I think the buy and sell business can continue to do well so scaling down and selling "select" items makes alot more sense. I would personally sell all inventory, scale down, and "specialize" with the horse trading...and continue to learn the construction skills alongside your brother to cover living expenses. There are going to be alot of people looking to liquidate things to raise cash into the future. The best way to buy silver for instance isn't by buying from dealers selling physical bars. Buy coin collections from people who need cash, sterling silver, things like that. Silver is just one item of course. Just work with things you know there is a demand for, bicycles, furniture, cars, musical instruments, lots of things really.