How much money can you make doing that?

It all depends on hour much effort and time into it.

I sold Avon years ago when my now 10 yo was a baby.

We lived in the city and I was able to put out a lot of Avon books and made many sells. I made what is called President's Club as well as Honor's Society in my first year.

You have expenses just like any business... you buy the avon books, samples, bags, order pads, etc. as business expenses. For someone like me who was selling quite a bit, I had to keep records of all that as I had to turn it in on my taxes.

Is it realistic to make $250 per month? How many parties do you reckon it would take to make that kind of money?

It's realistic but be aware that to make that much you're really gonna have to have a lot of sales. You make a percentage of what you sell. Avon really doesn't have parties like you may be thinking of Tupperware, Home Interior, etc. Avon pretty much sells itself. You just hand out the brochures which if I remember correctly are good for 2 weeks. Then another brochure comes out but you can backorder on that previous one.

It can be a lot of work but if you're willing to put some time and effort into it, it can be quite fun and rewarding. The district managers usually have an Avon meeting once a month or everything two months (can't remember now) and you can win prizes, get special deals on new items coming out, and get special deals on items that are being promoted.