Prosperity Renewal Tip #27 

Host a garage sale.

Unload the stuff you no longer need or want.

You have a lot more stuff stored in your house than you will ever need or use.  A quick check of your closets, basement, garage and other nooks and crannies should produce boxes of stuff that you own, but no longer have any use for.

Instead of keeping them in perpetual storage, sell it all. You can do it online through sites like eBay, Craigslist, Half.com or have a garage sale and get rid of it all at once.

The basic guideline: If you haven’t used something for the last year, you will probably never use it again.  Selling all this will keep your house less cluttered and will also bring in well over $100 in most cases.

Ways to implement this tip:

#1  Attract a crowd to your garage sale.  
To attract a crowd to your garage sale, run an ad in your local newspaper and post easy-to-read signs around your neighborhood. Check local regulations about posting notices, of course, and write signs in crayon if it looks like rain.
 
#2  Sell items that sell well at garage sales.  
Children clothes sell well at garage sales, adult clothes don’t — try a consignment shop instead.  List children clothing sizes and brand names, if you have them, in your ad.  Some parents make special trips to garage sales featuring labels like BabyGap and Gymboree.

#3  Involve your children in the garage sale.  
If your children are old enough to help, let them pick some of their older toys to sell.  A special children table with a sign like, “All proceeds go to purchase of our Disneyland souvenirs,” is often a big hit — and it’s a great way to teach your children about money.

Kingdom Focused!

Flora M. Kynard, author of
Prosperity Renewal: 14 Biblical Principles for True Financial Freedom
info@prosperityrenewal.org
www.prosperityrenewal.org

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