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Six years ago Desiree Hill spent her days diagnosing patients Now she diagnoses cars As an oncology nurse at Northside Hospital Duluth in Duluth Georgia Hill made around per year I wasn t happy in my career at that time I wasn t happy in my personal life says Hill It was three hours of commuting in Atlanta traffic every day And as a single mom at the time I never saw my children So it really was taking a toll The present day Hill is the owner of Crown s Corner Mechanic an auto repair shop in Conyers Georgia just a -minute drive from her home in Covington Her company brought in nearly in net revenue last year according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It This year Crown s Corner Mechanic has brought in about in monthly revenue roughly double last year s monthly average and is profitable says Hill Hill started fixing cars in with no prior mechanic or entrepreneurship experience teaching herself through YouTube videos and involving her family Her -year-old daughter of late built a motor and her son is a mechanic in the U S Army We learned together says Hill adding I not only have a family at home I have a family here with my employees and I have a family with my customers Everybody demands transportation Hill got a Registered Curative Assistant diploma from Florida Metropolitan University a now-defunct for-profit school in she says By the time she graduated the school was known as Everest University Over roughly a decade of nursing she worked her way up to a high-demand high-stress oncology unit at Northside Hospital Duluth But she was unhappy she says long hours and commutes for a unit where patients often succumbed to their illnesses In Hill sought to increase her income by starting a side hustle She began buying and renovating run-down vehicles to sell for profit despite not knowing how to change her own car s oil she says Jeffrey BeardDesiree Hill is the founder and CEO of Crown s Corner Mechanic an auto repair shop in Conyers Georgia Everybody necessities transportation That s never going to stop no matter what And I knew it was something that I could spend a very small amount on and maybe potentially make a lot of profit says Hill It was the fastest way to make money Hill watched tutorials on YouTube about how to fix or change certain car parts or diagnose various van problems Her first purchase was a truck for about After spending and putting in only an hour of work to fix it she sold the truck for around two days later I bought three more cars the next day says Hill It was almost like a high I swear it was beautiful I just knew I was going somewhere Hill stayed up until a m nightly fixing cars waking up at a m to get back to the hospital After months of minimal sleep and time with her kids she quit nursing around January Over the next year she bought fixed and sold cars which made her around she says In June Hill decided to additionally work on other people s vehicles as a mobile mechanic traveling to customers to fix their vehicles She spent a couple thousand dollars on her business license auto tools website advertising and billing application she says Hill brought in about as a mechanic in six months she says She documented her repair jobs on TikTok which brought a wave of new clients her way In Spring she stopped flipping cars and rented a garage at a local repair shop to keep up with demand and hastily outgrew that space too A four-month RV repair job led to a stroke of luck The RV owner saw her struggle and offered her a loan without interest to pay for her own auto body shop Hill insisted on paying interest she says and the pair drew up a three-year contract In September Hill began renting Crown s Corner Mechanic s -square-foot space initially receiving two months prorated before paying monthly She brought on a mechanic a welder and a towing professional each renting space in her shop covering about half of the now monthly rent It was the smartest thing I could have ever done Hill paid back the RV owner s loan in months documents show I constantly have to prove myself A multitude of of Hill s customers find her through her TikTok account where she has over followers Others walk into the shop see a -foot- -inch woman and do a double take she says There s people that walk in here that don t know I m the owner and they re just baffled Just because of how I look says Hill And then when they tell me what the issue is I take them moves further and break it down for them before they can even get to the next question I have to wow them with my knowledge Every time I have to prove myself Every time I open my mouth Hill projects that Crown s Corner Mechanic will bring in million in revenue this year roughly double last year s figure though still less than the national average according to a assessment from auto parts supplier PartsTech Hill s shop has eight bays and the average gross revenue per bay for auto shops in the U S is the account says She hopes to soon switch from renting to owning a space she says but she d need about million to buy her current building which has her exploring mortgage loan options Owning would help her put more money back into both the business and her five workers pockets she adds In the meantime she plans to keep growing her clientele through social media if TikTok disappeared overnight it d be devastating to my business she says and one day get a mechanical engineering degree preferably through a flexible online project We don t stop says Hill adding If you don t know about us yet you re going to know about us real soon Want to boost your confidence income and career success Take one or more of Smarter by CNBC Make It s expert-led online courses which aim to teach you the critical skills you need to succeed that you didn t learn in school Topics include earning passive income online mastering communication and masses speaking skills acing your job interview and practical strategies to grow your wealth Use coupon code MEMORIAL to purchase any 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