RESEARCH and PLAN WELL before you risk any of that money. No joke research and have a solid plan on how you're going to make those investments back. I know when I first started on eB I lost at least $500 and a lot of time before I started seeing the fruit of my efforts.
My suggestion is to start small it should only cost you AT MOST a hundred to make a brand new account and another $100-300 for your first wholesale purchase depending on what you plan to sell. That leaves you with a safe $700 to fall back on. Play with that initial account and see how things work. I don't know though, I can safely say that a high majority of people who try this fail. I was in your shoes with less money and it took me years to make it happen, you just gotta keep it up and persevere. If I were in your shoes now with the knowledge I have, with that $1000 I could very confidently spend the entirety of it and fully know that the investment would be worth it and that I would be getting all that money back plus profit.
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