Creating a business is one of the toughest things you could ever attempt, however the benefits of owning your business, and more importantly, your time are worth the risks and stress! When I first decided to start my own phone flipping business I knew that I didn't want to get lost in the money side of things. I created my phone flipping business so that it would afford me freedom to go and do as I wanted or needed. Is your phone flipping side hustle set up to allow you to have freedom when you want it? If it doesn't, is money the only reason you are in business?   Want to learn how to flip phones and create your own phone flipping business? You can find my FREE Phone Flipping Mini Course at http://www.phones2freedom.com/    Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together!    Phones2Freedom Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/phones2freedom   Subscribe to the Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/Phones2Freedom?sub_confirmation=1   TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@phones2freedom   Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/phones2freedom/   Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/phones2freedom/   Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phones2freedom-podcast/id1622735824   Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5fg97VMMCMg7nlyJMUNsFa   Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAua2FqYWJpLmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0cy8yMTQ3NDk3MzgxL2ZlZWQ

Consistency is the key to every single business on earth. Consistency is one of the most important skills to continue not only the survival of a phone flipping business but the growth of your phone flipping Business. Today I talk about the different things you can be doing in your phone flipping business to drive consistency. Every phone flipper knows that the phone market is a bit shaky at the moment with Rsim being down. Prices on carrier locked phones are low and people are feeling the pinch. In this episode I outline how things like getting reviews and posting to Instagram can have huge effects on your business. Building relationships with other business owner's in your area by interacting with them on Instagram can funnel customer's directly to you. The best part is it is free to do! Getting reviews on Facebook and Google My Business for your Phone Flipping Business can have a huge impact on the trust that the public has in your business and the authority you have in the market share for your area. Many phone flippers seem to gloss over building the local brand and while the market is down, staying consistent on the back end of your business is sure to pay dividends when the market picks back up.  

Are you struggling with managing the working capital in your phone flipping business? Today I discuss some of the issues that I see many new and seasoned phone flippers struggle with when it comes to money. It is important to manage your working capital appropriately if you want your business to grow.   How much money do you need to flip phones? Well that all depends on where you are at in your phone flipping journey. A new rookie won't need a ton to get started. I started flipping phones with only $136. After that first flip though I was very careful to manage my capital appropriately.  This has allowed me to scale my phone flipping business at a much faster rate than those people that mismanage their money. Some tips to keeping your working capital healthy is to move your phones or devices as quickly as possible. Sometimes this means taking a little less profit from each phone. What you gain from selling for a little less is the ability to get your money back very quickly. Getting your working capital back quickly affords you the opportunity to buy more deals and make more profit. Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together!  Phones2Freedom Facebook Group HERE YouTube Channel! TikTok Reddit Instagram Apple Podcast Spotify Google Podcast

Ray and I discuss the fact that RSIM has went down and how it has drastically crashed the cell phone market. We go on to discuss why RSIM is so important to the carrier locked market and what has happened in the past when RSIM has went down.   What can you do as a street level cell phone flipper to keep your business moving in the green direction during this wild time in the market?   How long will RSIM be down and what can we expect in the future?   If you are holding phones now in your inventory, should you sell or should you hold?   How does having a healthy amount of Capital effect the decision to sell or hold current stock?   What other items can you buy to flip to help get you and your business through these unstable times?   What tips and strategies can you use to help negotiate the lower prices for carrier locked devices?   Will RSIM and the launch of the Apple iPhone 14 overlap? What are the possible outcomes if this happens?   New model for the iPhone 14?   Ray was a FedEx driver when he first started and was meeting people in the middle of his route!    Ray has been arrested and robbed when he was flipping phones in the street.   How to flip phones safely -    Listen closely for Ray’s actionable negotiation tip that he has used to make more money from sellers.   Perspective can play a major roll in how much profit you are willing to make flipping a phone.   Let’s talk competition in your local market and who will still be standing once RSIM is back up.   Ray Baubach Whatsapp - (+1 727-729-9628 )   Ray brings The Most Epic Dad Joke   Make sure to Subscribe so you don’t miss a future episode with Ray where we plan to discuss what exactly a direct buyer does and what that process looks like.   Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram

Heard of any stories of people getting robbed while flipping phones? Today we dive in to that very issue. I talk about what types of things may be driving an uptick in phone flippers getting robbed. I read from a post from a fellow phone flipper who was recently robbed. This is what he had to say about the experience, the mistakes he made, and what he will be doing moving forward. I discuss how you can tell if a place is safe to meet What checkbox’s I need to check to insure mine and my customer’s safety I share some tips that I use to help insure that I don’t get robbed and what I would do if I do ever get robbed when meeting sellers to buy their phones. Places to avoid when meeting sellers. Even though people talk negatively about it, Profiling sellers before the meetup is a must. I talk about what I do once I get to the meetup spot. When someone wants to meet at a place you don’t feel safe, I have some tips on how to get someone to meet where you want to meet them.   This was an edited and enhanced audio version of a live Facebook event inside of my free Facebook group. Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram

This weeks episode features an interview with Curtis Atkins Jr. Curtis owns a cell phone repair business in Raleigh North Carolina. His story is interesting because not only does he offer cell phone repair as a service to the public, but he also finds unlocked, damaged phones to buy, repair, and then flip for a healthy profit. We deep dive his upcoming office acquisition and how he plans to utilize the space for his business but also use it to work his full time job at the same time. He goes on to tell us about how his new space is a shared office space and how he hopes the networking environment with other entrepreneurs will help his business. Curtis, like many others, kind of stumbled in to the repair business because he kept breaking his own Samsung phone and realized how expensive it was to fix at 200-250 a pop! He found out about the repair game from a youtube channel called Jt Hustle's. After getting his feet wet a little bit he bought several different cell phone repair courses to help round out his knowledge and skills. To get started and help build his confidence and skill, Curtis decided to attempt repairs on some old personal phones. Even with practice he tells us about some screw up's he had and how he fixed it. Chris says he wants to be "The Chic Fil A of cell phone repair" with his customer service. From what he tells us about his customer service, i'd say he is well on his way. We then learn a little bit about how he sources phones to buy, fix, and sell and the couple of different strategies he uses to maximize his profit per deal. Old phone's vs New phones, are they the same still? Chris tells us mentors, courses, and a solid network of people is the way to go when looking to start and scale a cell phone repair business!   Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram

In this Episode, we have Andy Zimmerman on the show to talk with him about his journey in phone flipping. Andy starts the show by telling us a little bit about how he flipped phones in college and didn't really consider it as his full time job. He goes on to tell us about how he went in to the corporate world after graduating college and at what point he realized he was making more money phone flipping than he was at his job. We discussed some of his struggles while learning phone flipping and what he does now to prevent those losses in the future!   Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram

On this episode I talk about how reviews are killing your business, or reviews are making your business EXPLODE! Why are reviews important? Reviews are the absolute life blood of my business. Considering I am meeting strangers in a public place with them bringing expensive devices or stacks of cash for my expensive phones, it is super important for them to feel comfortable in doing so! Having good reviews on your business page afford you multiple things. When someone comes to your business page, whether that be facebook business page, Instagram, or Google My Business listing, they are looking for popularity and reliability. What story does your reviews tell? Do they tell the public that you are an amazing business with even more amazing customer service? Or do your reviews tell the local public that you are a shady company that is not to be trusted?   Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram If you have reviews turned off, what does that tell the local market about your business? Tune in to the entire episode as I deep dive all of these scenarios!

Welcome to the Very first episode of the Phones2Freedom Podcast. I decided to start a podcast by a phone flipper, for phone flippers and other niche's within the phone space! In this first episode I introduce myself and what this podcast will be about! If you are in any aspect of the Cell phone space, like phone flipping, phone repairs, cell phone shop owner, direct buyer, etc i think you will find tremendous value here!   Want to learn how to flip phones? You can find my FREE Mini Course HERE! Make sure to also join my FREE Facebook group where hundreds of other phone flippers collaborate and grow together! You can find it HERE! YouTube TikTok Reddit Instagram