On this island, you can make a killing doing just about anything. You can spend a few hundred bucks on supplies and make a killing washing windows and cleaning rain gutters. As long as you actually show up and do the job, you'll always have work. Our last window washer was usually booked out 6-9 months in advance and wasn't taking any more customers. He always showed up and got the job done. Sadly, he moved off island.
There are tons of jobs like that. You could easily make a killing doing hot tub and pool maintenance out here, too. A lot of the vacation rentals have hot tubs, and nobody to fix them when they break, which is always. The wealthy folks in the resort areas are desperate for people to maintain their pools.
Which island? Or at least, what's the general area?
Big Island, Hawaii. People are straight lazy here, and because the culture has polychronic roots, saying anything about it is considered horribly rude. Available jobs are most often filled by mainlanders because they generally have a better work ethic. Of course, the locals always cry about how oppressed they are with mainlanders taking all of their opportunities.
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