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Make money renting out your unused space. Neighbor is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects those looking for affordable storage to those looking to monetize their unused space. It's currently available in the US and Canada, and hosts are earning, on average, $100-$300/month on the platform.

If you have a garage, parking spot, attic, bedroom, or some other underutilized space, you can list it on Neighbor for free and turn it into recurring revenue.

To learn more, read the full Neighbor review here.

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Get paid to share your browsing history? Another new passive income opportunity I came across this week is called Surf. It's a browser extension that'll pay you to monitor the sites you visit.

Sounds intruding, right? Well, the extension lets you see exactly what you're sharing (mostly just URLs and the time of visit), but yeah, it does require you to give up some privacy.

That said, my short experience with it has been good. Points add up quickly and there are a lot of gift card payout options to choose from.

If you're in the US or Canada, try it out here or sign up for the waitlist to get notified when Surf goes live in your country.

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The story and lessons learned from ConverKit’s failed name change to Seva. An interesting read that goes to show even large, already-successful companies sometimes make huge costly mistakes that, in hindsight, could've been avoided quite easily. 

In this particular case, before making a name or brand change, do extensive research.

The story of a $4k/month freelance copywriter. This is more of a guide than a story -- either way it's helpful. 

Copywriting (i.e. writing for the purpose of advertising/marketing something) has been a valuable and in-demand skill for a very long time now, and it will likely continue to be as long as the internet sticks around. Many copywriters make $10k+ per month without a problem.

If you enjoy writing and could see yourself helping brands and businesses put together things like ads, sales pages, website homepages -- things like that -- this could be a viable path for you. 

What I like most about the guide is that it's written by someone who started on Fiverr, and still uses it today. Too many people trash-talk Fiverr but it can be a great source of work if you use it right.

Make sure there's a market. “If there are many jobless painters in the market, do not make painting your job. If you like to paint, please paint! But do not make it your job.” 

From the article: How I Got Wealthy Without Working.

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There are millions of millionaires. In the US alone, there are 20.27 million millionaires. And to show how insane being a billionaire is, there are only 788 of those. 

Is that more or less than you would've guessed?

A couple of other crazy stats: 76% of US millionaires are white and 43.4% of the world’s wealth is controlled by the top 1%. (source)

5-minute money hacks. There's a saying that goes something like, "If you can do it in 5 minutes or less, do it now." 

That saying has really stuck with me ever since I heard it. Instead of procrastinating about a bunch of small things, I get them done (most of the time) as they come along.

Here are some quick money hacks that you can get done right now to improve your financial future.

The first hack is to invest $50 in the stock market. While this likely won't make you rich, it gets you over the hump of getting started. Lots of people are scared of investing, but these days, it's easy. You can get 2 free stocks from Wealthsimple (if you're in the US or Canada), just by signing up. 

A new COVID variant discovered in Africa caused a drop in stocks. oil prices, and crypto. 

Even though South African scientists were extremely quick in reporting the variant, travel bans caused by it are going to hurt their economic recovery massively. Let's hope this gets under control quickly.

🔮 Crypto: Crypto total market cap stayed pretty flat during the week until Friday, which saw a loss of around $200 billion.

Headlines:

• El Salvador announces a Bitcoin city and Bitcoin bonds (Trustnodes)

Price data is as of 8:30 PM PDT.

📈 Stocks: Major indexes ended in the red this week. Things could be looking up ahead though if history repeats itself:

"Since 1950, the S&P 500 has risen by an average of 1.5% in December, logging a post-holiday gain more than 80% of the time. And when the market rose between Thanksgiving and year-end, three-quarters of the time it went on to deliver a gain in the following year." (EJ)

Get 2 free stocks. Limited time from Wealthsimple Trade by signing up here (US and Canada only). 

This is the platform I currently use to do my individual stock picking on (which I don't do a lot of so it gets the job done). They have crypto accounts as well, but I'm still waiting for them to allow withdrawals there.

Beginner breakdown on NFTs. Some interesting notes in this thread from Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo.  For example, I had never heard of Fractional.art -- it's a neat idea that allows you to buy fractions of NFTs (sort of like how Masterworks lets you buy fractions of famous art). 

Overall, as Noah says, NFTs still have a long way to go. I expect things to change quite a bit from where they are today. That could also mean big projects today might be forgotten in a year or two. We'll see.