Those are great uses of Facebook Marketplace, essentially the classifieds of the social media behemoth.
But for a hustling, entrepreneurial-minded go-getter (maybe thats you?
), weve discovered that Marketplace can be an actual business resource.
Photo courtesy of Kevin Mullan.
Heres how they did it.
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On Marketplace, he finally found it, sinking into an Ohio farm field, priced at $5,000.
Its also a side gig success story that Mullan is using to pay for his three kids school tuition.
The whole business, Mullan told The Penny Hoarder, has been a series of happy accidents.
Thats What I Like About America
In many ways, Sara Chen embodies the ideal immigrant experience.
Oh, you thought that was all?
Chen took that experience and ran with it.
Taking meticulously staged photos of her work.
Shes so good behind the camera that her skills have launched yet another side hustle: photography staging courses.
Whats not to love about that go-getter spirit and apparently boundless energy?
But Chen finds that its all coming back in spades in her new homeland.
Thats what I like about America, she said.
This is a country that really promotes hard work and creativity.
But how to take seven people on a getaway without going broke?
Lemp enlisted her kids and got the old girl which they named Gidget road-worthy and rodent-free.
Gidget took the family on countless road tips until they needed a bigger ride.
Then Gidget sold, same day, on Marketplace for $8,900.
That got the Lemps thinking: Could this be a business opportunity?
Short answer: Yes.
Lemp is now abona-fide DIY camper-flipper, pocketing about $6,000 in profits per project.
Probably not as good as youd like.
It always seems like an uphill battle to build (and keep) a decent amount in savings.
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