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Cameron Smith
The NBA Hobby Preview: Who to Buy, Sell, and Hold (Premium)

Oct 17, 2026

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10 min read

The NBA Hobby Preview: Who to Buy, Sell, and Hold (Premium)

Analysis on 22 hobby relevant players for this upcoming season with specific investment advice for each.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
First Profit Is Best Profit: When to Sell Your Cards

Oct 15, 2026

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8 min read

First Profit Is Best Profit: When to Sell Your Cards

How to take the win, cut your losses, and stop waiting for one more spike.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
The Perfect Flip Checklist With a Real Card and a Printable PDF (Premium)

Oct 10, 2026

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6 min read

The Perfect Flip Checklist With a Real Card and a Printable PDF (Premium)

The full pre-buy checklist I use for every flip, walked through with a card I recently bought

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
How I Pick Cards to Grade: My 5-Step Process

Oct 8, 2026

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7 min read

How I Pick Cards to Grade: My 5-Step Process

The research, math, and condition checks I do before I buy a single card to grade.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
My NFL Targets After Week 3: Buy, Hold, and Sell (Premium)

Oct 3, 2026

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5 min read

My NFL Targets After Week 3: Buy, Hold, and Sell (Premium)

Real price targets on buys to make right now, plus who to wait on and who to get rid of

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Injury-Prone Is the Worst Gamble in the Hobby

Oct 1, 2026

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6 min read

Injury-Prone Is the Worst Gamble in the Hobby

It's easy to call out injuries after the fact. Here's how I try to see them coming.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
I'm Launching the HCL Investor Community + My Latest PSA Shipment (Premium)

Sep 26, 2026

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5 min read

I'm Launching the HCL Investor Community + My Latest PSA Shipment (Premium)

What I'm sending to PSA this month, the real math behind it, and a new place to talk shop with other flippers.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
My Full Framework for Picking Which Cards Are Worth Buying

Sep 24, 2026

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7 min read

My Full Framework for Picking Which Cards Are Worth Buying

The #1 question I get asked, finally answered in one place.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Why I'm Putting Profit Into "401(k) Cards" Now (Premium)

Sep 19, 2026

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6 min read

Why I'm Putting Profit Into "401(k) Cards" Now (Premium)

Part 2 of 2: how to find real forever holds, and why PSA's slowdown pushed me toward them.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
High-Risk Flyers Are Ruining Your Card Flipping

Sep 17, 2026

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6 min read

High-Risk Flyers Are Ruining Your Card Flipping

How I keep flyers honest instead of letting them turn into Buy & Pray with a lower price tag

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
I Spent $1,666 on One Sealed Box This Week. Here's Why (Premium)

Sep 12, 2026

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7 min read

I Spent $1,666 on One Sealed Box This Week. Here's Why (Premium)

Part 1 of 2: how sealed hobby boxes fit into a long-term hold strategy, and the exact box I bought this week.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Ranking the Top 10 NFL QBs: Who I'd Buy and Who I'd Sell

Sep 10, 2026

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7 min read

Ranking the Top 10 NFL QBs: Who I'd Buy and Who I'd Sell

10 QBs ranked by talent, then graded by what I'd actually do with their cards.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
How to Tell if a Player is Down or Declining? (Premium)

Sep 5, 2026

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6 min read

How to Tell if a Player is Down or Declining? (Premium)

Adley Rutschman and Julio Rodriguez both look cheap right now. Here's why I'm passing on one and buying the other, plus two real targets with prices attached.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
I've Made Every One of These Mistakes. Here Are 10 Red Flags to Avoid.

Sep 3, 2026

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6 min read

I've Made Every One of These Mistakes. Here Are 10 Red Flags to Avoid.

From needing a new all-time high to a one-off great season, here are the 10 things that make me walk away from a card before I ever buy it.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
PSA Keeps Punching Us in the Gut: 5 Ways to Keep Profiting Anyway (Investor)

Aug 29, 2026

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6 min read

PSA Keeps Punching Us in the Gut: 5 Ways to Keep Profiting Anyway (Investor)

Backlog's barely moving, the $80 tier just got slower, and cheaper options are still a pipe dream. Here's exactly how I'm adjusting, with real targets and real math.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
How I'd Start Flipping Cards Today With Just $500

Aug 27, 2026

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6 min read

How I'd Start Flipping Cards Today With Just $500

No grading, no complicated tools, just one sport, the right price range, and a simple system to get your first flips done.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Analyzing My 30 Most Recent Purchases

Aug 22, 2026

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6 min read

Analyzing My 30 Most Recent Purchases

Grade vs. flip, young guy vs. superstar. Here's the real breakdown behind my last 30 buys, and what the numbers say I should be doing differently.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Buy/Sell: NBA Edition

Aug 20, 2026

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4 min read

Buy/Sell: NBA Edition

While football and baseball soak up the attention, here's who I'm buying cheap and who I'm selling before the price catches up to reality.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Superstars vs. Young Players: Which Should You Actually Invest In?

Aug 15, 2026

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5 min read

Superstars vs. Young Players: Which Should You Actually Invest In?

Established stars barely notice the offseason. Young players can skyrocket or crash in weeks. Here's how to match the right player type to the flip you're actually trying to make.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
6 Reasons Cheap Cards Are Riskier Than Expensive Ones

Aug 13, 2026

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6 min read

6 Reasons Cheap Cards Are Riskier Than Expensive Ones

Low price doesn't mean low risk. Here's why cheap cards are harder to sell, remove your best profit tool, and quietly eat the time you'd rather spend finding your next real winner.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Hybrid Short/Medium Flips: A Framework for Low-Risk Investments

Aug 8, 2026

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6 min read

Hybrid Short/Medium Flips: A Framework for Low-Risk Investments

Not every short-term flip hits on schedule. Here's the framework I use to make sure that's fine too, plus the specific players and cards built to survive the wait.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
NFL (Pre)Season Buy/Sell: Who I'm Watching, Who I'm Selling

Aug 6, 2026

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5 min read

NFL (Pre)Season Buy/Sell: Who I'm Watching, Who I'm Selling

Herbert, Lamar, Jeanty, and a few others I think the hobby hasn't caught up to yet, plus the guys whose pricing has already run past what the film supports.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
Stack & Search: How I Actually Find Cards Worth Buying

Aug 1, 2026

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5 min read

Stack & Search: How I Actually Find Cards Worth Buying

The card you want almost never shows up at the price you want, on the first try. Here's the exact system I run to find it anyway, plus a real $80 buy I stumbled into recently.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
How I Know a PSA 10 Before I Ever Send It In

Jul 30, 2026

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6 min read

How I Know a PSA 10 Before I Ever Send It In

Corners, edges, surface, and centering. Here's my exact process for spotting a PSA 10 before it ever leaves my house.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
7 Ways to Decrease Your Risk on Card Flips (+ Real Targets This Week)

Jul 25, 2026

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6 min read

7 Ways to Decrease Your Risk on Card Flips (+ Real Targets This Week)

High floor, high upside. Here's how I stack the odds before I ever hit buy, and four cards I'm targeting right now with the numbers to back it up.

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
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