Rick Senko recently caught the internet’s attention with his success story from being a broke single father at 18 to generating $6.5 million in a year by just selling used clothes. Senko, who had to take care of his five-year-old son, began his journey by reselling used items on eBay.

Senko, 41, said that he had promised his wife, whom he met during his short stint at Circuit City, that they would work tirelessly until his son graduated from high school and then “be able to take a 50-year vacation”.

It was 2008, and the first item he sold—a $35 cellphone from Craigslist that he resold for $75 on eBay—felt like uncovering a “glitch in the Matrix”, Senko told CNBC. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he worked as a CVS photography lab supervisor for five years to support himself financial

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