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A Lawyer Side Hustling Towards Financial Independence

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Hi, I'm Kevin and I'm an attorney, sharing economy expert, and the blogger behind Financial Panther. I paid off $87,000 worth of student loans in just 2.5 years by choosing not to live like a big shot lawyer. I started this blog to share all I know about personal finance, travel hacking, and making more money by side hustling. Click here to learn more about me.
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Thanks for subscribing and joining the thousands of other Financial Panther followers! Check your email for a welcome message with additional resources for you to look over. Below is a list of all the apps I have used to make some extra cash.

Make sure to bookmark this page and come back, as I will keep updating this list with new apps I try out (new apps/tools will have a green background).
Also, if you have any side hustle apps you’ve seen or tried out, feel free to write about them below, or email me at [email protected] and I will check them out.

Last Updated: 1/15/18

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Home Sharing
Dog Sitting/Dog Walking
Food Delivery
Delivery
Grocery Delivery
Picture-taking Apps
Receipt Apps
Short Survey Apps
Scooter Charging
Task Apps
Secret Shopper Apps
Miscellaneous

Home Sharing

Airbnb

Your house is probably your most expensive asset – and if you’re like most people, you probably have a lot of extra space sitting unused. If you have a spare room or you travel regularly, consider taking advantage of your extra space and put it up on Airbnb.

Become An Airbnb Host

Dog Sitting/Dog Walking

Rover – Dog Sitting

Create your own dog sitting business with Rover. I’ve been dog sitting using Rover for several years now, and it’s been a great and fun source of extra income. It’s even better if you already have a dog, since taking care of a second dog really isn’t that much more work.

Become A Sitter

Wag – Dog Walking

Wag is an on-demand dog walking app and is one of my favorite apps. I use it to get paid to walk dogs near me.

Become A Walker

Food Delivery

Postmates

Food delivery apps are the ultimate Mustachian side hustle – you basically can get paid to bike. I’ve been doing Postmates for years, delivering food in my spare time on my bike.

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Uber Eats

Uber Eats is another food delivery app that lets me do deliveries on my bike. The main downside with Uber Eats is that it doesn’t tell you where your delivery is going in advance.

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DoorDash

DoorDash is another food delivery app that I use because it lets me do deliveries on my bike.

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GrubHub

Delivery app that shows you where you will pickup and drop off food, and how much you will make ahead of time. It’s a solid app, but the only problem is they don’t seem to allow delivery by bike right now.

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Tapingo

Tapingo is a delivery app for college campuses. I liked it because I live near a large college and the delivery distances were always really short. They aren’t in my market anymore, but they might be in yours.

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Clustertruck

Clustertruck is basically a restaurant that only does deliveries. I signed up to do deliveries for Clustertruck and did a few. The annoying thing with Clustertruck is that they boot you off their platform if you don’t do a delivery every week.

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Caviar

Caviar was one of the first food delivery apps I signed up to do. They let you use your bike to do deliveries, it pays really well, and they tell you where your delivery is going before you accept. If they’re in your city, you should sign up for Caviar.

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Delivery

Amazon Flex

Amazon Flex has shifts where you deliver packages using your car. They also have on-demand food delivery, but you have to use a car when doing deliveries.

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Roadie

Roadie has a partnership with Delta to deliver lost bags to people. This can work out well if you’re already at the airport.

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Deliv

I haven’t used Deliv, but I’ve heard about it. You basically go around delivering stuff for businesses.

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Grocery Delivery

Instacart

App where you shop for groceries and deliver them to people. Could work for you if you like grocery shopping and are okay with driving.

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Shipt

I signed up for Shipt, but haven’t completed the process yet. I’ll update this once I know more about how it works. Basically, you deliver groceries to people.

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Picture-taking Apps

Job Spotter

Job Spotter is an app that everyone should use. You get paid to take pictures of hiring signs. It takes 5 seconds to take the picture, and your earnings will add up.

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Field Agent

Field Agent is an app where you take pictures of stuff in stores. I use it if I see anything close to me or if I’m at the store already.

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Gigwalk

Gigwalk is another one of these picture apps where you take pictures of stuff in stores. You should use it if you see any gigs near you.

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EasyShift

EasyShift is another picture app I use if there’s an easy gig at a store near me.

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Merchandiser

Merchandiser has a mix of easy picture taking gigs, and then some gigs that require you to work with the store manager. I usually only do the ones where I take pictures of stuff.

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Observa

Observa is another picture app that I do very sparingly. They don’t have a lot of gigs near me, but I see some every once in a while.

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Receipt Apps

Fetch

Fetch gives you money for taking pictures of grocery store receipts. Easy and fast.

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Receipt Hog

Take pictures of grocery store and convenience store receipts and earn coins that you can turn into cash.

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ReceiptPal

An app where you make a money for taking pictures of ANY receipt. I usually make about $50 a year from this app.

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Trunow

An app where you make a tiny amount of money for taking pictures of GAS receipts only.

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Coinout

I saw this on Shark Tank and it’s an easy app that lets you earn a few cents on every receipt you take a picture of.

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Short Survey Apps

Google Opinion Rewards

Google Opinion Rewards is a survey app from Google. You get sent short, 10-second surveys and get paid a small amount for each survey. It takes so little time to do the survey, so it’s worth having this app on your phone.

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1Q

1Q sends you 1 question surveys every once in a while. You earn 25 cents for each survey. I don’t get surveys very often, but it’s still worth having on your phone.

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Dabbl

Surveys take about 10 to 20 seconds to complete. You can cash out for a gift card once you hit $5. Not hard to do.

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Voxpopme

You get asked to record short 15 second clips of yourself responding to a question. Really easy to do.

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Scooter Charging

Bird

Get paid to charge Bird scooters during the night. These scooters are awesome!

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Lime

Get paid to charge Lime scooters during the night. I like Lime better than Bird, but it’s good to sign up for both.

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Task Apps

Task Rabbit

Get paid to do random tasks for people – usually helping people move, putting together furniture, or yard work. I don’t do too many Task Rabbit gigs, but it’s worth signing up to see if it’s worth it to you.

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Takl

Takl is similar to Taskrabbit. You get paid to do chores for people, such as cutting grass, cleaning their house, etc.

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Secret Shopper Apps

ISecretShop

Get paid (or reimbursed) to shop or dine at select locations, and report back through the app on your experiences.

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Marketforce

I like this app because it lets me get free food. They seem to have a lot of restaurant secret shop gigs that are easy to do.

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Miscellaneous Apps/Gigs

Draiver (Previously DriverDo)

Draiver is an app where you get paid to move rental trucks from one location to another. Can be fun if you like driving – and its nice because you’re not driving your own car.

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WeGoLook

WeGoLook can be a fun app. Insurance companies need people to go take photos. You’ll generally get paid $20 for every gig you complete.

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Comments

  1. Albert says

    Thanks for the list and the reviews!!!

    I am semi-retired so need a bit of extra income. I started with Uber, Lyft and Task Rabbit. Then Uber Eats. I love the side hustle life. My goal is to be able to side hustle in any location I happen to be. That way I can travel and visit family and friends and have the side hustles pay for meals and travel expenses during my visits.

    I basically like to drive.

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    • Financial Panther says

      I love it Albert! I do the same thing – I call it the “Postmates Vacation.” I always try to do Postmates in every city I’m in that has it, just to bea ble to say I did it. I was in Chicago last year and did Postmates and Wag while I was waiting around for my buddy to pick me up from the city.

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