Elite tutors can earn $180,000 and travel the world, but are risking a 'Faustian pact' with the superrich

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Stock image of a boy on a tablet and Monaco Harbor.

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I tutor the children of some of Dubai's richest people. One of them paid me $3,000 to do his homework.

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Dubai's skyline and a stock image of a child studying.

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The kids I tutor attend schools with $50k tuition and summer in the Hamptons. Their parents still often forget to pay me on time.

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Photo from above of kids and a woman sitting around a table. Their heads are visible but not their faces. The woman is at the head and has dyed blonde hair with dark roots and wears glasses. She is typing on a computer and writing in a notebook with her right hand. To her left is a cell phone resting on a black notebook and behind her computer is a pencil case filled with colored pencils.

I've spent the past decade tutoring old money families in Hong Kong. There are 3 things I've learned about the world of big money in Asia.

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Jerome Barty-Taylor, 35, is the owner of a private education company in Hong Kong.
Jerome Barty-Taylor, 35, is the owner of a private education company in Hong Kong.

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5 side hustles that can make you hundreds a month with only a few hours of work and no up-front costs

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You can earn extra cash simply by going through old clothes and selling things you no longer wear on a platform like Poshmark.

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