5 Great Business Ideas You Can Do and Earn Cash Over the Summer

Sunshine Red
There are several businesses you can start for very little cash to get them going. These can be done from home, starting part time till you can get business going well, then you can go into fulltime as your business increases. Or you can just do these over the summer to earn extra money.

1. Evening day care. There are many daycare centers available for daytime workers. But some parents have night time schedules, or would like to go out for an evening, and finding child care for odd hours is often difficult. This is a market that hasn't really been saturated with businesses doing this. If you have the room, you can have the child spend the night for third shift workers. Word of mouth will help your business grow quickly.

2. Lawn care business. If you have a riding mower or a push mower you can cut other people's yards. This is a great way to not only earn extra money but also to lose some weight and get back into shape. This can be done in the evenings and weekends and is a great way to make extra cash.

3. Pool cleaners. During the summer everyone loves being in the pools but no one likes cleaning them. Cleaning pools are easy to do and just asking around people who owns pools will get you several jobs quickly.

4. Gardner is another job that you can do over the summer that takes only a few hours a week. You can tend to people's gardens weeding, and making sure that everything looks great. Not only will you get paid to do it, you may even be able to get some home grown fresh vegetables from them. If you don't have room to plant your own garden you may be able to negotiate planting some of your plants at their garden to grown.

5. Auto Detailing. Everyone likes to drive a clean car. Sometimes there isn't enough time to wash and detail the car the way that you would like it. This is something that you can do, wash, wax and vacuum out the car on a weekly basis. All these jobs are easy to start and will make you extra cash over the summer months. It will also help you get into shape and allow you to be outside and enjoy the summer weather. These are all easy to start and don't require money to get the businesses started. Word of mouth will help your business increase, and if your children are old enough they can go along and help you.

Published by Sunshine Red

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  • Elizabeth Damons3/19/2008

    Sound like good ideas!

  • 3lilangels3/18/2008

    Cool idea, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Pearlygates3/18/2008

    These are some good ideas!

  • Cheryl Myers3/14/2008

    I never thought of auto detailing. That would be an interesting one, especially for a high school or college guy.

  • Harriet Steinberg2/25/2008

    I'll stick to online writing if I can.

  • Bridgitte Williams2/25/2008

    I liked the auto detailing idea! :-) Good article!

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