Sources of Potential Income

I want to work to earn income; I don't want handouts. 

THINGS I’M DOING NOW

Editing my mother's unpublished novel that I inherited and eventually publish it on Amazon Kindle. For now I sell it in installments for $10:  www.AndreaReynolds.com

Posting boxes and boxes of household items for sale on Facebook, NextDoor, and my own website, www.AndreasEstate.com. 

For Sale: 2 vintage metal boxes for cash or documents.

Stop spending: no printer ink, clothes, books, courses, dining out, etc.

Cooking meals from scratch to make my money go further. No convenience foods or fast foods. 

Applying for "rewards" that reduce my health insurance premiums.

Entering sweepstakes for a free home.

Finding ways to be frugal, like changing from Verizon mobile ($65) to Spectrum ($14), saving $51 a month.

Renting books from the library; not buying them unless free.

THINGS I STILL HOPE TO DO

Sell framed baby shirt of John Quincy Adams through an auction house.

Sell copies of my ebooks posted on www.AndreaReynolds.com/bookstore.html 

Sell small antiques I inherited (some Civil War era) through an auction house.

Publish my father's World War II letters home from the Pacific on Amazon.

Receive book editing assignments. (Some promised work did not materialize.)

Try to obtain refunds on Pennsylvania property tax for 2017 and 2018. 

Contact companies for refunds that I paid who didn't finish their work. 

Contact companies for payment for work I did but was not paid.

Start a GoFundMe page.

Start a Kickstarter Campaign for my mother's novel.

Sell the screenplay of my mother's novel: potential movie.

Write and sell short how-to books on Amazon Kindle. 

 

Transcribe and edit my mother's 4 short stories in a short anthology and publish on Amazon Kindle. 

Get corporate sponsorships for books I publish.

Speak to audiences on "Turning Adversity into Adventure."

Turn my business how-to books into paid seminars.

Do voiceovers for money.

Narrate audio books.

Write, publish, and sell my memoir. 

Write, publish, and sell a booklet on winning no-fee essay contests. 

Write, publish, and sell a booklet on neighborly charity. 

Finish all courses I paid for that will give me credentials for new services. 

Offer a month-long VIP program. 

Sell my Civil War era daguerrotypes. 

Sell my revolver and ammunition.

Sell my costume and handmade jewelry on Etsy. 

Write a home study course on building an advice empire, and turn it into a membership site. 

Sell my Tiffany, sterling silver fruit dish. 

Sell family silver, small pieces.

Offer affiliate sales. 

Sell some dishes to a replacement company.

Sell books out of my own library.

Find out if I'm entitled to a $200 survivor payment from Canada.

Sell my 12 domains and/or the websites with them.

THINGS I'VE DONE

Filed my 2020 tax return to obtain my $600 stimulus payment, to acquire 4 more credits toward social security, and receive a refund of $213. Never received the  refund, nor the $600 stimulus check, nor any credits.

Filed an amended tax return for 2019. Got a refund, but no credits toward Social Security. 

 

Filed an amended tax return for 2018. No refund and no credits. 

Applied for EBT card (food stamps). I now receive monthly SNAP benefits. 

Sold my motor scooter. The sale allowed me to pay bills for 4 months. 

Closed my only savings account that was earmarked for my burial/funeral. Using that money now for bills.

Applied for Social Security. I'm not eligible: I need 20 more credits, and my income has been so low that I'm accumulating only one credit a year if any. 

Asked Social Security if will accept my Canadian earnings as work credits. No response in two years.

Applied for Supplemental Security Income. I'm not eligible because I have more than $2,000 in assets. 

Applied for Medicaid. Denied. 

Applied for low cost health insurance. Got it. 

Applied for the county senior homestead exemption. Got it. My property tax is now only 10% of what I paid I Pennsylvania.

Applied for an energy grant. Not possible. Tried for weeks to get an appointment. 

Set up a Sell-Buy-Give page on Facebook for my local community. Worked 10 hours a day for 17 months as sole admin and asked 400 members who were making money if they would subscribe for $10 a year to keep the site open. Only 4 people were willing; about 100 called me selfish, greedy, and dishonest. I shut it down.

THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO, BUT MAY HAVE TO IF ALL ELSE FAILS

Sell my condo. (Then I'll be homeless.) 

Sell my van, not currently in my possession. (Then I'll be without a vehicle and backup home.)

Sell my golf cart, my only method of transportation currently.

Sell my bicycle, which provides some exercise for my legs by riding on the golf course paths.

Clean houses. My body hurts too much as it is.

Offer lower-priced consults; lowering my worth as a PR expert.

Work as a grocery store cashier. My doctors don't want me to do work requiring me to stand still. Not good for my legs.

Paying for renovations to my condo to reduce my assets to qualify for SSI.

Marrying someone to eventually be eligible for an amount of Social Security equal to half of theirs.

 

Feel free to offer new ideas not listed here, in the comments.

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