Tag: sports cards
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Sports Cards Collection How To Inventory, Appraise, and Sell To Make Money
For those of us who have been in the sports cards industry whether full time or as a passionate hobbyist will likely find this series too basic; it is meant to be that way. Due to the meteoric rise in the popularity of sports cards and the increased exposure of this hobby to the general…
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4 Reasons I Decided Not To Transition My Sports Cards Hobby Into A Full Time Job
If you have ever been passionate about a certain hobby or side hustle, you have likely at one time thought about the what if….what if I took this full time. Sports cards is that for me…sports cards is my money making passion hobby. For those in sports cards specifically, you have at one time thought…
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Podcast Episode 4 My Investment Buckets, Side Hustling, and Alternative Investment Strategy That Relies On Sports Cards
I wanted to give an introduction to my overall investment approach and start digging into sports cards as my main alternative investment. I provide an overview of my investment buckets, side hustling, and my alternative investments that relies heavily on sports cards. Before I jump into alternative investments, I will cover the basics of my…
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Interview with James AKA Awe_SomeProCards and How Nostalgia Kept Him In Sports Cards and Continuing to Learn About the Hobby
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you James from Illinois, known online on Instagram, Facebook, and eBay as awe_someprocards. Tell me…
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Interview with Agostino AKA A&M Centerpiece Sports Cards Investments and Lesson Learned Buying, Grading, and Selling a 2001 Bowman Chrome Albert Pujols Auto
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you Agostino from New York known on Instagram as @a_m_centerpiece_investments. Tell me a bit about your…
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Interview with Kyle AKA KWJ Sports Cards And Several Ways to Make Money With Sports Cards
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you Kyle from SoCal, known online as KWJ Sports Cards formerly psasportscards. Instagram is @kwj_sportscards. Tell…
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Interview with Ron, Founder of a 27,000 Member Facebook Sports Cards Scammers Group and How $25 Saved Countless Number of Collectors
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you Ron, known as a 2011 Topps Football super collector and founder of the most…
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Interview with Jon The Basketball Card Guy, Buying or Investing in What You Know and A Warning to Those Who Think Market Values Are eBay Values
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you Jon from Connecticut, known at shows and online as the Basketball Card Guy. Instagram…
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Interview with Kyle of Wax Museum Podcast and His Reason to Connect With Others in The Sports Cards Hobby
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you Kyle, host of the Wax Museum Podcast. Future listeners can find the Wax Museum…
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Interview with John Newman of the Sports Cards Nation Podcast and Lesson Learned Selling 150 1993 SP Derek Jeter Rookie Cards Because Jeter Was Overrated
I’m very excited to share interviews conducted with several sports cards hobbyists, enthusiasts, champions, and hustlers. Check out the entire interview series at the bottom of this page and let’s all learn, improve, inspire, and collaborate. Today, I bring to you John Newman from New York and host of the Sports Card Nation Podcast and…
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Podcast Episode 3 My Sports Cards Journey and A Glimpse Into Sports Cards As An Alternative Investment
Sports cards has played an integral part of my personal life both as a hobby, a side hustle, and as part of my alternative investment strategy. This is an introduction to my sports cards journey including some of my earliest, fondest, and favorite sports cards memories, how I got pulled into this world, what I…
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Sports Cards Buy Low and Flip or Buy For Going Rate and Set New Price Standards
An instagram follower asked if it is better to buy low and sell high or buy at the going rate (market value) and set new pricing standards. The obvious answer is to buy low and sell high. But let’s think this one through. Anyone who is in the sports cards hobby for money will prioritize…
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How To Keep Track of Sales, Costs, and Profit
An instagram follower, @likemikecards, asked how do you keep track of profit. I like this question because asking this means you are thinking about sports cards like a business and for many, sports cards is a part time business. Although sports cards are primarily a hobby for me, it is also a side hustle to…
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My Take On The Gary Vaynerchuk Belief That Sports Cards Will Explode
The Gary Vaynerchuk aka GaryVee post I am referencing is this one. Let me start by saying that I am a fan of Gary’s. His career journey especially over the past 15+ years is incredible and inspirational. As a full time digital marketer, I experienced the digital evolution of what was happening from the mid-2000s…
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Are Sports Cards an Alternative to 401k or Roth IRA Investing
An instagram follower, @nickscards, recently asked if sports cards are a legitimate alternative investment to 401k investing. This is a great question because I know from talking with many in the sports cards community that some will forego the 401k or roth IRA in order to put that money back into sports cards. I hope…
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Why I Choose Sports Cards As My Main Alternative Investment
To start I want to clarify that I do not classify real estate as part of my alternative investment class. Many readers of this blog will most likely relate more to the tangible non traditional assets. These assets include antiques, art, wine, jewelry, precious metals (gold, silver), coins, and sports cards. I would never put…
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What Sports Cards Means To Me Financially and Mentally
In my previous post, I mentioned 3 reasons to niche down on this personal finance blog. Unlike the sports cards blogs out there that talk in depth about the hobby, my focus for the new direction in this blog is to combine my two passions for personal finance and sports cards. Sports cards are my…
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3 Reasons I am Niche-ing Down On This Personal Finance Blog
I recently decided to niche down on my personal finance blog. I started this blog last year to motivate others, hold myself accountable, and share my stories as I was going through my debt payoff journey. I am 100% debt free and when that happened, my motivation to keep going with this blog went away.…
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How I Planned My Biggest Side Hustle Expense in 2018
I started planning for a major expense planned earlier this month (August 2018) to support my side hustle of buying and selling sports cards. Every year an annual sports card show takes place called The National Sports Collector Convention. 2017 was the first year I had gone to “The National” in more than 8 years…
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5 Lessons I Learned While Buying and Selling Sports Cards
In a previous post, I shared my passion hobby. Buying and selling sports cards serves as my primary money making side hustle. I started collecting sports cards back in the 90s thanks to my dad. I then went in and out of the hobby until I went to college. I took out student loans to…
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