I am a person who needs to start a business that I can run mostly from my home. My idea is to try and buy general merchandise at liquidation prices and re-sell on ebay or possibly a website.

The problems I have encountered so far:

1. Most liquidation items are "store returns" which are damaged goods in some way and difficult to resell. This is especially true of returned electronics or sporting goods which can't be repaired.

2. Liquidation goods are often goods that people don't want or wont pay fair prices for.

3. Large items such as furniture, office equipment, or mattreses which have larger profit margins are difficult and expensive to ship or store.

4. It is hard to find a reputable source of goods. I have tried liquidation.com but havent been too impressed yet. Randomly searching through google seems risky.

Advice would be appreciated to point me in the right direction!

Thanks,