One video, start to finish: why flippers who hunt for deals stay stuck, and what the ones with systems do instead.
The written version
Watch it once, then keep this open. Same ground as the video, written out so you can come back to it before your first deal.
I'm Andrew Rojas. I'm 27, and I've flipped phones full-time since I was 18 — nine years in phones and electronics.
I started with $250 and one buyer I could cash out with. I lost money before I learned to do this properly, which is most of why this lesson exists.
These days I'm also a marketer and a software owner. That matters here, because the way I run this business now looks nothing like the way I ran it at 18.
In 2016 the method was simple. Post a free "We Buy Phones" ad on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist, and sellers came to you. Marketplace had just launched. It was wide open.
Around 2019 that died. Facebook's algorithm started flagging those posts — they aren't real listings, they're buying requests — and competition caught up. You'll still snag one here and there. You can't build a week on it.
What replaced it is the difference between hunting for deals and having them come to you. Everything else in this course is downstream of that one idea.
Two doors, and most people only ever use the first one:
Buyers pay more here because both platforms protect them. That's the trade: higher prices, real fees, real buyer expectations.
Your job is to inspect the device and describe it honestly — cracks, bad ESN, battery health. Damaged phones still sell. Misdescribed phones come back.
Wholesale companies that buy phones, tablets and laptops in volume, often to distribute overseas. No platform fees, sell many at once, and they buy as-is with no returns.
Start on eBay or Swappa while you're learning what things are worth. Move toward direct buyers as your volume grows — the relationship is the asset.
Most sellers are honest. Some aren't, and they're predictable:
A seller who needs cash today will leave things out. That's not always malice. It's still your money.
This is a hybrid business — online and in person. I automated my side of it and hired drivers so I don't do pickups anymore, but I didn't start there. For years it was my wife and me doing everything: marketing, negotiating, driving.
If you're expecting something that runs purely online from day one, this isn't it. You're handling real inventory. Learn the three core skills first:
Get those down, then scale. Not before.
Most people stall part-time for the same reasons: too long hunting for deals, too many jobs at once, no consistency, and a business that only moves when they do.
What changes it is a system that keeps working when you're not watching — leads coming in on their own, replies going out instantly, pricing worked out in seconds, follow-up that happens whether you remember it or not.
That's the part I've spent years building. It's also the part you should ignore until you've done the first three skills by hand.
That's the shape of the business — free, no strings. What the training can't do in one sitting is walk you through every step in order: your first flip, the message that wins the deal, the phones I never buy, the 60-second scam check, and the setup that brings sellers to you. That's what the Blueprint is.
Every step, in order — sourcing, inspecting, pricing, negotiating, selling, and the setup that brings sellers to you.
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