If you are interested in making big money with almost no overhead or start-up costs, then becoming a broker could be the business for you. Read on to find out how you can be the middleman in almost any transaction and benefit from it.

In a nutshell, a broker is just a person who matches buyers and sellers, making a profit on the price difference between the selling price and the buyers price. It’s almost like the stock market, where market makers get a small part of every trade to keep the market moving all the time.

Here’s an example: Let’s say you know a restaurant that wants to get rid of all its benches, because you heard about it over breakfast one day. Find out exactly how much they are willing to charge for their benches and get in writing that you will buy the benches for $300 each. Then you walk down the street and find the new restaurant that is just starting up. You tell the new owner of the restaurant that you have a source for some used benches for $400 each. They pay you, you pay the restaurant and you keep the difference.

All you have to do is find someone who wants to sell something and someone who wants to buy something. You never have to own the object. You’re just bringing together two people who otherwise wouldn’t have met. This can be done in almost any industry and you can move across as many industries as you like. Of course, it’s always better to specialize, but as you find your niche and work through referrals, feel free to work with many different products.