I bet you never thought you could clean your own house and get paid for it! Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s VERY easy. My fiance and I spent about one hour last night and about one hour this morning and we made $215. How did we do it you ask? We had a garage sale.

It’s once again spring time and it’s time to clean out the clutter from last year and make some more room for this years purchases, gifts and other junk you accumulate throughout the year. You don’t even realize how much stuff you have built up over the year until you actually start gathering things for a garage sale.

I’ll give you some tips on how you can hold a successful garage sale:

1. Don’t hold onto stuff that you have not used in the past year unless it is extremely sentimental. If you haven’t needed it for anything in the past year, it’s highly likely that you will not need it in the year to come. Put a price tag on it and get rid of it.
2. There are garage sale junkies. They do know how to haggle and they WILL haggle. You must learn to haggle back and hold strong on your prices. Learn to negotiate with them. If you have an item for sale at $10 and they offer $5, don’t take their offer. Ask for $9. They they will likely come back with an offer of $6 or $7. You say $8 and it’s all yours. Garage salers are a thrifty bunch so they will do what they can to get an item at it’s lowest value. So, brush up on your negotiating skills before you throw up that “Garage Sale” sign.
3. If a little boy or girl finds something they like such as a doll or toy, just give it to them for free. It will make their day, and really, giving away a little toy is not going to make or break your garage sale. It’s fun to make kids happy for such a simple thing.
4. After someone buys something and if it’s a heavier or larger item, help them bring it to their car or truck. They will appreciate it and it’s just a nice gesture.
5. Make sure you have plenty of single dollar bills and change as people will not always be prepared with exact amounts of money. Many items will be priced very low so quarters and dollars are essential.
6. Offer them coffee or water. This takes so little time to prepare and this might keep them shopping a bit longer until they find the impulse to buy that golf club or slow cooker.
7. When the sale is coming to an end and all of the “junk” items are left, put a sign up offering them for free. This will save you the hassle of having to find a place to get rid of everything.
8. Last but not least…just have fun. It’s only a garage sale. You will make some money and clear up the clutter in your house at the same time.

Happy Garage Saling!!!

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