{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"construction-loan-draw-inspections-63f4ac","title":"Construction loan draw inspections","summary":"Visiting homes under construction to photograph and verify progress for lenders before loan draws are released. Jobs come through inspection marketplaces, with almost no startup costs and no special license.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/construction-loan-draw-inspections-63f4ac","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/construction-loan-draw-inspections-63f4ac.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.94},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.96},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.65},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.56},"where":{"value":"in-person","label":"In person","confidence":0.59},"needs_coding":{"value":false,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Lou Shaver: about $2,000 a month last year, now averaging about $4,100 a month","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Side Hustle Nation","title":"He Makes $4,100/Month Inspecting Houses (No Experience Needed)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlau9BWFOC4","person":"Lou Shaver","host":"Nick Loper","date":"2026-07-13"},"owner_site":"https://www.drawinspectortraining.com/"}}