$45 every two weeks in Boston. $100 is insane.Because no one outside of family is going to pay you that much.As a laborer?Which can go belly up.
And what have you earned and not received from your parents?
Actually my mutual funds / IRA's are almost entirely based off of my earnings at my old jobs.
What's wrong with being a laborer, exactly?
So, you haven't looked into how much people charge to mow a lawn??????????
100 dollars is often the going rate, depending on where & how big of a lawn you mow.
Laborers can do oretty good, (Sometimes)