how much experience do i need?

For some reason, this thread is stuck stirring around in my head.

Your commerce (buying, selling, trading) classes can be boiled down to this: Everything around you has a value to somebody. The trick is to find the right mix of "things" to "people that want those things". People will literally buy crap. Go to a plant nursery, or lawncare dept at a big-box hardware store... big 'ole bags of manure for sale. PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY BUY CRAP. When you think about it, that makes selling pretty much anything else a piece of cake, right? And that's all scrapping is, is buying and selling other people's waste materials.

To get started in the commerce of scrap, don't get bogged down with the analysis paralysis, and planning, and blah blah blah. Just start doing it. It's hard work if you want to be successful, but it's very satisfying on many levels. With experience, you will learn far more than talking about it on the internet. Although, with that said, reading through this forum thoroughly will help you to get better and shorten the learning curve we all experience at the beginning. After getting your feet wet, then you will see if you want to specialize, or plan out a particular business strategy to grow your business.