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Charly Stoever, 35, is a financial coach who lives rent-free in Portland, Oregon, by pet sitting full time. Here’s how Charly has spent the last 18 months living out of two suitcases while bringing in $60,000 a year.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.
Learn more about the world of CNBC Make It

Charly Stoever books a steady stream of pet sitting gigs to bring living costs to near-zero.

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Eileen Tyrrell, 26, moved to New York City with $3,000, no full-time job, and everything she owned in a rented van. Today, she…

When the pandemic shut down courts in 2020, attorney Derrick Morgan Jr. turned to Fiverr to offer trademark services to earn…

Eileen Tyrrell moved to New York with little savings and no guaranteed paycheck — and stayed. Here how she makes it work.

Margaret Skiff saved up nearly $60,000 from content creation earnings to put a down payment on her Portland, Maine, duplex.