If you have a truck and trailer, I would get on Craigslist ASAP and put up "Free Scrap Metal and Appliance Removal Services" ads immediately in the "Labor and Moving" "Household" "Appliances" "Farm and Garden" and similar sections. Write a descriptive, coherent ad, include contact info. More than likely you'll start getting a few calls. A trailer load of appliances (I'm talking a 16' trailer) can easily turn into $250 at the yard. Do that twice a week (which, trust me, is very easy to do), and you're almost back to where you were (minus gas/lunch, etc).

It ain't easy, but it's honest and is VERY addictive! There are probably thousands of broken/dead/working appliances that people want to get rid of right now, within a 60 mile radius of you. Obviously, resell the working ones for more $$. All it takes is a few working appliances (I get a couple good working ones each week) to make your weekly take very respectable!

Anyway, lots more...and you'll find it in this forum. Keep reading, and more than anything, get out there and just do it.

Oh...take business cards (print up some cheap ones if need be) and even some flyers to pass out/tack up.

Good luck!