<prompt> Human: Hello reddit! This is my first post, so please forgive my newness!Ive come here to ask some advice for my mom. The current situation is that my 63 year old single mother has been dealing with some hard times recently and is running out of ideas. Her background: currently receiving her Social Security, and has about 15k in savings. She also is working two part time jobs as a receptionist and a seamstress. Originally, her plan was to retire off of my dads business, but they got divorced about 8 years ago and the family business almost went under during the recession. Now, it is limping along. She has her Masters degree in Public Planning and has had a long career 10 years- pre recession of being a loan officer. Now, her goal is to try and start her own business that she can retire on. Shes been playing around for a few years with a website based tenant screening service for landlords, but that is not taking off. She also has been making clothing items and selling them on eBay. Is there any advice out there on how she could increase her savings, whether through a career move or any other means? And sorry for any information I might have forgotten; I can always post more upon request. Thanks so much for your help!  <response>: have her explore getting back into becoming a loan officer - the RE business is booming again and you can make good at it, much more than making clothing. have her save every cent from her on out. 