My student loan experience

Last summer I got accepted into a Master's program at UMDNJ. There was a lot of paperwork to fill out, but I completed the application. Much to my dismay I received a letter from UMDNJ shortly after being accepted stating that they received a payment from Sallie Mae for over $10,000. I was outraged. I never wanted any loans but they granted me student loans as part of the application process. There was an extensive online financial aid piece which was required but I never signed up for a loan. I called UMDNJ and they gave me the run around and then I called Sallie Mae and they told me to call the school. I was extremely angry, anytime you apply for a loan the company does a credit check and then the loan is registered in your credit history. I received a letter from Sallie Mae a few days later explaining the funds have been deposited. After much complaining and talking to supervisors was I able to cancel the student loan

The survey sites have finally started to pay me.

I have been paid $11 by one survey site through Paypal so far and I have another $14 waiting at other sites (I have not yet reached the payment threshold). After some simple calculation I have found that I make around 50 cents an hour working on surveys. This is not a very good use of my time since I make over $29 an hour at my job. As for blogging it is really little work and all reward since I enjoy writing as a hobby and don't see it as something I have to do. I have almost finished my expose on survey sites and it will be out next month. I was curious about adding another source of passive income and although it has not been very profitable it has been enlightening. I am have already surpassed my goal of double the blog's income this month and believe next month will be much harder unless I really start to put some honest work and time in. I realize that there is no comment button on the posts for now (I was getting a lot of spam) but I'll be making some changes for next month. If you have any suggestions or things your interested in click on the contact button and let me know. I plan to write a short series on how to get a new heating/cooling system for half the price with government rebates. We recently updated and upgraded at our house after going through an energy audit, sealing, installation, and testing our house is much more energy efficient.

Can you make any real money with survey sites?

What's the deal with PAID survey sites? 

Recently I have been signing up for a lot of different survey sites to make some extra money.  After thoroughly testing numerous paid survey sites, countless hours of frustration I present to you an insiders look at the Wonderful World of Paid Survey Sites.  
 
First I'd like to clarify a few things about doing online surveys.

1. This will not make you get rich quick. You will not be able to bring in substantial sums of money unless you are getting a ton of other people to sign up (acting as an affiliate).   I found that some survey sites reward you for signing up for other survey sites while they collect an affiliate compensation - almost like scalping tickets.  I'll explain this in greater detail later during my roundup of the dirty dogs of the survey world.
   
2. Many survey sites have a point system in place where each point equals a fraction of dollar.  For example on SurveySpot each point equals one cent.  I'll breakdown numbers and figures in the review.
3. Many survey sites require you to request a minimum payout level.
4. Many survey sites require you to sign up for "free trials" of products or services which later become paid subscriptions unless you cancel
5. You will be giving out a lot of personal information and have a bunch of new spam flooding your inbox.

That being said, if you are still interested in making a few extra dollars I will review a few of the survey sites that I consider best of breed and warn 

you which ones to steer clear of.  I do not consider filling out surveys

to be able to bring you enough income to quit your day job, but if you 

are a poor college student, or high school kid, or even a guy that's

out of work, you could definitely make some extra money.  I do

not think that every survey is interesting and fun to do,

but some are and the actual energy spent

to fill out a survey is 

minimal.

 

 

(Stay Tuned - Currently assembling an extensive review of all the survey sites I personally tried)

P.S.  The sites I recommend are located at the top right>>>>>>>>>>>>

4 Ways to Make Money Online Today

Take a look at some of the survey sites on the right. It is free to sign up and you can earn money for a small amount of time and effort.

I have something that people would KILL for.

Join the underdog movement, avoid scams for the big names getting fat off the little fish. I am going to make the big online money makers mad by telling you how they do it, without charging you. Usually you'd be paying them $20 to upwards of $500 for the information I will share with you in the weeks to come. Shoemoney is heavily marketing his new "system" by getting all his affiliate friends to recommend people to buy it. The target audience is beginners, people that don't know what they are doing, and they are liable to fall for the bait hook line and sinker. Please avoid this trap. It's retailing for $197 and it is a monthly subscription. The claim is he will guide you to your first $100 online. I will guide you to your first $100 online for free. Stay tuned. I have done it and you can too. Underdog out.