I recently moved out of my mom's and into my aunt's. Around the same time it happened, i lost my job and am relying on death benefit income to source basically all of my bills. Long ass story short, I have rent, car payment, and some other stuff totaling to around $800 that i need to pay in a couple days, do you guys have any advice or tips on making some extra cash in Oregon? I got about $550 right now for the whole month until the 28th, all of the bills are in the next few days.
I need to make $250 In Oregon In the next few days, does anybody know what i should do?
byu/Starr69_ inpersonalfinance
Posted by Starr69_
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Talk to each party that you owe money to, explain the situation, and ask for an extension and/or waiver of late fees.
Then, sell anything you don’t need.
Look for work that pays cash – you’re living with your aunt, so ask if you can do helpful work in exchange for part of your rent. Help neighbors with yard work, childcare, etc.
Get your next job – if you aren’t selling something, or doing gig work, you need to be job hunting.
Selling your plasma is often a reliable way to make a few hundred quickly. There are usually incentives designed to get new donors in the door and keep them around for the first month.
You could also try gig work. Uber/Lyft/instacart tend to not be worth it after accounting for actual costs like depreciation on your vehicle and car insurance, but they do let you effectively extract a chunk of equity from the car you already own for fast cash.
How much is rent? Have you asked your aunt? Is she solvent?
I would just hand my niece/nephew $250 in that situation…especially if I was the one asking for rent.