Hunt with a hard limit.
Free and $5–$20 finds from Marketplace, garage sales and curbs around Austin, Manor and Elgin. Our sourcing rule: never pay more than 20% of expected resale value.
Flip & film ATX / Austin · Manor · Elgin
UGLY THINGS.
BETTER LIVES.
Good stuff gets a second chance. We hunt overlooked finds, put in the work, and show the transformation. Austin. Manor. Elgin.
Hunt → Film → Sell → Stack → Repeat
Flip perspectiveCreate value ↗
More than stuff
Same stuff.
A brighter
story.
Restore. Resell. Repeat.
Good stuff gets a second chance.
New business.
Straight-up promises.
01 / Show the transformation
02 / Keep the costs honest
03 / Keep it local
The FlipFrame loop
Ugly is just
the starting point.
We’re building this business one find at a time. The restoration is the product story—not something hidden behind a polished listing.
45 seconds.
The video formula: the find, cost and timer, the work, the reveal. A short story with a real item at the end.
Film the elbow grease.
Before → after, with the costs on screen. Each flip becomes a short restoration video for TikTok, Shorts and Reels.
Let the item tell its story.
Link the restoration video to the listing. Sell locally, with cash on pickup. Live auctions are the next step as the business grows.
Track it. Then do it again.
Record spend, time and sale price. Reuse the video format that works, and put the next flip—not a follower count—at the center.
From our work table to your place
Give a good find
its next home.
Explore what’s available, see the details, and find a flip worth making room for.