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Are You A Yard Sale Flipper? Maybe You Should Be!

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Have you ever thought about being a yard sale flipper?

Yard sale flipping isn’t something I would have ever given any thought to as a side hustle or full time business.

Fortunately, my friend’s parents opened my eyes. They ended up turning yard sale flipping into a full fledged business.

Due to their awesome success, I thought I should share yard sale flipping with you.

Who knows, maybe you can be the next person to turn yard sale flipping into an amazing business.

What Is a Yard Sale Flipper?

A yard sale flipper is a person that takes advantage of price differences to make money. When most people hold yard sales their goal is to get rid of a bunch of stuff that they see as junk in order to raise a little bit of cash or to declutter their house.

Due to this fact, most people who have yard sales do not know the true value of all of the items they are selling. This presents an opportunity for you to make money.

How To Be a Yard Sale Flipper

Virtually anyone can become a yard sale flipper, but you have to be knowledgeable and you have to be a morning person. Most items sold at yard sales are effectively trash or overpriced.

You need to be able to weed through the trash and overpriced items and find the pot of gold at each yard sale.

Find something that you know a lot about that can be easily sold at a profit. Then, go find these items at yard sales and pay less than you can sell them for.

The difference between what you can resell the items for and what you bought them for will be your profit.

Remember though, you must be a morning person. The best items are normally the first to go so you have to get to the  yard sales early. If you aren’t one of the first few people there you could miss out on that perfect flipping opportunity.

A Yard Sale Flipper Success Story

My friend’s parents started out yard sale flipping on the side of their normal jobs. It slowly turned into a full fledged business that still employs both parents today, almost two decades later.

It all started when they decided to pick up old, used video games for their kids as a cheap way to entertain them.

After a bit of yard sale hopping they figured out that parents were cleaning out their kids’ closets of old video games just to get rid of them.

They then realized that there were certain video games had significant value. To make things even better, they could get most video games dirt cheap because parents just wanted them gone.

On the really rare finds, they could make over $100, but they normally made $10-$40 per video game.

That doesn’t sound too impressive until you realize that on some weekends they could find up to 100 video games. They weren’t getting rich, but they were adding a nice supplement to their regular income.

Turning Yard Sale Flipping Into A Business

One day they decided to try their flipping on a larger scale. They began selling their games on eBay.

Eventually, they became master eBayers and would even buy games on eBay to resell on eBay at a higher price by listing the item in a more effective manner.

Once they figured out they could successfully flip video games they moved on to bigger items such as laptops and haven’t turned back since. They even have a retail location now and make a decent living for themselves.

Things To Watch Out For As A Yard Sale Flipper

Not everything you find is what it seems. The yard sales may contain fakes of items that could be worth significant amounts of money. If you don’t watch out you could easily get burned and lose some money in the process.

Make sure whatever you buy is relatively small and can be flipped quickly. If you start with large items or go after slow moving inventory you could end up becoming a hoarder with lots of useless stuff in your house.

If you’re serious about making money as a yard sale flipper you need to make sure you keep track of all of your expenses. Driving to  yard sales can cost quite a bit of gas money and wear and tear on your vehicle if you aren’t careful.

Add any storage fees or selling fees on top of your vehicle costs and you might find out you’re losing money instead of making money.

Yard sale flipping can get addictive. Watch out for addictive behaviors and make sure you’re still flipping for the right reasons.

Have you ever thought about being a yard sale flipper? What did you want to flip? If not, do you think you could ever be a yard sale flipper?

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