Carter Stevens Eyes Real Estate Wholesaling After Turning Dumpster Finds Into 6-Figure Income
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 3
Carter Stevens Eyes Real Estate Wholesaling After Turning Dumpster Finds Into 6-Figure Income
1 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 3
Summary
Stevens, 31, is trying to launch a Nashville real estate wholesaling business after rebuilding from homelessness and debt through reselling discarded goods.
His turnaround began with 190 discarded Steelcase office chairs that generated $17,000 in profit; later junk-removal and eBay sales reached $30,000 in six weeks.
With savings nearing $12,000, he wants a business less dependent on physically taxing dumpster diving, but he is still stuck on basics like finding pre-foreclosure records and building a cold-call pitch.
That shift follows a 2024 collapse driven by drug use and compulsive spending, when monthly outflows topped $15,000 and he ended up living in cars and a storage unit.
Stevens sees wholesaling as a chance at longer-term stability in fast-growing Nashville, where 86 new residents arrive each day and housing distress could produce leads.