Investing in your home is a good way to get ahead. I say it over and over again, but sometimes it bears repeating again. There are simple projects that you can do in your spare time to make more money. An example might be redoing your bathroom, complete with a new Robern Medicine cabinet and new bathtub. You create a fabulously nice bathroom that increases the value of your own home.
If you do the work yourself, you can earn more than you could at a lot of typical jobs available out there now.