I Built a $12K/Month Web Design Side Hustle from My Modesto Garage – Here’s Every Tool I Still Use in 2025 (and How You Can Too)
I Built a $12K/Month Web Design Side Hustle from My Modesto Garage …and These Are the Exact Tools That Got Me There in 2025 John Urquiaga—The Computer Repair Guru, Modesto, CA I started with a $200 laptop and a dream. Today I turn down clients. Here’s the real story and every tool I still use daily. January 2023—I Was Broke and Desperate My repair shop was slow. I had a 2-year-old at home and bills stacking up. One night I built a simple 5-page site for a local plumber in 4 hours → he paid me $750 cash the next day. That was the spark. Fast-forward to 2025: I now charge $2,500–$7,500 per site and have clients in 38 states—all remote. Here’s exactly how I did it—and the tools that made it possible. Tool #1 – Elementor Pro + Hosting (The Foundation of Every Site I Build) I tried every builder. Elementor is the only one I trust with client money. Why? Drag-and-drop that actually looks custom Built-in popup forms, WooCommerce, animations Free hosting bun...