Take advantage of companies offering "signup bonuses"

This is more of a financial "hack" advice for those with some extra free time who want to make extra cash from companies offering signup bonuses. Many banks, credit card companies, etc offer signup bonuses if you join them, often with no strings attached. For example, I recently applied for a $5k loan from SoFi using a referal, got a $310 signup bonus, then immediately paid back the $5k loan. This only took took 10 mins of work to do for $310. Ive also took advantage of bank bonuses earlier in the year from Chase and Huntington bank by opening accounts.

So it pays to keep an eye out for opportunities like this if you see any, especially with how easy many of these can be and can be done and only require internet access. By taking advantage of these generous bonuses (especially they can be had multiple times, ie: once per year) a companies marketing budget essentially translates in to a yearly dividend for you.