4. Hot dog vendor
Granted, selling hot dogs in the boonies will hardly make you rich, but if you can snag a gig like the one Mohammad Mastafa of Astoria, Queens has, you can start thinking about retirement on some paradise island. Each year, Mastafa writes a check for $289,500 to New York parks and recreation department for a right to park his hot dog cart at the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 62nd Street. The location, close to the city zoo, is considered a prime real estate for hot dog vendors. In case you are wondering, Mohammad has to sell exactly 144,750 hot dogs just to pay for space. That’s almost 400 a day, 365 days a year.
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