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Sian

Joined the U.S. Army and have been deployed and PCS'd several times. Been trying to get control of my finances and getting rid of debt. Preparing myself for retirement which is still 25 years away and counting down. My goal is to get rid of debt, fund my retirement, and live my life happily.

Debt:
Capital One: PAID OFF/CLOSED!!
Rooms to Go: PAID OFF/CLOSED!!
USAA card: $0

Resort Maintenance Fees: $1,800
Apartment reno: approx $1,037.25 @ 0% - $10/mo
Timeshare: $2,753.70 @ 6% - $85.07/mo
Rewards Card: $7,751.05 @ 15.15% - $157/mo
Navient: $14,785.04 @ 4.08% $60.25/wk
Car Loan: $17,911.49 @ 13.7957% - $360/mo
Nelnet: $22,191.37 @ 5.03% - 102.16/mo

Retirement:
401K: $4,525.39 (3 Jan 2017)(increase from last amount)
Pension: $1,704.72 (3 Jan 2017)(increase from last amount)

CREDIT SCORES:
Equifax: 636 (Dec 2016)(36 point decrease)
TransUnion: 666?
Experian: 677 (Dec 2016)(24 point increase)

Short and Long Term Goals:
[X] Come up with do-able 5 year consumer debt free plan
[_] Start Birthday/Christmas fund ($100 total)
[_] Pay off Emblem credit card
[_] Start emergency fund
[_] Start putting money in Roth IRA
[_] Get rid of 50lbs and attain 12% bodyfat
[_] Clean/Organize items for Ebay/yard sale
[_] Donate items not for sale
[_] Donate to retirement home and/or shelter

Earning Extra Income

December 5th, 2012 at 07:08 am

Being in the military we can earn extra income but we have to fill out a form for permission so to speak.

What I like to do is earn income with jobs that don't have set hours but may have set deadlines for them to be completed.

I used to work for Market Force. I would go to the movie theatre and either set up displays or monitor trailers. I sometimes would be able to watch a movie and critique it according to peoples reactions (this was overt work so the theatre knew about me). I liked them because they would send you a direct deposit as soon as the money was available (2-4 weeks depending on the job). I had actually made more than $1,000 one year. But I've also made less than $600 another year. It all came down to jobs that I chose or didn't choose.

I'll go back to them but I've also been looking at other ways to earn money without leaving the house. I've only so far heard of SwagBucks, ChaCha and mTurk which I'm currently looking into.

Are there any others that are known that are pretty good with their payouts?

Posted in Extra Income | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Earning Extra Income”

creditcardfree Says:
December 5th, 2012 at 12:43 pm 1354711407
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Survey sites, like Pinecone, MySurvey, and MyPoints all payout. I earned $120 from Pinecone in 2012, and much less from the other two. I probably could have earned more from MySurvey, but I took a break from it.
patientsaver Says:
December 5th, 2012 at 06:48 pm 1354733306
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Product testing studies, market research focus groups, university medical school studies, selling stuff on craig's list or tag sales or eBay
Sian Says:
December 6th, 2012 at 05:41 am 1354772475
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i'll sold things on ebay, not really wanting to sell on craiglist. i'll definitely check out the other stuff mentioned.

thanks ya'll!!

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