Mickey Todiwala

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.

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.

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

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.