My name is Maria Romano, if I've officiated over 4,000 wedding ceremonies.

What's up, what's up, Nick?

Oh, Loper here. Welcome to this side hustle show because if you love what you do,

it doesn't feel like work.

You just heard from Maria from TrueLoveNOT.com where she's a professional wedding

officiant and also helps other people get started in this weekend in somewhat seasonal

side hustle. But professional wedding officiants can make hundreds of dollars an hour

and in this episode, Maria breaks down what you need to get started,

how to find your first customers and more.

Ready? Oh, let's do it.

And maybe we start off with the rules and regulations if there are any.

Do I need to be certified to do this?

Or just I put my flag in the sand and say, all right, I'm a wedding officiant now.

Well, in Nevada, we do have licensing requirements.

And the licensing requirements are that you get a license in each county.

We have several counties and they do a background check.

Now, other states and municipalities do vary.

Most of them will require maybe a business license or just an officiant license.

But I also tell my students to also receive their ordination online,

which they can get very easily on American marriage.

Ministries is one of them as well, universal life church,

get your ordination, get yourself a title and then find out what it takes in each county,

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