Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Flip Auctions FAST: Buy for $2K, Sell for $4K! #shorts

10 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Tommy Dobczyk explains his ongoing practice of attending auctions and flipping items for profit. He notes that roughly 20% of his purchases are for his own use, while the remaining 80% are for acquaintances who want specific items. He gives a concrete example of buying a boat for $2,000, cleaning it, and selling it to a friend for $4,000, highlighting the ease and profitability of this approach when leveraging personal networks.

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But why this clicked in my head was because I used to go to auctions all the time. I still do. I go to auctions all the time. And what I usually end up buying is I usually end up buying 20% of the stuff I buy is for me, 80% of it's for somebody else who I know wants something, right? I bought a boat at the auction because I knew that my cousin or brother or friend down the road wanted a, wanted a boat. And if I could get it for $2,000, take it home, give it a bath and hand it to them for $4,000. They'd never ask me where I got it from. Right. And so I could go out and do that pretty easily, uh, and be accomplished, uh, at doing it without, without any issues. Right. And so, um, this is what it dawned on me.