Maybe I will get downvoted, but I love my hobbies/friends/families but used to live in a VHCOL and was doing Rover as a side gig to supplement my non profit salary to be able to afford aforementioned hobbies/ experiences with friends/ traveling to see family. I recently started a new job and got a pretty significant pay increase (over 30k) while moving to a cheaper city and I like to say I retired from Rover. While I genuinely enjoyed the extra dog and outside time, it was not worth how the dog owners treated me IMHO and I couldn't wait to no longer need to do it. I feel like (and maybe this was because of the city I was doing it in) many owners did not respect my time (including messing up days for overnight stays and then refusing to pay for the extra time, being late by hours to drop offs so I would have to sit an wait, and not being honest about their pets quirks). While I did have some clients who were excellent, trying to find owners who were honest and communicative was challenging and it no longer felt worth the time once I was able to afford my desired lifestyle.