With high school keeping most students busy,it can sometimes be hard to earn extra money. Below are some helpful tips to help you earn money ASAP.

1.     Start a business. Offer to walk neighborhood dogs, mow yards, wash cars.  The possibilities are too many to list, but if you are good at something, why not see if you can make money doing it.
2.     Ask your parents if you can be paid to do chores in your home.
3.     Find loose change in your home and car and take it to a local Coin Star machine at your Neighborhood Walmart, you’d be surprised at how much it can all add up to.
4.     Offer to babysit, once you put your number out there, the opportunities will soon catch up to you.
5.     Go through your closet and find clothes and accessories that you don’t wear or don’t fit you, and take them to a Re-Sale shop, such as Plato’s Closet or Uptown Cheapskate. They can give you store credit or cash up front for your exchanges.
6.     Sell old Prom/Homecoming attire online, since it’s likely you only wore them once, you can set a higher price for your items.
7.     Clean your room out. Set up an Ebay account and put up old furniture, storage units, clothes, accessories, bags, bedding, electronics, etc.
8.     Take a part-time job. This way, it is easier for you to get more flexible hours that are better for you.
9.     Convince your parents to have a yard sale, if they agree, ask them if you can keep the money you earn from the things you sell.
10.  Recycle scrap metal to a local salvage yard. Things like old bolts, screws, cookie sheets that you don’t use anymore can bring you cash.
11.  Instead of burning them, take your old school-required reading books to a Half-Price Books; this way you earn it, without burning it.

Check out the interview below with the Money Matters teacher, Mrs. Harding, for more helpful tips and tricks on how to expand and save your money.

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