{"post":{"id":422,"title":"Side hustle surveys say the average is $1,215/month extra — who here actually started from zero?","body":"A LendingTree survey going around says side hustlers average about $1,215 a month in extra income. I have roughly 10 free hours a week and a budget of exactly $0 — no car, no spare room, no audience. For people who genuinely started with nothing: what was the first thing that actually paid, and how long did the first dollar take? Not interested in course pitches, just the honest path.","community":"Money","score":3,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":409,"name":"Flip stuff you already own first","score":1},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T18:15:55.958Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/422","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":409,"name":"Flip stuff you already own first","body":"The first dollar is always boring. Sell things from your own closet on Marketplace, then buy underpriced stuff, clean it, relist it. $0 startup cost. My first $40 came from a chair I almost threw out. That survey average includes people who already had businesses running — ignore it and just count your own first dollar, then repeat whatever worked.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-10T18:22:46.199Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}