subject: Make Money with a Fixer Upper Home [print this page] Rent it. If you want to earn money slowly but surely, you can use it as a rental. As it is a fixer upper home, you would have to make repairs on it. A handyman special some care. However, do this only if the location of the house is in places where people want to rent. A good example is college towns, where out of state students are always in the hunt for rooms and houses to rent.