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Buying a flat as a singleton on average salary
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Umm, matched betting is a zero-risk activity is it? No risk of losing money at it...?0
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Umm, matched betting is a zero-risk activity is it? No risk of losing money at it...?
If you folllow instructions precisely then yeh you wont lose money.
One of my close girlfriends used Oddsmonkey (which you can use for free) and eventually went for the paid service as she's made around £800 so far. I think it gives you leads and makes everything easier with what to do and provides guides and support.
She also does pet sitting on Dogbuddy and pawshake and has raked in loads of regular customers as she's a teacher she has a lot of time off during summer. This is an extra £400 a month and she's made around £2500 doing this. But per visit she only charges about £12? And an overnight stay in the houses she charges around £50 which is super cheap but she loves animals and is that vegan, animal and earth loving type of person with the ability to side hustle thrown in. I've gone to some of the houses she's sitting for and they're huge-!!! mansions with swimming pools in the Kentish countrysides!!!
She did say both of those things takes a lot of her free time up though. Thats the main issue she needed to dedicate it to that and she's given up match betting to continue dog sitting because she enjoys it more.
Sorry it seems like I'm so money orientated but this stuff interests me0 -
Yeh, you can do extra work in your spare time and earn more. This is not news.
I'm merely questioning the wisdom of gambling as an "income boost"...0 -
Yeah, it's not really a reliable source of income.
Also, my girlfriend didn't follow instructions clearly to start off with and she lost £50 but done properly it is risk free!0 -
Not even if I was on the bones of me 4rse would I consider gambling to make money.
My father always said "you have the same number of hours in the day as Einstein, use them." E.g. Sitting watching a film will not make you money, standing doing ironing you've taken in while watching a film will make you money.Shout out to people who don't know what the opposite of in is.1 -
Oh isit?? I did look up Barking and it said they were mostly BNP voters who also voted for Brexit so I was bit like uhmmm but I was ready to be unjudgemental, desperate and move there at one point.
Hahaha yes we can!
You’re already so on it and doing as much as you can to save up which is really good !! I think all you need to do is keep going.
Ive also never heard of those receipt things you mentioned I’m going to take a look! You’re a G for suggesting those. More $$$$ !!
I started saving probably around a similar age to you around 23 as I saved for 3 years. Now… I’m like 0% money. 0% Savings lol what comes in goes back out *facepalm* but working on it again.
Yeh I think everyone’s different with different situations so its hard sometimes to ask for advice thats why the forums are the best because you get the opinions of about 20 different people from all walks of life with more experience and you kinda get a bigger scope. Your friends are probably not thinking about this stuff right now like mine weren’t so it’s hard having no one to talk to !
GOOD LUCK & I’m here if you wanna ask me any more questions or share whatever bargains/other apps you found useful loool.
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@AdrianC
Yup zero risk as long as you follow instructions (think someone else mentioned that too).
I joined Profit Accumulator, forum is great for helping and will quickly make you money.
For context, I started it with £500 2.5 years ago and I’m about to hit £50k profit in the next month!
Someone else said they wouldn’t consider ‘gambling’ at all, which I think is crazy! Bookies fleece people as much as they can so it’s about time we make some guaranteed money out of them! It’s helped my girlfriend and I to purchase our first and now second house, as well as some nice holidays, helping family, cars etc. It’s a no brainier!0 -
LeagueOfWolf wrote: »Oh isit?? I did look up Barking and it said they were mostly BNP voters who also voted for Brexit so I was bit like uhmmm but I was ready to be unjudgemental, desperate and move there at one point.
Hahaha yes we can!
You’re already so on it and doing as much as you can to save up which is really good !! I think all you need to do is keep going.
Ive also never heard of those receipt things you mentioned I’m going to take a look! You’re a G for suggesting those. More $$$$ !!
I started saving probably around a similar age to you around 23 as I saved for 3 years. Now… I’m like 0% money. 0% Savings lol what comes in goes back out *facepalm* but working on it again.
Yeh I think everyone’s different with different situations so its hard sometimes to ask for advice thats why the forums are the best because you get the opinions of about 20 different people from all walks of life with more experience and you kinda get a bigger scope. Your friends are probably not thinking about this stuff right now like mine weren’t so it’s hard having no one to talk to !
GOOD LUCK & I’m here if you wanna ask me any more questions or share whatever bargains/other apps you found useful loool.
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Yeah girl, I'll send you a message! xThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
@Luis1988
"Zero risk as long as you follow instructions". I'd be interested to see those instructions.
Quite frankly it'd take a copy of your bank statements and receipts and all kinds of paperwork for actual undeniable proof of both your £50k profit and that it's "zero risk", all looked over by my solicitor (and another one for a second opinion), before I even thought about considering putting some money in.
I still wouldn't though.Shout out to people who don't know what the opposite of in is.0 -
My suspicion is that any interest in the concept will quickly result in an affiliate link to sign up...0
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