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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3113 - TBT: How I Flipped Facebook Marketplace Finds Into Tuition Money

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Throwback Thursday segment, hear how one college student flipped used furniture from Facebook Marketplace—and paid off half their tuition bill without ever taking out a loan. 

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:02.7

How I flipped Facebook marketplace fines into tuition money.

0:15.0

That is today's story. Welcome to SIDISO school.

0:17.8

My name is Chris Gillibault, your host.

0:19.4

This wasn't actually me.

0:20.4

I did not flip Facebook Marketplace fines into tuition money, although long ago when I had tuition to pay, I did in fact do a bit of reselling. Today is a more modern story because I was born in the 1800s. We were all just, you know, using Dialup Internet on MySpace back then. So today, a college student, in fact,

0:38.4

a recent one, flipped used furniture from Facebook marketplace, paid off half their tuition

0:43.2

bill without ever taking out a loan. That's no small thing in today's economy, of course.

0:48.3

So I look forward to hearing that story and sharing it with you. Welcome to Throwback Thursday.

0:52.6

This is our weekly segment where we take an

0:54.7

in-depth look at someone whose story has evolved since we first featured them. Last week, it was about

0:59.1

guitar pedals. We heard how a side hustler learned to repair broken guitar pedals on YouTube, of course.

1:05.6

Built a profitable business, he actually discovered that he made more money from guitar pedals

1:10.0

than from guitars.

1:11.9

So I think that's so interesting. When you are reselling, often the markets are a little bit

1:15.8

maybe different or unexpected. And the way you figure it out is by experimenting. So today,

1:21.1

without further ado, let's hear about this college student selling used furniture strictly

1:25.2

on Facebook marketplace, maybe some other platforms. I don't know,

1:28.1

but I think that's where they focused. So much reselling is happening there on that platform.

1:32.8

Of course, no fees. That helps. And they paid off half their tuition bill without taking out a loan.

1:37.9

So let's hear the story or the update. I'm going to pass the microphone. I'll be back at the end with a quick wrap up.

1:50.2

Okay. update. I'm going to pass the microphone. I'll be back at the end with a quick wrap up. When I was staring down my tuition bill, I felt sick. Even with scholarships and a part-time

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