People Are Sharing The Unusual Ways They’ve Made Money

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“I make paid appearances on ‘reality’ shows. The pay is decent — usually a minimum $500 appearance fee, plus the shows pay for your flight, hotel, money for food, and limos for transportation. My kids’ dad and I have done two shows together; the first was Divorce Court. We’ve never been married, but I found an ad on Craigslist (every show I’ve been on I’ve found on Craigslist) that was looking for ‘big personalities’. We made enough to pay our entire rent that month, and the whole process, from the time I applied to the end of filming, took less than a week…”

“We also filmed an episode of Breakthrough with Dr. Steve Perry, which never aired, but we still got paid (and they let me keep the outfit from wardrobe!). And a relative and I did a show called Family Court with Judge Penny. Plus, I was a contestant on The Price is Right — the audition process for that is a little different and more competitive, but that’s where I’ve made the most money (over $20k playing Plinko…Drew Carey was so nice!).”

—Anonymous