Tradie cracks property market with $3k side hustle

A Sydney tradie who’d never worn jewellery has cracked an unlikely path into the property market, using a weekend side hustle welding bracelets to help buy his first investment property. Ronan Galab, 26, works in his family’s construction business during the week, operating trucks and heavy machinery, before swapping worksites for gold and silver chains after hours and on weekends. What began as an impulsive $2000 purchase at a beauty expo has since turned into a lucrative small business, with Ronan now making as much as $3000 in a strong week through his brand Albi Amore Permanent Jewellery. MORE NEWS Aussie’s wild $850 couch flip after quitting $90k career Aus woman earns $900 in six hours collecting people’s rubbish Aussie mates team up to buy $1.6 home in Italy That extra income, combined with his construction wage and low living costs while living at home, helped him buy a small investment property in Mudgee after only a few years of saving. “I definitely never imagined I’d end up doing this. It was completely by chance,” he told the Daily Mail. Ronan Galab works in construction by day and welds jewellery by night — and the extra cash has already helped him buy an investment p...