150 Types of Unusual Investments – The List

130. Storage Lockers – this investment opportunity has become popular from reality TV shows like Storage Wars.

When renters of storage lockers stop paying their bills, the contents are put up for auction.

A winning bidder might be lucky enough to get a hidden treasure for a fraction of its value.

On the other hand, it is quite possible that most of the contents are low value and you might just turn a small profit or lose money trying to unload some items on sites like Craigslist, while hauling others to the dump.

At a storage auction, you need to quickly appraise how much the contents of a storage locker are worth.  Then you decide how high you can profitably bid.