1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (8 page)

38 SELL YOUR GOLD.
Turn over your jewelry box and dump out its contents. That earring that doesn't have a match — guess what? You're not going to find the other one. That chain that's knotted beyond untangling? Don't bother. That watch with the cracked face and broken clasp? Time to give it up. Send whatever mismatched, broken, and unwanted pieces of gold jewelry you have in to one of those cash-for-gold operations, or go to your friendly neighborhood pawnshop.

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39 SELL YOUR SILVER.
Forever runner-up to its yellow precious-metal counterpart, reselling your silver can net you just as much cash as selling your gold. So whether you decide to hock that gaudy bauble of an anniversary gift, those candlesticks from Nana, or that contested silver medal you won while juicing — it's up to you. Why settle for second best when you can have a fistful of ones?

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40 RENT YOUR CAR.
Who needs Zipcar when they have
you
? You're sitting on your couch watching a
Law & Order
marathon. You're not going anywhere. Why not let someone else take your wheels for a spin? Set an hourly rate and get the assignment of responsibilities in writing (gas, repair costs, etc.). The nicer your car, though, the riskier it is letting someone else behind the wheel.

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41 CASH IN YOUR CAR.
Maybe all this renting out of your coupe makes you realize that you don't actually need it. If that's the case, put that sucker up for sale. You have a few options. You can park it in front of your house with a “For Sale” sign in the window, put an ad online, or sell it to a used car lot. It's probably best to ballpark the return on each based on your particular ride before deciding.

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42 LAUNCH A MOVIE RENTAL BUSINESS.
In the same spirit of becoming Mom 'n Pop Zipcar, cash in on another financially sound entrepreneurial enterprise — the direct-to-mail movie rental business. If you have a big enough DVD library and the wherewithal to keep up with mailing out requests, put your catalog out to the masses and see who bites. Just be sure to undercut the competition, while keeping rental costs high enough to cover mailings.

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43 TURN YOUR HOME INTO A FILM SET.
How cool would it be to watch actors chew the scenery — and have that scenery be your house? It could happen. All you have to do is take some pictures of your home and post them on a site like
FilmingLocations.com
. If a location scout thinks your house has the chops to be in the pictures, it could become a star. Beware though, if the film gets a cult following, you may get some film geeks standing outside reciting lines at all hours of the night.

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