748: $2k+/mo Taking Pictures of Houses: The Life of a Loan Draw Inspector
About this episode
Lou Shaver discusses his experience as a construction loan draw inspector and how it became a profitable side hustle.
Do you know there's a side hustle where you can get paid to drive around, take a few photos of houses being built, and turn it into a steady side income? That is the little-known real estate side hustle Lou Shaver from drawinspectortraining.com picked up in retirement. Lou is a construction loan draw inspector. It has almost no startup costs, no special license, and not much selling. He started it as a retirement gig, made about $2,000 a month last year, and is now averaging about $4,100 a month. Lou spent a career as an inspector, first in the Army and then for the Navy, and now he is getting ready to teach others how to do this work through his own training program. Tune in to Episode 748 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: what a construction loan draw inspector actually does how to find your first jobs through inspection marketplaces the simple tools and low costs that make this work Full Show Notes: $2k+/mo Taking Pictures of Houses: The Life of a Loan Draw Inspector New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here…
People in this episode
Host: Nick Loper
Guest: Lou Shaver
Topics covered
- real estate
- side hustle
- construction
- income
- photography
Sponsors
Quo, Shopify
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: drawinspectortraining.com
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