Zillow Home Loans Getting My Mortgage Through Zillow? My Experience with Zillow Home Loans Wait, Zillow, the house-browsing website, gives mortgages too?! It felt surprising but also kinda convenient! Since I was already using Zillow constantly for my house hunt, exploring their Zillow Home Loans option felt natural. It was like finding out my favorite … Read more
Website Development/Design Services (Freelance) How I Made My First $500 Building a Simple WordPress Site for a Friend A friend starting a small bakery needed a basic website but had a tiny budget. Knowing I was learning WordPress, she asked for help. I offered to build a simple 5-page site (Home, About, Menu, Gallery, Contact) … Read more
FreeWill How I Created My Last Will and Testament Absolutely FREE Using FreeWill WOW! Imagine getting the magic instructions for “who gets my toys” completely FREE! That’s FreeWill! I needed a basic will but worried about the cost. Then I found FreeWill, answered simple questions on their website, and poof! It created a proper will … Read more
Better Mortgage How Better Mortgage Gave Me a Loan Estimate in Minutes (And Was It Accurate?) Imagine wanting to know how much a giant ice cream sundae (a mortgage!) might cost, and getting a price tag almost instantly! Better Mortgage did that! I answered questions online, and bam – a detailed Loan Estimate appeared in … Read more
Paid Advertising Management (Freelance/Agency) How I Landed My First $1k/Month Facebook Ads Client (With a Tiny Budget Case Study) I needed proof I could manage ads. I ran a small Facebook Ads campaign ($50 budget) for my own tiny side project (selling digital prints). I meticulously tracked results – clicks, conversions (a couple of sales!), … Read more
How I Cut 10 Seconds and Gained 100K Views Can you believe snipping just a tiny bit made so many more people watch? My video felt okay, but something was off, like a song with a boring part. Viewers were leaving early! I felt frustrated. So, I looked super closely and found 10 seconds where… … Read more
Trust & Will How I Created My Legally Binding Will Online in 20 Minutes Using Trust & Will Wow! Making my grown-up “who gets my toys” plan felt scary, but Trust & Will made it faster than eating lunch! I always put off making a will – it sounded complicated and sad! But Trust & … Read more
Rocket Mortgage (Quicken Loans) How I Got My Mortgage Approved Entirely Online with Rocket Mortgage (My Digital Journey) Dreaming of buying a house but dreading mountains of paperwork and bank visits? Rocket Mortgage felt like discovering a magic “easy button”! I did almost everything online – uploaded documents, tracked progress, even signed forms digitally! It … Read more
Graphic Design Services (Freelance) How I Made My First $100 Designing Logos on Fiverr (My Starting Point) Eager to earn money with design but lacking experience, I started on Fiverr. I created a simple gig offering minimalist logo design for just $10. My first order was nerve-wracking! I focused on clear communication and delivering exactly … Read more
Gig Economy Apps (Uber, DoorDash, etc.) Explained How I Make $100/Day Driving for Uber/Lyft (My Strategy) Mark aimed for $100 daily driving Uber. His strategy? Focus ruthlessly on peak times: morning/evening commutes and weekend nights. He’d position himself near downtown hubs or event venues, anticipating demand surges. He accepted most rides quickly to minimize idle … Read more