It was the Tuesday of the month that bulk garbage could go out. I was eyeing some furniture that a neighbor three doors down was lugging out to the tree lawn. At this point I knew I had an actual opportunity because it looked super nice from afar and I was tortured by the thought of this driving off in a garbage truck. It took about two seconds to realize I really wanted this piece but was terrified to be labeled a “garage picker”, but after some time I built up the courage.

Uh oh, It’s happening

I went down and found this small dresser/nightstand table that was in perfectly good condition. At this point, I was determined to grab this piece of trash and turn it into my treasure. It was missing a knob so I headed over to Lowe’s and bought the cheapest, simplest knobs I could find which were $0.98 per piece. I tried to keep the piece neutral to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible, but with such a fun variety of knobs If I was keeping it for myself I could have made more of a personal statement. Finally, this garbage picked beauty looked complete and I snapped a few pics and posted on Facebook marketplace along with a few local buy/sell groups. After no time at all I made my first flipping sale for $50.00. Not bad for doing little to no work!

If you are looking for a couple extra bucks to pay a bill or just have some fun money, I challenge you to try to flip junk or unwanted items and make a profit. It turned out to be fun and rewarding, all at the same time.Make sure to tag us in your flipping success stories! We wish you the best of luck, you can do it!