I have sold 27 items since my last update on January 3, 2025. I made $210.87 of profit on these items for an average profit of $7.81. I would like to be higher than this, but this amount per average is still very good based on what I’m doing. I would like to have a complete turn of my inventory once a year at this point, and am trending in towards this. This would be optimal based on the amount of time I am willing to put into this. I hope to get up to 300 items if I can keep growing, but I am running into the position where I am not growing my inventory at this point very much and have around the same amount I need to reinvest month to month, about $600.
I redonated two items for someone else to enjoy: the Japanese Stein and the Satellite Puzzle. They hadn’t moved and there was no one looking at them, so it was time to move one.
Stocks
I bought eight more shares of Verizon during this time period from the profits I’ve been earning. I paid $313.05 for an average cost per share of $39.13125. As well, I received dividends on Verizon, Chicago Atlantic Real Estate, Altria, and British American Tobacco.
I got paid $5.59 from Verizon giving me .141 more shares. I now have 16.375 shares of Verizon.
I got paid $1.03 from Altria giving me .02 more shares. I now have 1.061 shares of Altria.
I got paid $4.55 from Chicago Atlantic Real Estate giving me .301 more shares. I now have 7.301 shares of Chicago Atlantic Real Estate.
I got paid $6.83 from British American Tobacco giving me .164 more shares. I now have 9.545 shares of British American Tobacco.
With the 61.325 shares of Future Fuel my current yearly dividend amount is at $106.83. Was my initial investment of $36.38 a good use of that money? For sure, based on what I’ve been able to grow it into on a yearly basis already. I am almost at three times my initial investment that will be paid to me whether I do anything or not in perpetuity. Crazy how a small amount has already turned into this.
I hope to continue to grow it over the years doing exactly what I’ve been doing so far. Buying items where I can make decent amounts selling them, and buying shares of companies I believe have a good chance to pay me while I hold them over time.
Current Inventory
| Item | Cost | Date Purchased | Sold | Profit |
| *2 Coca Cola Puzzles | $6.91 | 9/13/22 | ||
| *Floral Plate | $2.71 | 9/26/22 | ||
| *Japanese Stein 1 | $4.33 | 9/26/22 | Redonated | -$4.33 |
| *Satellite Puzzle | $2.37 | 11/28/22 | Redonated | -$2.37 |
| *Board Game | $3.78 | 1/4/23 | ||
| *Antique? vase | $8.11 | 2/21/23 | ||
| *Antique Plates | $7.56 | 3/19/23 | ||
| *Granite Cutting Blades (4) | $32.43 | 4/4/23 | ||
| *Crystal bowl | $5.94 | 4/10/23 | ||
| *Coffee Cup- Floral | $2.70 | 6/20/23 | ||
| *Skateboard | $8.11 | 7/26/23 | ||
| *Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet | $42.22 | 1/3/24 | ||
| *Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet | $42.22 | 1/10/24 | ||
| *RNs DVD | $1.08 | 3/1/24 | ||
| *Utawareumono DVD | $1.08 | 3/6/24 | ||
| *1 garage sale tshirts | $1.00 | 3/30/24 | ||
| *April 2024 – 5 items | $27.66 | |||
| *May 2024- 3 items | $253.82 | |||
| *June 2024 – 6 items | $17.85 | |||
| *August 2024- 25 items | $143.72 | |||
| *September 2024- 61 items | $301.66 | |||
| *October 2024- 48 items | $281.64 | |||
| *November 2024- 25 items | $89.24 | |||
| *December 2024- 2 items | $6.47 | |||
| *January 2025- 17 items | $113.05 | |||
| *February 2025- 17 items | $81.00 | |||
| May 2024- 1 item sold- DVD | $2.15 | 5/7/24 | 2/5/25 | -$.55 |
| June one item sold – Puzzle | $1.86 | 6/14/24 | 1/22/25 | $4.65 |
| August – 8 items – items sold- Clothing, 2 Books | $27.35 | $45.60 | ||
| September -5 items sold- Clothing | $22.68 | $39.52 | ||
| October – 4 items sold- Sheets, Clothing | $44.36 | $47.40 | ||
| November – 4 items- 4 clothing | $15.75 | $37.91 | ||
| December- 3 items, Sheets and 1 Shirt | $154.77 | $38.12 | ||
| January 2025- 1 Shirt | $3.24 | 1/6/25 | 1/23/25 | $26.87 |
| Other costs during period | 21.95 | |||
| Stocks | ||||
| Verizon, Altria, British American, Future Fuel | $1417.18 | Various | $114.37 | |
| Underinvested | $603.55 | |||
| Total inventory amount | $3503.75 |