Jake Kern | FB Marketplace Pro

My garage is filled to the brim with liquidation goods. Rugs Treadmills Kitchen sinks Strollers Mostly Facebook marketplace sales, some eBay. Spend less than 4 hours per week processing/selling. Can scale up or down based on family needs. Perfect side hustle for a busy dad.

@JHartFlips Much easier to get started too. Amazon is daunting. Don’t forget Facebook marketplace as ashtray place for beginners! Both for selling and sourcing

If you’re wanting to make an extra $1000+ a month reselling Please… Don’t jump on Amazon to start Get on eBay Hit the thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales Way better ROI, less bullsh*t

@ShannonJean A wise man’s quote, that’s for sure.

@JakeKern Someone once said, It's a simple business, but it's not easy. Respect for the grind.

Timelapse of me spending too much time processing a single rug that I ultimately ended up scraping because of too many stains 🎉

@jearl02s Bought it before I knew about Bstock. I could have saved some money!

@JakeKern Nice fire table

Hazy beer was my motivation to move 8x10 rugs around all afternoon

@donnyyoung Time will tell if I learn my lesson or go back to the rug well lol

@JakeKern Dealing with rugs makes me want to drink too. And I don’t drink. 😂

@donnyyoung I don’t find it unethical but I go back and forth whether the time spent to get the image is worth it or not. Some of my highest selling rugs have been pictures of it on my grungy driveway. Hard to say!

I used AI to stage this leather sofa I got from a Costco liquidation auction. Sold it on Facebook marketplace. Do you think this is unethical? How should a resellers use of AI enhanced images factor into their business practices?

@BraydenFlack Private equity gone wild

They are asking the wrong customer for a review 💀

@plasticboss You’d think I would have thought of this after hundreds of rugs processed but that’s why I love this app. This one will be perfect for a buffer between the driveway because it’s one of the washable that folds up nicely. Thank you for the tip!

@JakeKern I'm always nervous about getting the back dirty when I clean mine. I'm saving one that I was going to scrap to use as one as a protecting barrier from my floor when I lay them out for inspection

Afternoon schedule 1:30-2:00 Zoom with cohort of resellers 2:00-2:15 Client call for my W2 job Took both calls at the playground while my kids played. At 1:58 I’m signing off zoom to be ready for my client to call. I look over at my 2 year old to see her having an accident on a slide. Phone rings as I’m charging her and cleaning up. Call goes great, client is happy. Juggling a lot of balls but wouldn’t have it any other way.

@twalk6er Through Costco on @bstocksol % of msrp really depends on category. I get rugs and exercise equipment for under 20%

@JakeKern Are you buying through Costco? What % or retail do you usually get?

Remember this guys morning routine? Mine looks a little different. Each day before heading to my w2, I set the day’s Facebook marketplace pick ups on my porch. $3000 in sales every month with this system. While I’m away in my cubicle, customers pick up their items, sending me a Venmo or leaving cash in my mailbox. You don’t need a fancy storefront or warehouse, you just need to get started.

While I don’t flip electronics, I do resell home goods like rugs, kitchen sinks and baby strollers Follow @JakeKern to see how I sell $3000+ of liquidation goods from my garage every month

Buying this pallet and spinning up 44 Open Claw agents ASAP.

@HSchenewark Smart man!

@JakeKern Ha! My wife craves Taco Bell when pregnant so they all made it home 😅

They call me the Taco Man! Just striped my fourth Taco Bell. He's been a great client. Will probably be a seal and stripe later in the year, but he needed a restripe done immediately, so I was happy to oblige. There's some potholes that need cut out and patched too, as you can see in this bumpy video. These are quick, easy jobs, and I love seeing the work I've done around the community. The bonus was going home with a party pack comped by the owner.

@charjahar Auctions! Mainly Costco returns on @bstocksol

@jakekern Where do u get the liquidation items? Auctions, local shopping etc?

What would you do with an extra $1000 each month? I make $1000 plus every month (net), selling liquidation items from my garage. Rugs, kitchen sinks, strollers. Mostly Facebook marketplace some eBay. The cash goes right to my family’s travel funds. This side hustle allows me to hit savings goals and still have epic travel experiences with my wife and kids. I could put effort into growing this side hustle into a business. But right now, I’m happy with what my w2 is providing.

@hey_mindi I spy some chase credit cards on that desk. Are you diving into the credit card points world 👀

On this episode of “the bank is having a Monday” We spent 2 1/2 hours opening 2 business accounts at a new bank. Our 4 kids made themselves right at home. No one had a meltdown. I still don’t understand why it takes that long to open a new account. Or why this office looks like a prison. But we I am fairly certain we’ve upgraded.

@prismauctions @bstocksol Many did get a lot of bids towards the end. Just something that caught my eye in browsing for my normal home good lots

@JakeKern @bstocksol Very hard to sell anything more than 5 years old particularly in bulk. Margins are very thin, if you look on Ebay you will see what I mean for old stuff. Not at all impossible to make money and scalable, but those pallets will go for closer to retail and compress margins.

Someone who is smarter than me is going to make a lot of money buying pallets of laptops from @bstocksol today ~5-10% msrp seems crazy to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Anyone have experience selling liquidated laptops/electronics?

@bigg_mike22 Guaranteed profit right?

@JakeKern Brilliant