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My wife and I used to manage a self storage facility and I made so much money off the dumpster!!! We had people that would come look for scrap metal, they would come in the middle of the afternoon and I never had an issue with it. I would check the dumpster first thing each morning. I found a coin collection, electronics, more Christmas items than I care to remember, furniture, and a lot of nice clothes. Some that I still wear today. No one ever asked me if they could go through it but I never saw an issue. A lot of the storage managers for smaller facilities don’t want the hassle of cleaning out “junk” other people leave behind. Everyone should go talk to there local company and just ask them to call you and you will come clean the whole unit out if there is stuff left behind. No they won’t call you for trash but you might be amazed!!! A lot of facilities are run by middle aged women who physically can’t move that beautiful dresser or chair and would love for you to come take it away for them.
I have tons of stories of stuff I got for free and sold. Sometime I will have to tell you guys about the x-ray machine I got for free and sold for $1300.Ok but just cause you guys are so awesome!
Luxfer glass tiles. Check these out!!! Normally when you find them you find a TON!!! They were used in storefronts and warehouses before there was electricity. The prism tiles drew the sunlight into buildings further so they didn’t have to use as much gas to light the building. Next time your in an old downtown area of a small town look up above the door. If you see what looks like a ton of small tiles mostly 4″ x 4″ those are most likely Luxfer tiles.
The most valuable ones have designs on them and are said to be designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
I bought over 450 of them years ago for around .36 each and sold one tile for $125. The common ones I sold in lots of 5 for around $15-20. Still have a bunch, not selling them because they are so cool.
Hope this helps someone!!!Anthony, if I had to give you one piece of advice, I would say sell what interests you. Don’t worry about a niche right now, just sell anything you find interesting and can make a few bucks on.
Enjoy the journey!!!Oh and I do!!! My wife and I used to run a self storage facility in KY and the amount of money I made out of the dumpster would make the average person crazy!!! To me I look at it like I think you guys do, it’s more of a way of life than a side hustle. This year I am going to use my vacation time at my job to source more, get out of debt, and by this time next year at the latest I will be doing this full time! Lie you guys say, if I put 40+ hours into this I know I can probably double my salary. Just got to get the boat a little closer to the dock before I jump!!! Thanks guys!!!
