150 Types of Unusual Investments – The List

16. Business Assets – investing in business assets from printing presses to commercial ovens reminds me of the saying that you can give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, or teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

Business assets often come up for auction when a business closes or goes bankrupt.

Making money this way does not necessarily require operating a business as sometimes you can buy a business asset at auction then re-sale it for a profit.

Or you could make money by loaning money to a business and using the business assets as collateral.

When restaurants close, they often auction off their used commercial kitchen range and equipment.