Are you looking for a way to earn some extra money? Do you want to eventually earn a good income and maybe even quit your job? Without first quitting your current job or spending a fortune? Take a look at the following ideas and see if any interest you.

This list is not complete or exhaustive and will continue to be updated.

1. Garage Cleaning – Most garages need a complete cleaning or overhaul. It’s a task that many people would gladly pay someone else to do for them. You could be that someone else. Offer your services to homeowners, especially in upper-middle income brackets.

2. Commercial Cleaning: Residential or commercial (office) cleaning is in demand, and some people are cashing in and earning a good income. Offer business and/or high-income residents to do your office/home cleaning job. You choose to be paid by the room, by the square foot, or by the hour.

3. Concierge/Corporate Concierge – Helps with tasks like picking up dry cleaning, returning videos, finding limo services, planning events, taking cars in for oil changes, etc.

4. Nursery: A nursery in your home if you have a basement or extra room/space. You must purchase chairs and small tables, games, toys, and outdoor play items. Prices vary by area or neighborhood. Most states require a license and some training, especially first aid and infant CPR.

5. Summary of information: Summarize an article in one or two paragraphs, without losing the essence. You have to be fast and knowledgeable in your chosen field.

6. Errand Service: Charges by the hour to run a wide variety of errands for customers. Busy moms, single parents, executives, and seniors are good targets.

7. Web Writer: Search for articles on certain topics. A genuine interest or knowledge in the subject helps a lot here. You put the pieces together to make a tasty snack.

8. Relocation Consultant/Specialist: Your job is to help new people moving to a city find a house/apartment, job, schools, etc. according to need. This works best in cities with a large population.

9. Perfumer: Play around with different scent combinations until you find a uniquely pleasing fragrance.

10. Personal Shopper: Not to be confused with Mystery Shopping (below). Their job is to shop for busy executives. You charge by the hour and could include gift wrapping.

11. Mystery/Secret Shopper: You get paid to impersonate a customer and shop at department stores or malls. Their job is to inform the company about the service, cleanliness, etc. You get paid by the hour or with gift certificates, and in most cases, you keep your purchases.

12. Personal Chef – Requires great culinary skills or being a trained chef. As a personal chef, your job is to create and prepare great-tasting custom meals for individuals and families (who can afford the service, of course). More information: Personal Chefs Association of the United States.

13. Bed and Breakfast: You need an extra room or two that you can rent. You don’t need an extra bathroom but highly recommended. The best around tourist attractions. Breakfast can be just coffee and/or juice and a bowl of cereal.

14. Computer Tutor: If you have a knack for working with computers, you can earn some extra money helping newbies learn how to operate the systems.

15. Export Agent: Learn the basics of exporting (better if you have worked with exporting companies). Offer export services to small and medium-sized companies/manufacturers for a commission.

16. Resume Writer: Many people are scared to write a resume and would gladly pay someone else to do it for them. You can make a full-time living writing resumes – some resume writers earn six figure incomes!

17. Hair Care: If you’re good at cutting or styling hair, offer to cut or style at home or at work. They charge a little lower than the barbershop/salon. This saves busy people time and money. I could arrange to do this regularly, so they get their hair done regularly and you have a steady income.

18. Lunch/Dinner Delivery: Most people would like a good home-cooked meal, but don’t want or have time to cook. If you’re a good cook, you might offer to deliver home-cooked meals for lunch, dinner, or both. You could also specialize in ethnic dishes if you have a large population from a certain community in your area.

19. Drop Shipping: Sell products that you don’t have to store, ship, or even touch. Buy at wholesale price and sell at retail. Better yet, you can use your customers’ money to buy the products you’ve already sold. This is the beauty of something called Drop Shipping. The drop shipper packs and ships the products to your customer on your behalf. How sweet is that?

20. Candle Making: People, especially women, love candles for themselves or as gifts. They would especially love the unique handmade scented candles. This could be both fun and financially rewarding for you.

21. Crochet – If you are good at or interested in crocheting, you can earn some extra money from this. Better yet, this is something that can be done at odd times – what’s better than making some money using time that would have been wasted, while doing something you love?

22. Photography: Banks, insurance and advertising companies need up-to-date and accurate photographs of cars, boats and property. It is not practical to have a company representative in all areas and I would gladly pay someone to do so. You could be that someone.

23. Online auctions: People are earning a good income from home through online auctions, especially eBay(TM). And no, it’s not about emptying your garage (what happens when your garage runs out of stuff?). It also works well with Drop Shipping (#19 above).

Remember, you need very little money to start a work-at-home or home-based business venture, and you can start it in your spare time. I will continue to update this article with more ideas and tips.