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🗓️ 14 July 2025
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, hear how a toy collector used estate sales, eBay, and insider knowledge to flip vintage figures for a profit. By focusing on three collectible categories, he built a low-stress resale system that brings in steady income.
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0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
0:10.7 | All right. |
0:11.4 | Last week, it was Mystery by Mail, the murder mystery by mail content creator. |
0:17.1 | Today we're going to look at from Power Rangers to profits in two weeks. That's the title of today's |
0:22.6 | episode in the segment known as first $1,000. This is a segment all about how somebody goes |
0:27.6 | from an idea to making at least $1,000 from it. Today we're going to hear how a toy collector |
0:32.9 | uses estate sales, eBay, and insider knowledge to flip vintage figures for a profit. I guess |
0:39.9 | that's probably better to have a profit than a loss, right? That's good. Okay, profit, not loss. |
0:44.0 | By focusing on three collectible categories, I'll tell you exactly what they are. In fact, he will. |
0:48.9 | He's going to tell you the story. He builds a low stress resale system that brings in steady income. |
0:54.0 | How can you do this? How can you do |
0:55.6 | something like this? Do you have a project that's bringing in steady side income? If not, |
1:00.2 | you need a side hustle. And I'll do my best to help you get there. That's what we're all about for more |
1:04.0 | than 3,100 episodes, 3,100 days in a row, in fact, and counting. Let's hear today's case study. I'm going to pass the microphone over to |
1:12.4 | Brian. I'll come back at the end with a few words of wrap up. Introducing the new Dell AI PC |
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1:44.8 | finding that file you are looking for, managing your schedule, meeting your deadlines, |
1:48.9 | and responding to Chuck's long emails. |
1:52.1 | Chuck, our producer, doesn't actually send long emails, but this computer can do a lot, |
1:56.4 | leaving all the time in the world for more you time and for the things you actually want to do. And no offense, |
2:02.5 | Chuck, get a new Dell AI PC starting at 699 at Dell.com slash AI-PC. How those ahead stay ahead. |
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