THE top site for selling | | | | (which is certainly more difficult to come by) and |
| things quickly and locally. Forget about classifieds in | | | | you could be looking at $100 in a day's work. |
| your local paper. You want to focus on Craigslist. | | | | 5. Be an article broker |
| It gets more traffic than probably most classified | | | | This idea takes a little more explanation, but the |
| sites combined and you can get interested buyers | | | | idea is that you buy articles (in bulk) from cheap |
| in your stuff very, very quickly. Find some | | | | sources and submit them to paid article |
| electronic or computer equipment that you're not | | | | submission websites, such as |
| really using and put it on Craigslist for a decent | | | | AssociatedContent.com, for a small profit. One |
| price. Other things that sell well on Craigslist are | | | | way to do this would be to create a project on |
| furniture, certain collectibles, and exercise | | | | asking for someone to write you 100 articles and |
| equipment. Hey, if you're not using that stair | | | | you'll pay them $.50 per article. Obviously the |
| master...then put it on Craigslist! | | | | quality isn't going to be that great, but you will find |
| 2. Advertise yourself and offer to clean a house | | | | someone willing to do it. Chances are they'll be |
| or do a move for someone | | | | from a foreign country but you can ask for a |
| Elderly people are looking for help with house | | | | small sample of their writing before agreeing to |
| cleaning or moving all the time. If you're in good | | | | work with them. Once they're sent you the 100 |
| enough physical condition to help someone move | | | | articles (on whatever subject you want) then you |
| for a day, you can easily make $100 (perhaps | | | | can submit them to This is not the quickest |
| more). Yes, it's definitely harder labor...but you | | | | turnaround because the articles have to (a) be |
| could clear $100 in a day or less. Tax free! Or | | | | received from your writer, (b) submitted to |
| offer to clean someone's house for $100. People | | | | AssociatedContent.com, (c) approved by |
| will take you up on it, especially more affluent | | | | AssociatedContent.com, (d) and then you are |
| people who need their home cleaned for a party | | | | shown what they will pay you per article. As of |
| they're getting ready to have. | | | | this writing, I believe the least amount of money |
| 3. Sell books or DVDs on is a heavily visited site | | | | they will pay you for an accepted article is $1.50. |
| for people selling books and movies. Other things | | | | So if all of your articles are accepted, then you |
| are sold, but books are a large part of their site. | | | | would make a profit of $100 for those 100 |
| If you have old textbooks, or even fiction | | | | articles. |
| non-fiction books, then you could consider selling | | | | These are just a few ways to try and make a |
| them on for some quick money. | | | | quick $100 but hopefully they will get your gears |
| 4. Go to construction job sites (or residential sites | | | | turning and you can come up with similar ways |
| that are renovating) and offer to haul away scrap | | | | yourself. Good luck in your quest for extra cash! |
| metal | | | | |