Free sources of money inside your house
There was a point in my life when I was contemplating dropping out of college. Like most people who read the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" of Robert Kiyosaki, I was so full of confidence that it's time for me to drop out and pursue the Entrepreneurial life.
Entrepreneurial life??? What does that even mean?
In my case, it means that I have to figure out a way to earn money and pay the bills without guaranteed cash flow (as a college student at that time, I was relying on my allowance). My cash flow would be cut off because, like any parents who believed in the value of traditional education, they wouldn't fund my pursuit of this so-called "Entrepreneurial Life".
One of my closest friends (same guy who lent me his copy of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", very nice strategy indeed) introduced me to the world of Direct Selling and Network Marketing. I took it as a sign that the "eye-opening" introduction coupled with the fact that I recently read one of the best selling books of all time that it's time for me to start my journey towards financial freedom.
Starting my financial freedom journey in 3...2...1...
But wait, I don't even have money to pay for the basic membership of the Networking Marketing company. My allowance was completely discontinued and I needed to find a way to fund myself.
The first idea that popped inside my head was to sell "unneeded" things inside the house. The first things that I can think of are old newspapers and magazines but if I'm in for the long haul I needed something that would have much more value and possibly have a continuous supply.
Here are some of the "unneeded" items that you can sell inside your house.
1) Broken appliance (i.e. electric fans, t.v.s, etc.)
These appliances that are taking up very valuable space inside your house could serve you much better if you sell them at your local junk shop.
Additional tip: For appliances with rotors e.g. electric fans. If you're patient enough you could learn how to get the copper inside the rotors and even the wires. You could sell this for much more rather than selling the electric the fans as is. During the time I was doing this, junk shops were buying copper at around Php 300+ per kilo.
2) Bond paper or notebook paper with black and white print
I found out that junk shops buy these at a much higher price compared to other types of paper. I learned that it's much more cost-efficient to recycle these compared to those that have colored prints.
All my school paper can serve me again but this time it's to fund my entrepreneurial life haha :)
3) The usuals ( i.e. newspaper, magazines, plastic containers, etc.)
If you're in doubt you can go bring it to your local junk shop and check if they're buying that stuff.
Additional tip: I was able to get free newspaper on every LRT, MRT station that I went to before ( I'm not sure if "LIBRE" still exist today)
If you want to do something you have to figure out a way to do it. If someone support or even helps you for that matter then be grateful. If not then you have to take charge and do your own thing.
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