My husband and I make money working from home. We don't make a great deal of money, not thousands of dollars, but we do average about $150.00 to $200. a week. We find that working outside of the home is fun, profitable, and extremely easy to do and provides us with money to eat out or buy the "extra" things we need above our limited income.

The first way that we make money is by recycling metals. Every two to three weeks, we load up our little two wheeled trailer, and head to the junk yard. Yes, I did say junk yard. With the war in Iraq, the price of heavy metals has increased and junk yards will pay you money for metals like Aluminum, Cast Iron, Copper, Brass, and many others. To date, we have recycled old stoves, lawn chairs, refrigerators, and dryers, old microwaves, and we have been able to bring in almost a hundred dollars a load. There was one weekend that we actually made two hundred dollars. If I was working at minimum wage 8 hours a day I would make about $57.00 dollars a day.

Where do we get the junk that we sell to recyclers? Well, many people just leave their junk out for the junk man. If the Junk man is resourceful, he will go through and find the recyclable items and sell them to metal recyclers. Copper is paying about $3.00 a pound in our area now. Aluminum cans are 65 cents a can.

My husband is a pack rat, and fills up our garage with things we really don't need, but when we get a good price for some of them at the junk yard I don't mind. You can also check your garage and yard for recyclable materials. We've all seen old cars abandoned, well these cars are worth $180.00 a piece in an "as is" condition. You do now need a title to sell these abandoned cars to the junkyard. They will even come and get them from you without charging a fee, they pay you for the privilege. Junk Dealers have paid as much as $75.00 to $200. for an old car, but sometimes they pay $250.00. The price of the car depends on the overall tonnage weight of the car. This is just one way people are making money in recycling. Sometimes, people buy a working car for $200.00 and then take the car apart and sell the different items. You can make a lot of money doing this if you have a list of people ready to buy these items from you.

Here is another way to make extra money for your home. Everyone's favorite way to make extra money is to have a yard sale. To have a yard sale go through your home, find all the things that are just taking up space and

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