Easy Side Job or good business start up for a young person ???

Rodwork wrote:

Last year the #1 thing kids wanted to do for a professional career after high school was be a Youtuber.

Poor parenting is pretty easy to spot…

Rodwork wrote:

Last year the #1 thing kids wanted to do for a professional career after high school was be a Youtuber.

If they are waiting till after HS they are to late.

It takes 2 guys and a truck… movers.

big_g wrote:

It takes 2 guys and a truck… movers.

The work sucks, clients usually suck, and the pay isn’t worth it in the end as a side gig. Hard to get good paying jobs when running side moving business and no insurance

Young and dumb isn’t just a phrase for nothing….there is merit to it.

Most side hustles for young folks will be hard work orientated, simply bc they don’t have the experience or skills yet for anything substantial.

Doing my current job I’ve seen the transition starting at 19 of folks not thinking you can perform detailed work and questioning attitudes towards everything, to now 20yrs later folks pretty much throwing their project in your lap and saying take care of us, whatever you think goes.

Have a better shot at making a pro sport than a YTer at that age. My kids had the same aspirations, sat them down one day and said let’s go over some numbers of users, subscribers, and the money flow. Then what niche are you gonna be in, who’s gonna produce, can you edit, can you manage a page, on down the list. Most young kid YT stars have parents who probably take care of all that, stay at home parent/s who want the limelight for their kids, and have the resources to make that happen. Looked at my kiddos and said we ain’t one of those families….we’re here to support you in whatever you want to do but not gonna hold your hand thru whatever you want to do, talks of becoming a YTer stopped shortly after.

I don’t know what you consider a young age. You thinking teenagers or mid 20’s, mid 30’s?

In this day and age there are tons of folks with a little cash that are willing to pay for things they don’t want to do themselves. Yard work, snow removal, painting, hauling things away for scrap or trash. The problem is a guy should have some equipment, a good tilt trailer 16′ or bigger. Reliable truck to pull it with. Assortment of tools….shovels, rakes, hoses ect.

If they can get started they can make a good pile of cash if they are willing to A) Return calls B) Keep appointments C) Carry insurance D) Be willing to work long days 7 days a week if the work is there.

Once started you can move into skidsteer work, landscaping ect.

Tons of work for somebody willing to not say no.

I have a teenager that comes by once a week and asks if he can clean up our dog crap and mow my lawn, I said no for a while as my son can do it for free. But after a couple weeks of being persistent and noticing he wanted to work, I’ve hired him. He charges 25 bucks for dog crap pickup, lawn mow, and weed whip. I always slip him 40 bucks. That’s a good ” side gig” for a young man or woman. And if he keeps up the good work I’ll pay him to shovel and snow blow.
I really only hired him due to persistence, as I saw he was really trying to make a little money. He seems like a good kid, probably 16ish years old. Drives his dad’s cub cadet around pulling a wagon with a push mower, shovel, rake and weed whip.

Good for you BC.
Good for your neighbor kid trying make a buck and better his situation.

BC
You seem to always have a lot of irons in the fire. Whether it be work, hunting, fishing, or whatever. You definitely don’t sit still. I really like your deer processing gig.

I too have often wondered if you ever stop to get a little sleep once in awhile.

My guess is your response would be something like… ” I’ll sleep after I die”.

You can make good money washing windows. Very little start up cost or overhead. You do need to be comfortable on ladders, however.

bullcans wrote:

BC
You seem to always have a lot of irons in the fire. Whether it be work, hunting, fishing, or whatever. You definitely don’t sit still. I really like your deer processing gig.

I too have often wondered if you ever stop to get a little sleep once in awhile.

My guess is your response would be something like… ” I’ll sleep after I die”.

That was my dad’s moto all my life and I’ve just adapted. The only time I really stop is when I’m sick or if the kids have a sports activity. I will sleep when I die, or if we have a family movie night. You can guarantee I’ll be snoring in 10 minutes.
I told the lady I should be home today by 4, but I’ll take the kid and run to the woods for a quick couple hour sit.

When I see “young” I think under 16 or unable to drive. Was hoping to find more suggestions for my son to try. I try to get him to do the standard stuff: mow, snow removal, rake… But he has never been willing to do any manual labor. He wants to do the Youtube thing. I had the same talk as Deuces with him. He said “well, I will make a little money and it will be fun to do.” He has 2 more years before YouTube will let him post.
He is lazy. Always has been. Even when he was 3 he quit going house to house trick or treating because it was too much work. This happens every year. 4-5 house in and he feels he is not getting enough for his effort and stops. I offer chores for money all the time and he never takes me up on it. When he wants stuff I remind him he can do chores to earn money to get it. He goes, “I can wait for my birthday or Christmas.”
He gets offered money to do chores on the first day. The next day I make him do it without pay. He never does it the first time for pay??? He will do it only when I don’t give him a choice. I don’t know what to do.

Finding something “easy” and a “good business” is probably going to be very tough to do. Don’t have any specific suggestions, but finding a niche service or product that not too many are doing or want to do is the ticket IMHO. The people that I know that have really made out well in a business seem to fall into one of three categories. Extremely smart, work their azz off, or are doing something that almost nobody else is doing. Or a combination of all 3.

Rodwork wrote:

When I see “young” I think under 16 or unable to drive. Was hoping to find more suggestions for my son to try. I try to get him to do the standard stuff: mow, snow removal, rake… But he has never been willing to do any manual labor. He wants to do the Youtube thing. I had the same talk as Deuces with him. He said “well, I will make a little money and it will be fun to do.” He has 2 more years before YouTube will let him post.
He is lazy. Always has been. Even when he was 3 he quit going house to house trick or treating because it was too much work. This happens every year. 4-5 house in and he feels he is not getting enough for his effort and stops. I offer chores for money all the time and he never takes me up on it. When he wants stuff I remind him he can do chores to earn money to get it. He goes, “I can wait for my birthday or Christmas.”
He gets offered money to do chores on the first day. The next day I make him do it without pay. He never does it the first time for pay??? He will do it only when I don’t give him a choice. I don’t know what to do.

My only suggestion is to take it all away. No games no phone no computer no tablets no you tube. They are earned with chores. Laziness will only get worse as he grows. Laziness is not acceptable.
Kids these days watch YouTube and idolize these young rich spoiled kids. It’s not a reality just as much as it wasn’t a reality for me to be a ninja turtle when I was 7. Glad my folks shot me down when I was young.

If you are musically talented and are involved with your church, you can sing/play for funerals or weddings for pretty good money ($100-$150 per service). Accompanists also usually get paid for regular Sunday services too (approx. $50). Tax-free stipends.
This is what I usually see for Catholic parishes. Not sure about other denominations.

This is extremely dependent on everyone’s locale but where I’m from and have basically lived my whole life there’s gotta be a farmer somewhere that needs some help. Most farm work that a high school kid would be able to do is going to be hard and laborious but there may be work available. When I started milking with my dad it was simple, plug and play work: Wipe the udders. Put the milkers on. Scrape $hit. Shovel $hit. Good, simple work to be proud of. If you’re in proximity to a rural area but don’t see anything available I’d even reach out to some folks. Especially this year with farmers busy from first milking in the morning to the time the corn dryer is turned off at night, maybe someone would be glad to get a few hours of help.

I came up with a few more that I’ve seen work out:

-I know two local HS boys who started cleaning windows. They make great cash and have a few family friends share pictures and tag them on Facebook to keep busy.

-If you are by any large lake, marina, river, etc. there’s always cash in cleaning boats and pontoons. Our local marina has handed people cash who are willing to clean boats in the past. They will pull them and stage them, younger people just come in and do the work. If you go this route be sure they have masks, gloves, and understand chemical safety. Pontoon acid washing is extremely lucrative and relatively easy for someone who is responsible.

-We have a few local HS girls and boys (maybe 5 total) who have started their own “After School Club” where 2 days per week they take school aged kids and watch them on the school property either outside or in the commons area. They play games, supervise the bathroom, maybe bring a giant bag of popcorn or 2 and some waters for a “snack” while they watch a movie on rainy days. The school itself has a competing one, but due to staffing they cannot take every student that parents want to stick around after school.

-Car cleaning/detailing is another one that can be easy and lucrative. Don’t try to compete with the high end jobs that have a shop and all the resources used on show cars costing hundreds of dollars. Offer a basic vacuuming, armor all/dusting, and a basic outside wash that you can turn over in a hurry (no clay bars, shampooing, q-tipping vents). You’d be shocked what people will pay $40 for especially if you show up at their place to do it.

-Younger kids – sell produce and crawlers. A kid down the road used to sell 2 dozen crawlers for $5 cash. His parents had a decent sign and an older cooler that he’d keep maybe 20 dozen or so in per weekend a couple miles from the Pool 4 launch. Each day he’d go out and assess inventory and collect cash from a box. $0 startup cost and I know on a good summer weekend he’d sell a cooler full making $100+. If some a-hole stole from him he wouldn’t really be out much financially.

My little kids sell pumpkins and sweetcorn. Ita a good gig for them because all the cost and labor come from me. 6, 7, and 10 they will all help with everything when asked at least.

My seven year old daughter told me yesterday she wanted to get a job. I told her she could have mine and she said NO Thanks.

my 14 yr old is chomping at the bit to get a job. We want him to be more consistant in school and a year older before we allow it. He has started working with grandpa on the weekends helping him with his coins and collectables business. This is great for them to bond and earn a few bucks.

What does he want to work so much for? Save for a car you might think? Nope.

ME: “What will you do with the money you earn. Save for a car?”
Son: ” No Dad, if i want to go somewhere ill walk. Im gonna buy more RAM”.

WTF lol. kids these days lol. Hey as long as he isnt getting in trouble im fine with him being dorky.

If my kids graduate highschool without getting anymore pregnant, without being addicted to anything and with having some semblance of self confidence, ill be a happy man

crappie55369 wrote:

If my kids graduate highschool without getting anymore pregnant

Crappie…your keyboard ok?

Grandpa Crappie, congrats

Dan wrote:

Crappie…your keyboard ok?

hahaha. gotta watch out for those dual pregnancies.

crappie55369 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dan wrote:</div>
Crappie…your keyboard ok?

hahaha. gotta watch out for those dual pregnancies.

It is 2023. I will not rule anything out.

Best of luck Crappie!

I know another popular one is washing out trash and recycling cans. I personally don’t see the need to wash them, but a lot of people are more than happy to pay a neighborhood kid $20-30 to wash them out.

And btw congrats Grandpa Crappie!

Firewood is a great job for teenagers starting out. Its a good excuse to earn enough for a truck , and after a couple seasons of hand splitting an investment into a splitter and trailer.