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Used Furniture Store
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If you're good at recognizing bargains, put your discerning eye to use with a used furniture store.

Business Overview

Purchasing secondhand furniture at auction sales, garage sales and from classified advertisements and estate sales is the starting point for opening a used furniture store, or reselling secondhand furniture right from your home. There are a great number of benefits to starting a business that sells secondhand furniture:
• No special skills or equipment requirements
• Relatively low initial startup and monthly operating costs
• Great profit potential, as used furniture can be marked up by 100 percent or more
• Very little in the way of government regulations beyond a business license
• Proven stable and profitable retail industry

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