fliping shit on craigslist

My Grandpa started doing this when he retired. It requires a skill. You aren't going to make money by just having capital to buy good things and resell them.

He will buy anything broken that has a motor. A lawn mower, weed eater, motorcycle, car, etc. He's even flipped an airplane. I bought a motorcycle that didn't run from an auction for $1. All he did was clean out the carb and the gas tank was filled with water from sitting outside in the rain with no gas cap. Ended up selling it for $4,800 after putting $300 and labor into it.

Fixing cars isn't hard. Just read an owner's manual and watch some YouTube videos. It's like legos for men. If you can put a PC together, you can work on the car. The skills/experience comes in when you need to determine what's wrong. Some people can just listen to an engine and tell. Other's need those electronic devices that plugs in and gives them a code on what's wrong.

Perhaps go to a tech school for automotive maintenance. Then work and save capital.

It's hard work and you will make losses though. Not something that you really do for the money, but the passion. He's retired so doesn't care if he loses money or has 6 cars in his driveway.

>>1652002
mopeds seem like they would be good returns and quick turn around. can buy em broken for $50-$75 and worst case senario(blown motor) its an easy $150 fix. selling price would be around $300 - $400. problem is I dont live in a city and I dont see too many mopeds around. ive made money in the past garbage picking for appliences and electronics, but thats very hit and miss and I dont see how I could make a profit if I were buying them off craigslist.

>>1651988
if you buy a fucked up car the loss will be huge. Try buying cars with the help of a mechanic.

>i dont have a talent or opportunity for this but i want to be paid for it snyway
Fuck off

Used to make decent money selling phones and computers on craigslist. Now its become kind of a saturated market but it was great while it lasted.

>>1653315
The best cars are always at auction where you need a dealers license to attend.

Also need to check state laws about how many cars you can sell before you need a dealers license and need to pay taxes, my state its 3 a year.

Other options are appliances. Get an old truck and drive around and find old washers and dryers, fridges and microwaves and shit that work. People are always looking for a 20 dollar microwave. Check dorms and local college campuses and shit. If you can fix em and offer a delivery service even better.

Another option is to find old junk like mac books that people have fucked up and check the parts and sell them to a retailer, or ebay or some shit.

Cars are pretty risky if you don't know shit, something that might just be a simple fix could end up being a costly fix. Your best bet is to constantly refresh the add and look for old granny and grandpa cars like saturns for 500, and flip em for 1600-2000. If you can find a few over the summer and hold onto them around tax season used cars go for a little bit more, and people have money from taxes and the holidays and need a whip to drive for the rest of the year or a beater car.