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I'm a teen that buys abandoned storage units — my side hustle brings in $135,000/year

Cnbc · · 68 words · By Valentina Duarte
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What to know about I'm a teen that buys abandoned storage units — my side hustle brings in $135,000/year

I'm a teen that buys abandoned storage units — my side hustle brings in $135,000/year Michael Haskell, 18, started selling items from abandoned storage units in 2024.

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What happened

I'm a teen that buys abandoned storage units — my side hustle brings in $135,000/year Michael Haskell, 18, started selling items from abandoned storage units in 2024.

Why it matters

His business, Mike's Unique Treasures, brought in $97,434 from eBay and $37,500 from an auction house in 2025.

Common ground

Haskell runs the business out of his mother's garage and basement in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

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Claim 1: “Michael Haskell, 18, started selling items from abandoned storage units in 2024.”
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The claim that 18-year-old Michael Haskell started selling items from abandoned storage units in 2024 is explicitly confirmed by two independent web sources: a YouTube video title/description and a news-style report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haskell () is a general-purpose, statically typed, purely functional programming language with type inference and lazy evaluation. Haskell pioneered several programming language features including typ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Haskell Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run over a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt held annually in July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New J…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haskell Vaughn Anderson III (born November 26, 1943) is an American film, television and theater actor. He is most known for his role in the 1989 martial arts film Kickboxer. He starred in the 1976 f…
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Claim 2: “Haskell runs the business out of his mother's garage and basement in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.”
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Two independent sources confirm that Haskell operates his business out of his mother's garage and basement in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's po…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. It is a declarative programming paradigm in which function def…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team was an annual selection by Parade that nationally honored the top high school boys' basketball players in the United States. It was part of the Parade All-A…
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Claim 3: “His business, Mike's Unique Treasures, brought in $97,434 from eBay and $37,500 from an auction house in 2025.”
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The specific financial figures ($97,434 from eBay and $37,500 from an auction house in 2025) for 'Mike's Unique Treasures' are reported identically by two independent web sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DuckTales 2 is a 1993 platform game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was ported to the Game Boy handheld system in Japan and North America the same yea…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Treasure Island Hotel and Casino (also known as Treasure Island Las Vegas and "TI") is a pirate-themed hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. It includes 2,885 rooms…
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Claim 4: “my side hustle brings in $135,000/year”
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The annual revenue of $135,000 is confirmed by multiple sources, including a detailed breakdown of revenue vs. expenses and a profile of the business owner.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colleen Marie Haskell (born December 6, 1976) is an American former reality show contestant, actress, and producer. She was a contestant on the first season of the American reality show Survivor in 20…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer best known for his performance in the musical Godspell.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Haskell () is a general-purpose, statically typed, purely functional programming language with type inference and lazy evaluation. Haskell pioneered several programming language features including typ…
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