Furniture Flippers Will Take That Dresser You’re Done With, Thank You
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In July 2019, Elle Woodworth was raising three children with her husband in Fort Myers, Fla. when she had an idea to generate income that would change the course of their lives.
Not that she had such high expectations at first: “I was only trying to solve a problem,” she said.
The townhouse they were living in felt cramped, and her husband was working up to 60 hours a week as a restaurant manager. “One day I was cleaning out the garage with the kids and saw these folding chairs my husband had picked up on the side of the road a few months prior,” said Ms. Woodworth, 36. “I thought, ‘Why don’t I post a listing on Facebook Marketplace and try to make some extra money?’”
