1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (122 page)

758 FIX BIKES.
Gas prices are all over the map these days, causing more people to bike to work. Advertise yourself in well-populated office buildings; you can fix several bikes per day and have an “in by 9 ready by 5 policy.”

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759 CONVERT A HOME FROM OIL TO GAS.
Gas is cleaner and cheaper than oil (which has to be delivered — it just seems so milkman ancient). Making the switch over is tricky business, though, so make sure you know what you're doing. Gas might burn cleaner, but neither gas nor oil is something people want leaking.

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760 CONVERT A HOME FROM GAS TO ELECTRIC.
Even cleaner than gas, electric heat is the ultimate in green heating. Help wanna-be environmentalists convert their house from gas to electric. When you're done, you can help them go paperless (see entry 301) and cut down on electricity use (see entry 761).

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761 FIX UP PEOPLE'S HOMES TO REDUCE ELECTRIC BILLS.
Put timers on lights, replace old bulbs with energy-efficient ones, and counsel people on their electronics use. For example, does that DVD player need to be plugged in and ready to go 24/7? I thought not.

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762 REWIRE SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
This is great for people who purchased a “fixer-upper” and aren't so much into the “fixing” aspect, especially when it comes to the wiring. All those high-tech gadgets need to be charged somewhere, even in extremely old houses that were built before the dawn of the iPod.

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763 CONVERT A CELLAR OR ATTIC INTO A NEW ROOM.
Did your friend mention wanting to rent out an extra room or turn a basement room into a darkroom to rent out? (Wonder where he got those ideas …) Make these spaces livable by putting your carpentry and plumbing skills to the test.

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