Jon Elson wrote:

Ignoramus4922 wrote:


The stuff that I have in mind, is something like buying a CNC machine
for $10k, doing very minor stuff, if any, and selling for $17k. I was
wondering how realistic is this, in your experience.

Wow, I'd be REAL careful investing $10K on speculation on a machine.
The risk is you fix it up great and then can't find a buyer.

That, and if you are operating as a real business, you get taxed on that
machine sitting in inventory with no buyer.