298: $100k a Year Flipping Random Items: The Return of the Flea Market Flipper

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 9 a.m.

b'Rob is a professional "money multiplier."\\nThe good news, he says, is it\'s a skill that can be learned.\\nYou might remember Rob "The Flea Market Flipper" Stephenson from\\xa0episode 147 in late 2015. At that time, he was earning $30,000-$40,000 a year flipping random products on the side from his day job.\\nSince then, the father of 3 has taken his buy low, sell high model and turned it into a full-time 6-figure operation.\\nRob doesn\\u2019t discriminate what the products are he\\u2019s flipping, as long as he can pick it up for a great price he\\u2019ll flip it.\\nI can\\u2019t blame him, since some of these single deals are worth thousands of dollars in profit. In fact, Rob only buys items he estimates he can 10x when he flips them.\\nSince we last spoke Rob has fine-tuned his processes for finding and flipping items. He still hits the flea markets weekly, but he also uses some interesting tools and apps to find more items.\\nHe\\u2019s also found a way to save big on shipping cost, enabling him to go after bulky items with even bigger markups.\\nIn this \\u201cwhere are they now\\u201d episode, I invited Rob back to learn how he scaled up his business, what his buying criteria or flipping process looks like today, and what he\\u2019s got cooking next.\\nFull Show Notes: $100k a Year Flipping Random Items: The Return of the Flea Market Flipper\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'