Hello all, the name is Allan. I've been watching all of Glendon Cameron's videos on youtube for awhile now, as well as personal storage auction videos from amateurs. I also bought his ebook and have read it all. I'm really interested in buying/selling storage lockers for multiple reasons.
1. Growing up, my dad and I used to be antique collectors, but old school antique collectors, like abandoned old houses, or landfills, digging them up with shovels and other tools and collecting bottles and coins. We also used to collect all kinds of stamps. We stopped doing that when we relocated from NY to FL though. Now I'm looking to get into something new, for the thrill of the hunt, and to see what I find. The saying goes : You gotta spend money to make money. Unfortunately, my seed money is pretty low, so I'm not expecting to get anything, at first. I also don't have enough resources to know where to find EVERY auction. Have to build connections and network first. This is the resource I'm using currently. Can any of you Veterans tell me if it's pretty legit? auctionstorage.com/NewBuyers.aspx Tammie seems to be the Auctioneer who does all the auctions in my area.
2. I want to get out of Customer Service. I hate dealing with multitudes of people every day, when I'm barely making enough to survive. I want a higher income, as well as want to be my own boss eventually and have the freedom to travel and hunt lkrs with the best of them.
So, that's my introduction. I've been lurking here without an account for 2 weeks now. I plan on attending my first auctions on the 20th of this month, but only have about 500 in seed money. So we shall see what happens. I'm jumping in headfirst. If the price is right, I'm no lookie-loo. Look forward to talking with you all.