Before the school’s final bell is even rung, many students are already turning to summer vacation. Some use summer to catch up on rest and chill, while others make the most by finding a side hustle to earn extra cash. However, with so many different options, people do not know where to start, so here are the top 3 most effective side hustles for the summer of 2024, coming from someone with experience in all these categories.
The first side hustle is a lawn mowing business. It is as simple as it sounds, just go around mowing people’s grass. For a lawn mowing business, you could need to spend money on equipment and also will need to find customers, which could take time. If you charge $50 per lawn and manage to mow 15 lawns per week, you could bring home a decent $750 per week, around $3000 a month. To find your first clients, you could either go door to door or start doing social media promotion to get your name out. If you will only be mowing grass and get yourself foldable equipment, you could save yourself money and trouble by being able to fit the mower in an SUV or maybe even the trunk of your car. The plus side to this business is you could be working with your friends, which would make it more fun and you will be active and get in exercise while you work too.
“In your first year, it’s likely you can easily pick up 10 clients and bring in $20k,” said yourgreenpal.com when asked, “How much can you make mowing lawns your first year?” “Some solo lawn care companies make only $10k a year, while others make millions.”
Yourgreenpal.com talks about the potential of a lawn mowing business and how much you could be bringing home. However, it is important to remember that a summer side hustle will not get you the full results of working a full-time business, but you can get an idea of how much money you could be bringing in if you put the time and effort into expanding your business
The second side hustle is pet sitting and dog walking. This side hustle is easy to do but could be less profitable than the others. All you are doing is watching someone’s pets or walking their dog when they can’t. One concern about this business would be that the clients would need to trust you to leave their pets in your hands. However, if you start and stay loyal to the business and make a good reputation, this job will get easier as time goes on.
“Generally speaking, if you get this side hustle going, you can make quite a profit,” says scoutforpets.com, when asked if pet sitting actually could be profitable. “If you can reserve 3 dogs, that works up to $100 every day, which is a lot of money.”
Depending on how many clients you get and the rates you charge, you can make a good amount of money, especially since you will only be working for a few hours as a side hustle.
The third side hustle is power washing. Like a lawn mowing business, a power washing business does require some start-up costs that can start from $500 and can increase depending on the scale of the business you’re planning. For a power washing business, you can either power wash people’s driveways and/or you can power wash people’s homes. If you put in the time and do this right, power washing could turn into a very profitable business. If you charge $200 for a driveway and powerwash 1 driveway a day, you could be bringing home around $6,000 a month. However, keep in mind that this $6,000 would not be all profit and your start-up cost will need to be calculated in your income.
“A part-time pressure washing business can make $54,000 per year in revenue,” said projectionhub.com when asked, “How much profit can you make power washing?” “If you’re making $6,000/month in revenue, and spending just under $1,000 in operational expenses, you could potentially be seeing $5,000 in profits each month.”
Whether you are looking to make some extra money or learn some real-world skills, make sure to dive into one or more of these side hustles in the summer of 2024. These 3 side hustles will help your personal growth and will not leave your pockets disappointed.
