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Thatg9659

Thatg9659

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Mine was a KP D60 I bought at the upullit for $100 sold it the next day for 500 had two hours into the deal Start to finish.
 
Bought 2012 Acadia at auction for $800, beautiful condition in limp mode for trans issues.

Fixed the broken harness going to the trans, literarily twisted and taped the wires (not proud of that) and sold next day for $5,500
 
Bought a $500 Kia on my lunch break back in college when I was cleaning pools. Put a battery in it and sold it for something like $1,500 the same week. Made more on other vehicle flips but there was more work involved.
 
90's pop up camper. Bought it from a guy at work march of last year for $800, sold it a few months later when covid panic hit for $4200 and was only asking $3800.
 
Pulled both axles out of an ‘08 JK that was burnt to a crisp but had Eaton elockers installed and 4:88 gears front and rear. Pulled the diff covers and verified that the lockers didn’t get too hot. Paid $418 out the door at U-Pull-It, power washed them, sold them 2 days later to a buddy for $1200. This was a week ago. I know I could have made more, but I figured we both got a great deal.
 
IowaOffRoad said:
Pulled both axles out of an ‘08 JK that was burnt to a crisp but had Eaton elockers installed and 4:88 gears front and rear. Pulled the diff covers and verified that the lockers didn’t get too hot. Paid $418 out the door at U-Pull-It, power washed them, sold them 2 days later to a buddy for $1200. This was a week ago. I know I could have made more, but I figured we both got a great deal.
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I don't think you know what the definition of a buddy is :laughing:
 
I bought 6 JCB 260`s for 41k at an auction, the only other guy bidding was telling his woman I was retard for paying that much for a skid steer, I told him I didn`t buy a skid steer for 41k I bought 6 of em, auctioneer confirmed my bid was for the lot not per unit.
 
Best flip so far has been $6000 profit on a vehicle I had $2500 into. Seller thought it needed an engine. Fixed some ignition issues and drove the thing for a few months before selling.

Currently have a flip I have $2200 into. Was told it needed a transmission, but only had wiring issues. Been driving it off and on for a couple months. Pretty confident I can get $10000 for it if I put another $500 and some elbow grease into it.

I do this as more of a hobby than anything, so I consider my time free. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford my hourly rate :flipoff2:

Funniest one has got to be a 1988 Honda Civic 4wd that I paid a buddy $200 for. Drove it as a beater for a year and flipped it back to him for $400. He got the last laugh though as he sold it to a collector a couple years later for a few grand.
 
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I run scrap and troll CL for things to flip.

Best single deal was 10 snowblowers I got from an equipment place that just wanted then gone.

Out of the 10 I swapped around parts and made 7 nice machines out of the deal.

Sold most of them for around 200-250 and got $400 and $450 for two of the bigger ones.

With my time picking them up involved I had about 8-10hrs into the whole deal. Somewhere between $180 and $200hr.

Im a Toolmaker so I can fix a lot of stuff for free that would be cost prohibitive to even buy repair parts for and fix it yourself.
 
you non reading comprehension mofos, i’m not asking what your side hustle is I just want one example of your best flip or best side hustle deal.
 
Paid cash for a house in Chico a couple months before the Paradise fire. Got a cash offer for 40k over what we paid while I was out front pressure washing it to put it on the market.
 
I bought a 2010 Ford Ranger Sport 4x4 with 50K on the clock for 2,000. Everything worked on it, paint was nice and brand new tires. Problem was it was just filthy inside. Spent a few hours and a few bucks detailing it and drove it for 3 years off and on as the dump run haul stuff truck.

Sold it last fall for 10K. I didn't advertise it I just got a knock on the door one night from a guy with a cash offer.
 
Paid 25k for a Winnebago Itasca 40’ last year. Fixed a couple things, used it a few times. Book is 60. COVID prices most look like north of that. Have a guy coming tomorrow fingers crossed.
Done deal, 15 to 28 on a Chevy dually dmax, while it was being buffed at my buddies shop, it caught 5k in hail, he pushed the hood and fenders, left roof and it sold for 28 a week later. Walked with 15 after paying him a bit. 7 hours of scrubbing/pics/fawking with
 
Besides real estate cause I’m seriously making 200k per year here it seems...

bought a 404 mog rolling chassis for 400, sold for 3500 in ~2005. Buyer met me at the sellers yard and thought I was an employee of the selller. Super sketch but I was young and didnt care
 
Bought a few thousand factory service manuals at an auction for $75. Sold them on ebay over several years. I stopped counting after about $10k.
 
Thatg9659 said:
you non reading comprehension mofos, i’m not asking what your side hustle is I just want one example of your best flip or best side hustle deal.
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Sorry, you lack of punctuation and sentence structure threw me off.

In staying with the theme you outlined:


Best single deal was 10 snowblowers I got from an equipment place that just wanted them gone.

Out of the 10 I swapped around parts and made 7 nice machines out of the deal.

Sold most of them for around 200-250 and got $400 and $450 for two of the bigger ones.

With my time picking them up involved I had about 8-10hrs into the whole deal. Somewhere between $180 and $200hr.

Im a Toolmaker so I can fix a lot of stuff for free that would be cost prohibitive to even buy repair parts for and fix it yourself.
 
TatonkaII said:
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There are not really any secrets. Most money is made in the effort put forth. Pick the ugly house in a nicer neighborhood, and just play any episode-flip-this-house. I just did it much slower, and I lived in it as it happened.
The first one I did was on accident. I was 20, had no business owning a house but I did. Has a shit vacation home on the lake, Yellow and Brown, hay for a yard, lots of driftwood for 'art'

Fast forward, now, weed-eat, pressure wash, burn debris.
It was 27 years ago and I can still remember the total list of hard parts:
Five gal paint
one gal trim
one big brush
one trip brush
The rest was what I could pick up for free ,at the construction site I worked at

got it looking nice, neighbor walked over and offered me 2x what I paid for it for his aging parents two years later.

I got a check and was out, didn't even know you could do such a thing like that

This wasn't the bigger flips, but it is the best example that I have
 
Thatg9659 said:
you non reading comprehension mofos, .....
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:lmao::lmao::lmao:

Spin dat, whats been your best side hustle flip jaun.​

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Pulled a kingpin Dana 60 in the junkyard on half off day for $120. After loading it up went to the gas station and a guy pulls up asking about it.

"That a Dana 60"
Yep
"Wanna sell it?"
Sure, $1000
"Wait here i'll go to the bank and be back in a few min"

He came back with the cash and we slid it from my truck to his. I let him have it for $900, wouldn't say it was the easiest $780 i made but it sure was the quickest.
 
TatonkaII said:
I'm a dummy. When you said property I was thinking land only for some stupid reason. That makes a lot more sense. :laughing:
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I have done property too

Five acres, selective logged, pulled off the valuable timber.
Prepped/ stumped, slash piled and burned. Dried out the wet spots and to a nice building site

I didn't have the money to actually progress on with construction, after a year of 'established pretty building site' it goes up for sale

Keep in mind, I have my own dozer and other equipment.so that part is cheap for me

But flipping acreage pencils out if you can swing it

again, neighbor contacted me, contract on the tailgate, walked to the title company, done and done
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
I have done property too

Five acres, selective logged, pulled off the valuable timber.
Prepped/ stumped, slash piled and burned. Dried out the wet spots and to a nice building site

I didn't have the money to actually progress on with construction, after a year of 'established pretty building site' it goes up for sale

Keep in mind, I have my own dozer and other equipment.so that part is cheap for me

But flipping acreage pencils out if you can swing it

again, neighbor contacted me, contract on the tailgate, walked to the title company, done and done
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Yeah, but you're not making six figures every time doing that.
 
Years ago there was a little car lot close to where I lived...very rural. He had a little Audi I'd had my eye on. I seen them out there with the hood up and thought I'd check it out. The car would idle but that's it. Give it any gas and it smother out.

I walked around the car and spotted what was wrong and asked what he'd take for the car as is. Just close the hood and walk away. $1000 was his answer....he'd been asking $4500. I handed him a grand and he handed me the title. I then asked if he a hacksaw I could borrow. Yep...with a confused look he went and got it.

Someone (no not me...I'm not that big of an asshole) had backed the car into the little bank behind the car and crimped the exhaust but pulled it back forward. I laid down and cut about 8" off the exhaust and fired it up. Ran quite well.

He was kind of pissed and wanted to know if he could buy it back. Well...I actually did like the car but I'd let it go for $2500. He grumbled but bought it.

Made $1500 to use a guys hacksaw and cut his exhaust pipe....😁
 
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