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i need money bad!
OKay I'm getting a new car I'm 15 and I really want a nice one so could you please give me some ways to get money? I need a lot in a about 9 months. My estimate is around 40,000 but prolly not as much cus my parents will pay for some of it. But anyway I can please help me out!
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Honestly? $40,000 in 9 months time is $4445 per month you need to earn and save. Yah, that's quite a bit of dough. Especially for a 15 year old.
Not trying to discourage you at all, but I just want you to be sure that you understand that you have set a very high goal for yourself, considering that, sadly, it is hard for some one of your age to get a job that will earn you that much money in a month's time. (I'm nearly 30 and lucky to bring home half that much in a month, myself, just FYI)
Like I said, I'm not out to discourage you at all. I hope you achieve your goal. But you will have to do more than just odd jobs to reach the amount of money for the car.
You may want to apply at your local restaurants, department stores, or grocery stores. If you live near a mall, apply for work in the shops. If you live in a rural community with farms, you can see about working as a farm hand.
Be sure that when you go in to inquire about applying for a job that you ask up front if they hire teens below the age of 16. OSHA child labor laws are very strict on how many hours you can work if you are under 16, so they may not hire from that age group. If they don't, then there is no sense in wasting your time at that place.
I would see about doing a few odd jobs on the side as well, for a little extra cash. Summer is afoot, people like to pay kids to mow their yards, possibly even washing/waxing their cars.
I hope I didn't sound like a lot of doom and gloom, but I want to be sure that you know exactly what you are getting yourself into by trying to save that much money in that short of a period of time. You are going to have to work very, very hard.
I hope your parents are planning to help you with a fair chunk of that money, and I do hope you get the car you seek.
Good luck to you!
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1. Do you have any friendly old people as neighbours? They usually have lots of tasks you can do around their houses (tending to gardening, shoveling snow, cutting grass, be creative). Most will say yes to whatever you have in mind, just because many are lonely and will welcome company.
2. You could expand this to find more work... ei one you start cutting grass for one person, ask some more
3. dogwalking, or petsitting, if you know a nieghbour will be away
4. Babysitting. It doesn't pay a lot per hour, but once the kids are asleep, you are basically being payed to do homework. That's my kind of multitasking.
5. Chores around the house. Bonus: you don't have to put much effort into getting to know your clientel
If all else fails in the freelnce deprtment, you could start checking out actual compagnies that could hire you. Although most jobs are more looking for people who are sixteen, shop around because many still hire minors. Your best bet is probably with relatives that own a business, or you could just do a google search on jobs/ visit a mall, get your resume out there, and see what happens.
Good luck!
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