-If you are looking to make some extra cash fast, you're in the right place. Going door to door and offering your service to repaint or touch-up people's painted address numbers on the curb is one of the most simple, and quick ways to make a couple hundred bucks whenever you need it. All you need to get started is a couple cans of black and white spray paint, some numbered stencils from the hardware store, and some masking tape to align the numbers on the curb for the given address that you are painting. These materials will cost you no more than $25 to get started, and the return on that investment will be at least 10x.

-Dedicate a couple hours a week to providing this service to neighbors or anybody who's home you drive by and notice that they could use a little touch up on their address numbers on the curb. (Before you go door to door, do a couple of practice stencils on a piece of cardboard until you get the hang of it.) When you make contact with the prospect at the door, simply explain to them that you noticed their curbside address numbers have faded and become hard to read. Explain to them the benefits of having a bright, legible, and clearly painted address on the curb such as visitors, postmen, delivery drivers, and emergency personnel's ability to locate the correct house. 9/10 times when you explain these things to them as well as insure them that you will do a good job, they will agree to let you do the repainting and pay you in cash on the spot.

-So, just how much money can you make going door to door and offering to repaint people's address numbers on the curb? Let's break it down. It takes on average about 20 minutes from start to finish to get one house done. Assuming you charge a reasonable $20 per curb, that comes out to roughly $40- $60 an hour! (That sure beats the current federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr!) Now take that $60/hr figure and assume you took a day on the weekend every week to go out for a couple hours and offer this service to people in virtually any neighborhood you want! You have the ability and potential earn a few extra hundred dollars a week!

**Disclaimer: Check with local city ordinances to be sure they do not have specific codes prohibiting individuals from painting addresses on the curb.**