Yard Sale Flipping for Professionals

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Finding stuff to make large profits on at garage sales used to be easy. Now, there are many people re-selling items from garage sales on eBay and Amazon. Plus, the people holding the garage sales are more aware of the value of many collectible items than they used to be, so items are often priced…

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Declutter Your Home for Cash

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Excerpt from #1 bestseller Almost Free Money: How to Make Extra Money on Items that You can Find Anywhere   It’s surprisingly easy to find cheap stuff to sell. It’s all around you, and you probably don’t even know it.  Let’s start with your home. Hopefully, somebody at your house is a pack-rat and you…

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The Top 10 Best Etsy Social Media Posts

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What are some ideas for keeping fans engaged and coming back to your Etsy social media channels for more?  Put yourself in the shoes of one of your fans.  That should be easy to do, as you are also a fan of the subject matter in your shop.  Otherwise you would not be selling what…

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Thrift Store Flipping 101

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      From Thrift Wars: A Battle-Tested Internet Business Plan: Find Hidden Thrift Stores Treasure and Sell on Amazon, eBay and Etsy for Huge Profits with Online Arbitrage   Let’s go thrift shopping!!!! Not so fast, young Padawan.  Remember in The Empire Strikes Back when Luke leaves his Jedi training with Yoda too early, in…

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Identifying Gold at Yard Sales and Thrift Stores

Identifying gold and silver at yard sales and thrift stores can be challenging, which is why even experienced thrifters constantly overlook hidden treasure!  I have found quite a few marked gold items and sterling silver in some very unlikely locations, especially at thrift stores like Goodwill and Salvation Army. 95% of all karat gold and…

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