I Cash In on Unwanted Items
I go through the garage and other closets in my house at least once a year to see if there are items that have been collecting dust and to which I no longer feel an attachment. Those things are also sold.
You can sell your unwanted items through local consignment stores. I get 50 percent to 60 percent of the sales price, which means I’m not necessarily making as much money as I could. But I don’t have to do any of the legwork to sell them, which is important to me because I don’t have a lot of spare time as a journalist and mom of three.
For example, I picked up a check for $233.97 from a home furnishings consignment store for several framed prints that were passed onto me from my mom, some nice platters I got years ago as wedding gifts but rarely used and a few other home décor items that had been in boxes since we moved in 2012.
