I really like what Derek did with this week’s idea for making an extra grand per month by cutting grass. This was actually the first way that I made real money in 1980 when I was 12 years old. In the summer, I went around the neighborhood and put 3 x 5 cards in mailboxes offering my lawn cutting services. I managed to secure 5 clients and cut their lawns once per week. Four of the lawns were 1/2 acre like ours and the one across the street was a double lot on the corner which made it a full acre.
It took me 2 hours to cut the smaller lots with a push mower and twice as long for the larger lot. I was paid $10 for the smaller ones and $20 for the larger one. Boy, I thought it was the greatest thing to make so much money
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