I’m about my online and my offline hustles. You gotta do what it takes to make that money. In one of my other posts I mentioned how people don’t know the value of their own goods – and some people don’t know or are just too lazy to do some basic tech stuff to their iPhones. Well this is where Craigslist and getting on your local hustle comes in.

I recently got an iPhone 3G 16GB off of Craigslist for $375 . Do you know how much they’re going for on eBay? Around $500 to $600 if you jailbreak and unlock it. Thats anywhere from $100 to $200 profit. If you haven’t figured out what I’m getting at already then I don’t know what to tell you. There are many people who don’t know or just want to get rid of their stuff quickly. I know the general concern is - what if somethings wrong with it?

This is just where you have to be smart when you buy. Ask questions (is it still under warranty? How old is it?) – don’t get too excited when you see an unbelieveably low price – and don’t get jumped or jacked either. Heard about the Craigslist killer in Boston yet?

All you need is a little start up capital to buy them, the software to jailbreakand unlock  it, and then the ingenuity to sell them and you’re on your way.

Here’s how to get started:

1. Go to Craigslist.com and choose your City and State.
2. Use the search bar on the left and type in: iPhone
3. Look for steals/deals and give them a call.
4. Meet them up – inspect – and make your decision.

I’m not going to tell you how to jailbreak it here but Google will definitely hook you up with that knowledge or you can always send me an email.

The other hustle I was thinkin’ about getting on is the iPhone unlocking service. It’s really easy once you get the hang of it.

Make sure you know the difference between a 3G and a 2G an 8GB and a 16GB. Do all your research before you spend a dollar so you don’t waste any money.

Why am I so late? Because I had a G1 and wasn’t interested in iPhones at all. I have to admit though – I’m falling in love with them.

*Update – 3GS are also out now too. This hustle is still strong and with the new iPhones coming out this summer it will only pick up.

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I had a spare Western Digital 500GB  hard drive laying around a couple weeks ago. I was going to run a contest here but you know with this economic crunch and all, times are hard! I decided I didn’t want to pay eBay their fees so I’d go through Craigslist AKA Cold Hard Cash. 

Put up the listing and within a day got a phone call from someone willing to buy it for full price. Met up with the guy – wham, bam, thank you man – I was $85 richer. So now I got that out of the way I hadn’t forgotten that my listing was still up. I didn’t bother to edit it and say it’s sold because I’m lazy and have things to do.

The next day I must have gotten two calls and a text asking about the hard drive. Told them I didn’t have it. Got a couple more calls the next day. And I’ve been getting a call at least once every 2 or 3 days asking for this external hard drive.

So how does this help you?

Forget supply and demand. How about demand and supply? You got a product that you can get cheap but not sure people will buy? List it on Craigslist, see how many responses you get, then decide if it’s worthwhile.

Places where you can get some cheap goods:

• Alibaba.com
• GlobalSources.com
• Liquidation.com 
• Local Liquidations (lots more now because of the recession)
• Craiglist and Ebay (People don’t know the value of their own goods)

Make sure you’re buying from Verified Suppliers on Global Sources and Alibaba. Just putting y’all up on something that I’ll be doing in my spare time. It’s all about having multiple income streams. I’ll let you all know how it goes once I get everything going.

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