Since COVID-19 many people have lost or changed jobs or are still unemployed many by choice. There are many jobs available in most parts of the United States that pay over $20 an hour which used to be considered a good salary rate. Now that the minimum wage has been raised in many states it is not uncommon to see big placards in the windows of business saying “Now Hiring” pay $15 an hour to $24 an hour.
Many of those places are fast food restaurants. Drug chains are looking for cashiers and assistants. Retail stores are looking for cashiers and stockers. Costco, Walmart, and Sam’s are looking for employees in all areas. Amazon is looking for help in the warehouses, drivers for their Prime vans, and administrative offices. Call Centers are looking for employees to take reservations and answer questions concerning their products.

If you want to work at home, there are many choices for the call center positions advertised.

You can start building a business at home using Craigslist in your area as a product source and a place to sell the products you buy. Offerup also offers a place to find items to sell and a place to sell them. One of the good things about Offerup is that allows the potential buyers to make an offer if they do not like the price the product is listed for.

I explained in a previous post how to set up and buy and sell bicycles in your area. My experience recently has been that the market for used bicycles has all but dried up since COVID-19 and some of the chain stores are offering bicycles at a relatively reasonable price. Although the new bicycles are almost all made in China and the quality is not always good. For example a Roadmaster brand bicycle sold by Walmart is the worst bike that was ever manufactured. They do not work well and they are uncomfortable. They are cheaply priced but they still are not worth the money. It is like throwing the money down the drain. I tried to make from $25 to $50 on each bicycle I bought for resale. Obviously, I was not going to get rich and it did take time and money to go get the bike.

Now I am buying one golf cart at a time and reselling it with ads on Craigslist and Offerup. I bought one two weeks ago for $750 from a guy that offered the cart at his garage sale for $1500, a week later he dropped the price to $1000 for an EZGO 1981 model golf cart with batteries three years old(Batteries usually last about five years if water is kept in the cells). I noticed he was getting ready to move right away in fact he was leaving later in the day I approached him. I ask how much he would take for the golf cart, he said he was asking $1000 and had contacted a neighbor to sell it for him because he was moving to Florida. He said one guy offered him $500 for it. I said I will give you $750 right now. His reply surprised me, “I can do that “. I went home got the money and paid him for it. I had never driven a golf cart before, he had to show me how it worked. I put an ad on Craigslist in Phoenix and Offerup that night. My ad had the golf cart for $1150. A fellow came the next day and bought the cart for $1150 for his daughter to have to drive to her high school.

Two days later I bought a year 2000 Western Golf Cart that looked a little like a Studebaker car for $1,900 about 45 miles from where I live. There was an ad for a golf cart delivery service for a reasonable price. He charged me $125 to deliver the cart. There are probably golf cart delivery services in you area on your Craigslist or Offerup. I had $2,025 invested in the cart. I advertised the cart the next day for $2,500. I had several calls from people nearby and some from as far as 400 miles from here. The guy in New Mexico was going to drive down here and get the cart, I encouraged him to find a card closer to him and even sent him emails with a similar cart a little closer. Then I had a guy that lived north of Phoenix 60 miles from my place that had a flatbed trailer to haul the cart that was going to come see it. He stood me up. After that I parked the cart near a busy street and put pull tabs with my name and phone number below the for sale sign. In two days time twelve people took pull tabs. I called the guy that stood me up and ask if he still had an interest in the cart, he replied he would come the next day. I put a flyer at the RV park post office near me and got a call from a person there. The guy that stood me up texted he was coming the next day with his trailer to see the cart. He and his wife did come and they did buy the cart for $2,400. There was a real extensive article on the web that told how great these carts are that I included in my ad on Craigslist.

I then saw a 1996 Hyundai golf cart for sale with many parts replaced , new batteries, LED lights, and it is a four seater. I guess I can take our friends for a ride if I do not sell it. The previous two carts were golf carts with bag holders on the back rather than seats. The guy wanted $2,400 I offered $2,200 and he accepted that. I am going to ask $2,950 for the cart. I called my delivery guy and ask how much to go 45 miles to get the cart and it was $120, so I will have $2,320 in it. As you can see it looks like it is relatively easy to make $300 or more off of the sale of each golf cart in the price range I am exploring. https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&ei=UTF-8&p=Hyundai+golf+cart#id=2&vid=6486aa6a37f221c74137066fa0272661&action=view if you go to this web address you can take a virtual tour in You Tube in a 1992 Hyundai golf cart and hear about it’s tributes.

Maybe you could do the same thing in your area not restricted golf carts because there are many things being offered on Craigslist and Offerup that could be bought and marked up for resale and there are virtually no expenses in advertising them and finding buyers. Good luck give it try.