Business Insider<\/a> that she was driving around her Memphis neighborhood in 2020 when she noticed there was a lot of furniture and other household items left on her neighbors’ curbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter deciding to pick up some of the furniture, including a coffee table and a bookcase, Sarah sold them all on Marketplace within 48 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I realized, after doing it the second night just within my own town, that this was going to be very lucrative,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarah, who makes $90,000 a year as a digital marketing advisor for FedEx, said she has made $37,000 with her side business so far this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first, she made about $500 per month but improved her earnings once she learned the best routes for bestseller items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She eventually realized that people are more likely to leave things on the curve during the spring and fall, and less likely to during the summer and winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every week, she reportedly spends three hours driving through “trash routes” and finding items, and two hours staging, picturing, and posting them online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After she finds the items, Sarah uses Google Image search to find the retail price online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Used items in good condition sell in three to five days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said she usually sells the items for about 70 to 80 percent of the retail price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If they don’t sell in two weeks, she donates them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sarah said she’s on track to make $40,000 from her side hustle this year and sells on average 30 items every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last August, she and her husband were able to buy their first rental property “directly due” to her side hustle, she told Insider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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