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One of the most upvoted responses came from someone running a small laundry service. “I make $450-600/week doing this pretty part-time and mostly from home,” they wrote. Their setup is simple: about six families, plus a few hours spent folding and putting clothes away in clients’ homes.
It works because laundry never stops. Families with busy schedules are happy to pay for convenience, especially when it becomes a weekly routine.
Tutoring showed up as another reliable earner. One person said their mom makes “$400 a week tutoring in the evenings after work,” while another shared a higher-end example of a tutor charging $70 an hour, sometimes $100 on weekends. The demand is steady, and clients often stick around long term.
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Offline Services Still Dominate
A major theme across the thread was that local, service-based work continues to outperform trend-driven online ideas.
Simple jobs like yard work, gutter cleaning and trash can services came up repeatedly. “A ton of people hate to mow and edge their lawn… you can get yourself a regular clientele that’ll easily bank a few extra hundred a month,” one commenter said. The key is turning one-time jobs into recurring services.
Even hyper-specific services can work. One person said they restore cloudy car headlights and charge $99 per job. Another suggested focusing on neighborhood problems, like replacing old mailbox posts. “Here are three choices, here are the three prices, pick one, and it’ll be done by Saturday,” they described a streamlined approach that saves time and increases profits.
