I'm sitting here on my laptop on line browsing offerup and looking at cars or bikes and wondering what can I do to flip $1000 or even $5k to make it double atleast and learn investment or stocks? I'm lost right now I feel like as a 25 year old I should know how to flip this.
This is a result of too much hustle porn in the media and in fiction. In reality for every successful flipper of the sort you're picturing in your head there will necessarily be many suckers who have a cargo-cult understanding of the problem. Please don't take it the wrong way but I am seeing a little bit of that here as there seems to be some magical thinking going between "I'm young" and "I should be able to hustle successfully just by taking the time to learn a bit about it"
If there was a reliable (the keyword here)and/or freely accessible way of just doubling your money like this, we'd all know about it. In reality, you will have to observe your current environment and find opportunities there. Usually people will either not be aware of the opportunities available to you or will not spend time educating you about them instead of pursuing them themselves. If they do, it means that the opportunity is in the teaching (think pick-axe salesmen during the gold rush).
In the end, keep in mind that you might also be successful or not for reasons entirely beyond your own strategic choices.
You can't just "flip" money. You can invest and have gains, you can also have losses. As for where and how, it's all based on your risk profile. Ie. What can you lose without causing any issues.
You have to get out of this flip mindset though, it's an unhealthy way to look at it and could lead to making mistakes.
Visit robinhood.com (they get some flack) but they're really a good way to get into stocks. Watch some youtube videos, tons out there some good, some bad. Take an average of their suggestions then build your own plan.
Once you have a more comfortable situation, and can afford to spend free time on risky bets without fear of losing the roof over your head, sure, go learn stocks.