Flipping broken items is one of the lowest-cost side hustles to start: you can begin with a $30 buy and basic tools. Here is the whole loop, start to finish.
1. Start with one category you understand
2. Buy with a margin cushion
3. Diagnose and source the part
4. Clean it up and photograph it well
5. List it as working and price to sell
Tools you need to start
The hardest part is finding buys where the numbers actually work. That is what Broke Fix Flip is for: it surfaces broken listings with the margin, the likely fault, and the repair cost already worked out, so you can spend your time fixing and selling, not hunting.