Mickey Todiwala

Dani and Evan Benton moved to Japan's Ōmishima Island from New Orleans in 2023. They purchased an abandoned 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom house for $7,500 and turned it into an Airbnb.

Jewells Chambers launched the All Things Iceland podcast in 2018 as a passion project. Now it's her full-time job.

As a wind turbine service technician, Jessica Jackson, 37, has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. It’s also the fastest-growing job in the U.S.

Paul Lee, 28, moved to Bangkok, Thailand from NYC three years ago. He lives in a 650-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in the Thonglor neighborhood, which Paul says is “the SoHo of Bangkok.” The apartment came furnished, and Paul has access to amenities, including a pool and a gym.

Paul Lee left New York City for Bangkok three years ago. He is a content creator and real estate agent in the city.

Jada Stratman, 25, lives in Culdesac, a car-free community in Arizona. She pays $1,472 a month in rent for her one-bedroom apartment and retail space to house her candle business.

Towns across Italy are selling off abandoned homes for 1 euro. Here’s how much people spent buying and renovating them.

In the late 2010s, towns around Italy started going viral for selling off crumbling properties for 1 euro, or roughly $1.05. How much does it really cost to buy and renovate a 1-euro home in Italy? And is it worth it? CNBC Make It spoke to several Americans who have bought a 1-euro home in Sicily, Italy.

How a young entrepreneur nearly doubled his income pursuing a side hustle full-time.

J.R. Wills, 27, and Aliana Randazzo, 25, tell CNBC Make It they chose to live in smaller spaces in order to save money.

Natasha Dinnall, 51, runs the Q line train of the New York City subway, which passes through Coney Island, Times Square and the Upper East Side.

Sampson Dahl, 27, lives in a former laundromat in Maspeth, Queens. He found the space in 2019 and pays $1,850 a month in rent. Sampson works as a production designer.

Sampson Dahl found the former laundromat online and has lived in the space for four years. It was last a working laundromat in 2005.

Hector Carvajal, 26, owns Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-inspired coffee roasting company based in the Bronx, New York. In 2022, his business brought in roughly $190,000 in sales and from that, he lives off a $25,000 salary.

Hector Carvajal is the founder of Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-inspired coffee roasting company based in the Bronx, New York.

Clarissa Rankin, 36, brings in $144,000 a year as a professional truck driver hauling an array of goods from diapers to TVs to canned goods across the East Coast. She owns her trucking business, JC Rankins Transport, and also makes money documenting her trucker life on social media, where was able t…

Marcus Gram, 31, saved up $10,000 to start his vending machine business in 2018. His company, Joyner Vending, now has 21 vending machines spread across Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC and Detroit - and it brought in over $300K in revenue in 2021.