Sell Your Stuff

• Check your garage or storage. Do you really need that riding mower you never use? Or what about that painting that's gathering dust in the closet? Or your bobblehead collection that you've lost interest in? Take some digital photos and post an ad on craigslist.org (which is totally free) or on ebay.com (which has a nominal fee for the listing). This will consist of maybe an hour-plus of work, and then the item will sell itself in the online market place. People make all of their income doing this these days, by setting up their own secondhand eBay stores, so if this goes well you may be embarking on a new career.
  
  

Pet Sitting

• Offer to start taking care of people's pets when they go out of town. You're not going to start a kennel here, but taking care of a couple dogs over the course of a week or weekend probably won't be much of a hassle and can make some good, extra income. The average kennel charges around $50 to $100 a night per pet, so you could charge a fraction of that cost and make a great amount of extra income, assuming you develop a reputation for taking good care of people's animals. This consists of feeding and watering them regularly, taking them out, and giving them the attention that most pets crave from their humans.
  
  

Fill Out Surveys

• There are a number of online sites that actually pay you to fill out surveys online in your down time. At toluna.com, you can earn points and rewards by simply filling out surveys and giving your opinion about certain products. These points can be exchanged for gift cards or gift certificates for your time and work, saving you money in the long run. Mysurvey.com is another site that focuses on the consumer opinion. The company behind the site is also the world's largest consumer panel and premiere global provider to corporations worldwide. So they rely on your opinion and will pay you for it.