you just have to know business and be willing to do a little research.. don't listen to people telling you not to get involved with anything new in your life. anyone heard of entrepreneurship? shit man, begin by starting a small ebay business. as said, buy low and sell high. search craigs, ebay, the salvo and your local classifieds. buy anything you believe you can turn a profit on. clothing is really easy. look for semi pricey name brands at the salvo. you can buy nice ralph lauren shirts for 3 bucks and sell them for 10 or 15. (it would be better to sell three or five shirts together, that way you can expect to receive 20-30 bucks for one transaction. also, not a lot of people look to purchase a single shirt off of ebay.) once you've built up some capital, check out bulk-lot buys on ebay or any other sites on google. you can find shirts, hats, computers, pipes, ect. you can buy a dozen computers for 1200(guessing) and if you sell each for, say, 200 dollars, you make 1200. just research various products and learn what people like to spend money on. last year i had a really successful ebay business. just with taking a trip everyday to the salvo and selling the items i found, i made easily $300 a week. i was really good with the little marketing techniques that a lot of people tend to forget. just a few tips - HIGH high high qual product photos and learn who will buy your shit.. aka when should you post and more importantly when should your auction end. when will the people buying your shit be online, surfing ebay looking for what you have to sell.