If you are offering your unpaid home care services, you will find that there will be a lot of competition for every job available in these tough financial times, but succeeding in landing unpaid home care jobs is not difficult.

First you need to create a really good home sitter profile that you will put on top home sitter websites for homeowners to find and take a look at and you also need to have some good references which can be a problem. if you’ve never been to a sitting house.

But have you ever been to someone’s house and they left you there while they were out? If this has happened to you, believe it or not, you were taking care of the house and they can give you a referral!

You also need some good character references, preferably from professional people like your doctor, lawyer, etc., but maybe you have old friends from school who are now in business or a respected profession or maybe teachers at your school could. give you character references.

Once you’ve completed a half-dozen successful homes and have good references from happy homeowners for each one, you can start charging for your services. Make sure you collect around 50% of the charges made by home care agencies initially (just call the agencies as a homeowner and get a quote to find out how much they charge, then be sure to lower it).

Then, set up a very simple website that shows you as a house sitter and also shows your job titles, but keep searching and accepting unpaid jobs to fill any gaps.

You’ll find that some people will insist on paying you even if your profile says you don’t get paid, especially if you can get a job that has let them down, and any income goes a long way.

You are not going to make a fortune yet, but what you earn could pay off your daily living costs and leave you some cash on hand and this, in addition to the extremely low overhead you will enjoy, can ease any financial pressure on you and make your better life.

Homeowners, like home sitters, not only come in all shapes and sizes, but they also have their own ideas for how they are going to treat you. Some will buy you food and not charge you for any services, including reasonable use of the phone. You can’t beat housekeeping for these folks!

Some will not supply food and will give you an agreed consumption rate for the utilities you use or charge you for them per month.

Some will want you to post a bond and sign a contract, in addition to paying for your utilities. When it comes to this type of arrangement (I have never posted a bond or had a single contract), you want to check the contract very carefully or have an attorney do it in case it makes it difficult for you to get your money. back.

Most homeowners don’t want you to sign a contract, post a bond, or pay for utilities (as long as you don’t rack up high fees), which is great, but my advice is that you need something that describes the foundation. of your work, even if it is only contained in the emails that you have exchanged with the owner.

This is because not all homeowners keep their word; Fortunately, those who don’t are a small minority, and you’ll generally find that your homeowners stick to their end of the bargain, become your friends, and will want you to come back again and again.

And so it will become easier and easier to spend the year taking care of the house and once you catch the bug of sitting in the house, you will find that it becomes a really pleasant way of life.