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The Side Hustle Show

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

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

How To, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Rob is a professional "money multiplier." The good news, he says, is it's a skill that can be learned. You might remember Rob "The Flea Market Flipper" Stephenson from episode 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. Since then, the father of 3 has taken his buy low, sell high model and turned it into a full-time 6-figure operation. Rob doesn’t discriminate what the products are he’s flipping, as long as he can pick it up for a great price he’ll flip it. I can’t 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. Since 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. He’s also found a way to save big on shipping cost, enabling him to go after bulky items with even bigger markups. In this “where are they now” 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’s got cooking next. Full Show Notes: $100k a Year Flipping Random Items: The Return of the Flea Market Flipper

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Side Hustle Show 298. Buy low, sell high, repeat. This is the return of the flea market flipper.

0:08.0

What's up, what's up, Nick Loper here. Welcome to the Side Hustle show because the ability to find profit is the ultimate job security.

0:16.1

And the good news is it's a skill that can be learned. Today on the show I'm excited to welcome back someone who I think is particularly skilled at finding profit

0:23.7

usually in places where other people can't see it or don't see it one of my favorite

0:28.2

guests Rob the flea market flipper Stevenson now we last heard from Rob in episode 147 back in late 2015.

0:37.0

At that time he was earning 30 to 40,000 dollars a year flipping random products on the side

0:42.4

from his day job.

0:43.6

Since then, the father of three has taken his buy-low sell-high model and turn it into a full-time

0:49.6

six-figure operation.

0:51.5

And when I say random products, mean it as you're about to hear

0:54.5

Rob doesn't discriminate what it is as long as he can pick it up for a great price and I

0:59.5

can't blame it because some of these single deals are worth thousands of dollars in profit.

1:04.0

In this Where Are They Now episode, I invited Rob back to learn how he scaled up his business,

1:08.8

what his buying criteria or flipping process looks like today,

1:12.0

and what he's got cooking next.

1:13.4

Notes and links for this one plus the free highlight reel summary are at

1:16.7

side hustle nation.com slash flea market to flea market all one word and the

1:21.4

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1:23.7

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1:27.1

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1:44.6

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