Cody Berman Says 30 Side Hustles Led Him to Digital Products, Real Estate and a $2.30-Hour Flop
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Updated · Business Insider · Jun 24
Cody Berman Says 30 Side Hustles Led Him to Digital Products, Real Estate and a $2.30-Hour Flop
2 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jun 24
Summary
$35,000 in savings from a seven-month commercial real estate job helped Cody Berman quit corporate work and test more than 30 side hustles full time.
Berman said his most lucrative ventures were scalable "type two" hustles—especially his digital product business Gold City Ventures, real estate syndications and personal-finance content—that can keep earning after the initial work.
$2.30 an hour from online surveys was his worst side-hustle return, while delivering Uber Eats by bicycle in Australia paid about $12 to $15 an hour but proved too physically demanding.
For people needing cash quickly, Berman recommends "type one" hustles such as freelancing, Taskrabbit, Instacart or Uber, which can start paying immediately while longer-term projects mature.