Garage Sale on Shine

Zap clutter with a virtual yard sale

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By Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore

If the idea of getting paid to unload your unwanted goods sounds great, but having to devote an entire weekend for others to sift through your stuff does not, start thinking outside the boxes placed on your front lawn and host a virtual yard sale.

Trash to treasure

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By Sarah Welch & Alicia Rockmore

Now that you have done your spring cleaning, it is time to plan for your tag sale. It is not enough that you went through all your stuff and straightened and organized it; you now need to part with some, if not a lot, of it. Remember that it is just stuff. Most of it you don’t even get to look at: it is hidden in boxes or buried behind other stuff. If you are still not convinced, remember what we call people who hold on to all their unused items: pack rats. Do you really want one of your epithets to include the word “rat”?

11 easy ways to make more money

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By Katie McCaskey, Geezeo.com

One common New Year’s Resolution is to “make more money”. Here are eleven ways you can increase your bottom line this year.

1. Host a Garage/Yard Sale
Yes, the weather may be cold. Still, it’s a great time to look around your home and collect the items you no longer use or want and prepare for a garage sale. People may be shopping less overall but everyone is still looking for a good deal. You can give them a good deal.

(You can also consider donating these items to a charitable organization if you’d like to have an extra tax write-off instead).

How to earn back the money you spent on presents

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<img alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/2MhwOqDBl2NW/photos/e2ba21fbcf50755e051bcbeeecf63890/mr_081d1577a858f5.jpg?ug_____DboNCAYSH" align="left" width="266" height="400">Just a few months back, before it became so ridiculously cold, I bought a gorgeous purple coat in a consignment shop. It was a designer coat, in perfect shape, and I swear it should’ve cost about $1,000. But for $150 I bought what had been someone else’s coat, and put some additional dollars in her pocket. Selling used stuff isn’t new, but it’s the hot thing right now — especially since everyone is worried about their 401ks or how to pay for gifts without going into debt.