#727 - Teacher Flips Sports Gear For $8,000/Month
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
A teacher uses his love for sports memorabilia to bridge the financial gap between his teaching contracts—then goes on to create a highly profitable business.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, listeners and side hustle school community. |
| 0:11.5 | It's Chris Gilbowe here with you today. |
| 0:13.2 | Now as we approach the end of the year, today I have a classic reselling story for you. |
| 0:18.5 | Reselling is probably the easiest thing that anyone can do with little money and little |
| 0:21.8 | experience if you're looking to get started in the world of side hustling. |
| 0:24.9 | The risk is low, you're not going to lose any money and you'll begin learning on the |
| 0:27.9 | job right away. |
| 0:29.4 | Now this story in particular features a teacher who uses his love for sports memorabilia |
| 0:33.2 | to bridge the financial gap between his teaching contracts. |
| 0:35.8 | At first you just kind of want to make extra money, but then he goes on to create a highly |
| 0:40.3 | profitable business. |
| 0:42.1 | How much can you earn by buying random items at thrift shops or garage sales and then |
| 0:45.9 | reselling those items online? |
| 0:47.5 | Well, this guy earns $8,000 a month. |
| 0:50.5 | So as I said, it's a pretty classic bottle. |
| 0:52.1 | It's something that just about anybody can do in one way or another. |
| 0:54.8 | Here's a shout out to our sponsor and then I'll tell you all about it. |
| 0:58.9 | Matt Myers knew the coming months were going to be financially tight. |
| 1:14.3 | His yearly contract as a PE teacher was coming to an end. |
| 1:16.8 | They needed money to bridge the gap between school years. |
| 1:19.9 | Back when Matt was a child, his dad had made extra money for the family by buying and |
| 1:23.2 | reselling items he'd pick up from estate sales. |
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