Ready or Not, It's Yard Sale Season

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Real Estate Agent with HomeSmart Realty Group

Ready or Not, It's Yard Sale Season

 

The signs are everywhere, directing would-be shoppers. Signs with addresses, arrows and sometimes items available for sale. Good signage is important to a successful sale. In many areas, neighborhoods, communities and some times towns gather together to schedule one LARGE sale. This can be very appealing to shoppers...park once and visit several sales!

 

It's Spring time and that means Spring cleaning. (One of my favorite chores.) Time to go through closets and cabinets, sort through drawers and check for items hidden under the beds. Decide what you still need and want, what can be donated, or trashed and what's left for your sale. 

 

It doesn't matter if you call it a yard sale, garage sale or an estate sale. There are buyers ready to hunt through your items to find treasures for their home or office.

 

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Rich and Donna Foerster

The Foerster Team

HomeSmart Realty Group, LLC

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Comments (33)

Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
New Hampshire Home Stager

I LOVE yard sales and have found many wonderful treasures!  I've had some pretty successful ones and made money too.  The extra money is nice, but it's getting rid of all that stuff that is the best part of having one.

Apr 22, 2015 03:16 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Thank you for adding to the conversation. I'm surprised that some areas are slow to start although it's weather dependent.

I aagree with Sharon. I've had success with sales in the past as well and the best part is the extra space you gain when you have one!

 

 

Apr 22, 2015 04:09 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, Keller Williams Fox Cities - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Yes it is that season again Donna, I know some people who really get excited about these, both the buying and selling.

Apr 22, 2015 03:00 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

Donna - There are definitely plenty of garage sales around right now though we can have them easily many months of the year.

Apr 22, 2015 03:29 PM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

I have kind of gotten away from garage sales but every so often you do find fun things you don't need Donna Foerster 

Apr 23, 2015 02:37 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Many of the neighborhoods around me are having their community yard sales this month. It is a great time to clean out and go hunting for new treasures. I don't need a thing though.

Apr 24, 2015 11:46 AM
Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD
ViewHomes of Clark County - Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
REALTORS® in Clark County, WA

Hi Donna, good to see you in the Rain. My husband especially enjoys popping into neighborhood garage sales. Me, not so much. He does find some interesting items - and as Paul says above, usually something we don't need. Lol. 

Apr 26, 2015 01:42 AM
Roy Kelley
Realty Group Referrals - Gaithersburg, MD

Yard sales provide a good opportunity to get rid of all of the surplus stuff around the house.

May 05, 2015 07:19 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Donna

As with spring . . . . The garage sale season is in full bloom.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

May 05, 2015 11:49 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Donna- again, so glad you're back.  I love yard/garage/estate sales.  You never know what you'll find!  My friend up at the Jersey Shore goes every Saturday. 

May 05, 2015 12:17 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Donna - I love finding those estate sales.  We also have an auction company the takes these items.  You can browse through many estates in one place.

May 06, 2015 04:16 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Donna Foerster ,  Yup, it's time to get rid of ome of that stuff you have been tripping over all Winter.

May 06, 2015 12:00 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

That means a steady source of business opportunities. Happy yard sale hunting.

May 07, 2015 11:04 AM
Jon Kolsky
Kolsky Realty & Management - Long Beach, CA
Licensed California Real Estate Broker

Donna Foerster ~ yard sales are the next best thing to Ocean treasure hunting, and it is a lot easier, too 

May 08, 2015 04:49 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Donna,

 It is that time of year again, we worked hard for ours then it rained and it was cancelled, then weekend it was held we were in California so I am taking all the stuff and getting it donated!

May 08, 2015 09:38 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

We are making good progress getting ready for our own yard sale. I sure hope we have a lot of customers!

May 12, 2015 02:52 AM
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX

Donna,

 Make sure you let us know how your yard sale went! It will rain here all week!

May 12, 2015 05:25 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert ~Our yard sale will be in July. We still have a lot of prep work to do!

May 12, 2015 07:04 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

This should boost paper plate sales. They make the very best directional signs for yard sales Donna Foerster 

May 12, 2015 12:42 PM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Paul S. Henderson, Realtor ~Never thought to use paper plates!

I went by Good Will yesterday to drop off some Pre-Yard Sale donations, it was crazy busy with drop offs. Guess folks are bringing their yard sale leftovers to Good Will. I bet the Salvation Army donation center is overflowing too!

May 26, 2015 05:17 AM

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