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RE: How to make $100 an hour selling other people's trash.
Hey - like your initiative. I freecycle/thrift full time after quitting my job 3 years ago and make a full-time living. I haven't posted on it much lately, but did a while back. I find an obscene amount of free stuff on my city's recycling nights to top off what I find during the day thrifting around. Sold thousands of items so plenty of experience to share.
Keep in touch. I could be a good resource for you since you're just starting off. This was my last freecycling post. Simple and modest, but maybe it'll help.
Fantastic! Checked it out, I haven't even thought about stripping anything for parts as I haven't taken the time to learn what kind of market is available there. I'm up to my 4th complete flip which has brought in $776 in total! I'll begin posting these through here to show people -- Hey! You can do this!
Great article there bud, the pictures tell a story!
Stripping parts is often more profitable and so much easier all around (time and space saved/shipping weight far less). Sometimes getting bogged down on one large thing, you could've stripped and kept going, can stop you from finding something around the corner you would've missed otherwise.
I'll be posting soon on a stroller I found tonight that's going to be a minimum of $670 in revenue, and potentially another $140 more if I can unjam something. This will help give you more ideas. While the stuff I hand washed is drying, I'm going back out to find more. Friday nights are often the best with Mondays.
Congrats on getting your revenue coming in. It's a nice feeling to make something out of nothing.
Multiple revenue streams are important for the entrepreneurial spirit. After reading your post I will now certainly be looking at how stripping certain pieces can be beneficial.
I don't find much for free round here, but certain university towns can be good during end of year, as students have to leave their accommodation and don't want to take all the stuff they bought back home with them. It gets dumped in the streets.