While many of these jobs require a specific education and a lot of experience, there are a few that you might already have the qualifications for and not even know it.
It's called "unclaimed property" and The State of Texas is holding on to $7 billion dollars worth right now. Seven billion dollars is the same as 7000 million. That's a lot of cash.
What is unclaimed property?
It's not real estate or abandoned houses. Unclaimed property can be money the state holds until the rightful owner can be found. It's things like abandoned bank accounts, uncashed paychecks, escrow accounts, dividends, and mineral royalties.
Every year hundreds of millions of dollars go unclaimed in Texas. No one will call you if you have unclaimed cash. There is a way to find out for free. The Texas comptroller, who holds all the unclaimed funds, operates a website. The website is Claim It Texas.
The good news, they found that the cost of living in Texas is over 10% below the national average. Unfortunately, when you count the cost of living in San Angelo compared with other cities in West Texas and statewide, things are a bit more expensive overall in San Angelo, according to livingcost.org