I got it for free. I painted it in two days and then I sold it for $200. So let your friends family know, hey, I will come haul this thing away for you.

I'm updating furniture. If you have anything you want to get rid of, let me know.

Hey guys, welcome to this episode of the Rachel cruise show. I am so glad that you're here in this episode. We're going to talk about different side hustles and how to get additional

streams of income to help you pay off debt or save up for your emergency funds. Then you're going to hear a conversation I had with Christina McCarrie with pretty distressed. So she flips furniture for cash and she's going to give us all different kinds of tips on how we can do this. Now don't be intimidated. I promise it's really good stuff.

But first, let's talk about the top 10 trending side hustles right now. Take a listen. All right, today we're going to talk about top side hustles that are trending in 2022. So those of you on baby step two, which means you are paying off your debt, having a side hustle is one of the best ways to speed up this process.

Extra income in you get through it so much faster. So here are 10 side hustle ideas that are really popular right now. Number one, become a mystery shopper.

A mystery shopper is someone who gets paid by a retailer or a marketing research company just to go into different stores and report on the consumer experience. It's kind of like your secret agent, but you're shopping.

It's like awesome, right? And there are a lot of companies that where you can find work doing this like Best Mark and Telly Shop and Market Force.

Number two, do freelance bookkeeping with so much remote work happening these days. It is so easy to do bookkeeping remotely and virtually and you get extra flexibility in your schedule by doing this.

So there are so many startups that have popped up over the past couple of years and a lot of people are looking for bookkeepers for their business. So this involves things like payrolls and the invoices paying vendors and compiling documents for tax day, all of that.

So if you're organized, if you're good at math, it's a big plus. Number three, create online courses or workshops. So there's probably a skill that you have that you're really good at.

So is it writing, calligraphy, social media, marketing? Why not teach other people that skill, right? You can build your own website with platforms like Squarespace, Weebly and Wix.

And it's even easier to create and upload written course material or teaching videos, which people will pay to have access to. And you can also do live workshops via Zoom and Facebook.

Number four, manage social media accounts. You know, if you have social media, you're probably really good at it. Let's be honest. And if you're kind of like a little influencer already, some of you kind of have your own thing going, then this could be a perfect side hustle for you.

So there's a lot of people gifted in social media and some people just need some help who are not great at it for growing their brand or their platform.

And you can plan and create content. You can schedule posts to help grow their audience monitor different posts that perform really well, which ones don't. You could even engage with the customers via the comments or the direct messages, all of it.

So it's a great option. Number five, sell your photography. This is so interesting because you don't have to be a professional photographer for this, but you just need that kind of a decent camera or even a good iPhone camera.

And go and YouTube and look at photography tutorials, all of that. And that will get you a really long way because you can actually sell your photos to sites like Adobe stock, smug mug, shutter stock or even getty images.

You can also hire out your photography skills, you know, for friends, weddings or birthday parties or other events. And as you get experience, you may be able to charge a little bit more. It's also many. You might even be able to sell your prints at a local coffee shop or on Etsy. So many options out there.

All right. Number six, another great side hustle is edit college admission essays. So if you're really great at grammar, there are companies like elite editing or word vice that will actually hire you to proofread an edit college admission essays. So fascinating.

And these projects sometimes will have a tight deadline, but for the most part, you can choose a project you want to work on, which ones you don't. And you can even find work editing cover letters and resumes for job applications. So lots of options.

All right. Number seven, become a party planner. You don't need a degree in this. You just need to be organized, have good time management skills, people skills, creativity and some clients.

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