First you are going to need something that interests you to collect. If could be magazines, papers, letters, pictures, postcards, hats, dresses, clippings, anything really. You can collect old soda bottles, matchbooks or even advertising.

You will need a place where you can store all of your stuff. An extra room in the basement, in the garage, somewhere dry, a place where your goodies won’t be in the way of your parents but still easy for you to get too.

Where are you going to find all of these collectibles? This is going to depend on exactly what you are going to collect, but you can find things at yard sales, thrift stores, in other peoples attics, in the store, at stores, from advertising, and just from word of mouth – you telling others what kind of stuff you are looking to collect. Trade shows and trade markets during the summer months are good places to find collectibles cheap as well.

So how are you going to make money doing all this? What you are going to be doing is saving your stuff until you come across a time when you need money. Then you can sell your collectibles as flea markets, in the newspaper, at the auctions online, or to others who collect that particular item.