Finish your education. Find a job in your field. Keep scrapping all the way. If the income is there, then make the switch.
I would love nothing more than to scrap full time. I work a full time (30 hour) job and spend 30 hours easily per week on the scrap end of it (This is picking up, breaking down, building a website, researching resale of items, refreshing Craig's list ads, making E-bay listings, shipping, etc.). I have just recently gotten to the point that my scrap income is typically equal to my regular job income. Sometimes more. You have to however figure making more than your regular income to become legit. You have to figure in the cost of medical insurance, (going up now) matching taxes, etc. Granted there will be lots of write offs, but you really need to get to the point of doubling your regular income to make the switch.
And then there are the dry spells. They come no matter how hard you market yourself.
Not trying to discourage you at all. I support anyone that wants to make the jump. Just think it through. And complete that education while you are at it so you have something to fall back on.
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