I was laid off at 37 and decided to downsize. Building my own tiny house led me to start a handyman business.

Melanie Copeland lost her job, built a 144-sq-ft tiny house, and launched a handyman business with her husband in Virginia.
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She left a 9-to-5 to start a DIY dumpling business and has made $10,000 an hour

Samantha Mui teaches people how to make dumplings for a living, making as much as $10,000 an hour, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. That's more than what she used to make a month from ...