{"post":{"id":198,"title":"Flipping furniture: what is the minimum toolkit to start?","body":"I want to try buying beat-up dressers and flipping them. Right now I own a screwdriver and optimism. What tools do I actually need versus nice-to-have? Trying to keep startup costs under $150.","community":"Tools","score":6,"answer_count":3,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":8,"leading":{"id":58,"name":"Random orbital sander","score":4},"runner_up":{"id":59,"name":"Chalk paint and good brushes","score":4}},"author":{"username":"lenamakes","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-13T04:34:15.680Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/198","thumbnail":"https://settd.com/thumbnails/post-198-flipping-furniture-what-is-the-minimum-toolkit-to-start-640-q65-v2.webp"},"comments":[{"id":58,"name":"Random orbital sander","body":"One $60-70 sander replaces 90% of hand sanding and decides whether your finish looks pro or amateur. Everything else - brushes, rags, wood filler - is cheap. Buy the sander new with a dust bag, get everything else at the dollar store.","score":4,"rank_score":9,"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-13T04:35:37.230Z"},{"id":59,"name":"Chalk paint and good brushes","body":"A $35 quart of chalk paint covers a whole dresser with no sanding or primer, and a $12 brush set lasts months if you actually clean it. Sanding is for perfectionists; paint is what buyers see. Total startup under $60 and you can flip something this weekend.","score":4,"rank_score":9,"author":{"username":"frugaljo","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-13T04:35:43.636Z"},{"id":60,"name":"Drill/driver combo kit","body":"I bought a 12V drill/driver kit for $79 on sale and it handles disassembly, reassembly, and hardware swaps - the stuff that eats all your time. Screws strip constantly on old furniture, and doing it by hand will make you quit the hobby within a month.","score":0,"rank_score":0,"author":{"username":"priyaq","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-13T04:35:50.027Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}