Having a yardsale with stuff from first 6 units Fri/Sat. I know there is a lot of debate as to method but I think the most important factor is location/demographics. I have 4 tables of merchandise priced individually, about 400 pieces of clothing on 50 cent tables, 90 pairs of jeans on hanging racks @ 2.00 each and several winter coats @ 3-5 bucks. Already done 55.00 in sales the last 2 days from co-workers that couldn't make it during sale. Split advertising with neighbors who are participating, so cost was low. Will get back Sunday and let everyone know how it went.

Absolutely agree with TC & Rules. I started with my own van, own flashlight, and a 7 dollar tarp. Went to first auction with 75 bucks. By 4th auction i had scraped together 200 bucks and got 2 units that day. 2 months later I have bought 6 units and went to last auction with 450 bucks, all from unit sales. I have 30 storage totes, box of batteries for flashlight, box cutter, tools, 6 foot table to sort on,all from units. I'm amazed how you get what you need from units. Start with as little as possible and you won't feel as much pressure to produce results every time out.

For me, I have no problem keeping things from units if it's something that we needed or nice piece for our house. I give my daughters little stuff out of every unit, their joy is worth something to me. I have made very nice profits off my first 5 units so keeping stuff for free is great. Won't keep much out of the last one because I need to squeeze all I can to make some profit on it. There are no rules to how you operate your business, your own personal enjoyment has value to you. You have to decide where the that line is. Making your living at this is a different world than a doing this for a second income stream. I do it for the latter. Good luck and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

I got a unit today and have been wondering what some of you would have done. 2 units and 12 people there, the first was mine, a 5x10 with 13 totes w/lids, a dozen small avon boxes, 3 christmas trees in box ( 1 a nice fiber optic lighted), small filing cabinet, bissel vacuum, and 2 electric space heaters that looked new and unopened was visable from the door. The totes had labels like winter coats, sweaters etc. I opened with $10.00 and another guy bid and off we went in 5.00 increments as i hoped to get it as cheap as possible instead of jumping it to try to scare him off. The totes looked like mostly clothes and I knew it was a woman's unit. I got it for $105.00. The facility was 2 miles from the house and cleanout took an hour. I've already gone thru everthing and looks like I'll make about $150.00 off all the stuff I got as it's mostly good yardsale items. I really needed the totes and I love these types of units. My question is how many of you would grab a unit like this mainly for the totes and the unknown.

Hello and good luck!

I do not spend time researching individuals. I factor the area of town the facility is in and whether it's a man or women that rented it. By far the biggest factor is what I see from the door. The personal papers from my last unit painted a very sad and financially desperate situation, yet yielded many great items for resale. Trust your eyes and bid accordingly.

Went to an auction Wed 8/17, a what a dissapointment. 17 lockers, 40 registered bidders and 12 totally crap lockers that went for $60-$125. Spent nearly 3 hours in the sun to watch people throw their money away. Only 2 really good lockers that a regular snapped up. Went to this facility in April for about same # of lockers and there were 15 bidders. That's 2 consecutive 40+ at weekday auctions for me. Caravan in 10 days with 131 units in the listing, will report on the crowd.

Went on a caravan today and got a unit for 125.00, first location had 2 units and 40 people. Same number at second location with 7 units. I got the sixth one at this location. This was the largest non Saturday crowd I've seen. The usual weekday crowd is 10-20 people. I've noticed a funny trend with bidding very high on units with furniture and large items and most walking away from units loaded with boxes and totes. My unit had 8 full totes, 6 large boxes overflowing, several other boxes and 3 laundry baskets all full of stuff. Already found 2 computers, a lot of electronic items, a load of toys, a ton of sellable clothes and I've barely started. Only 2 other people bid on this. I love this unit!