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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

Family Balance Sheet

If I have a free Saturday morning from April thru September--unfortunately it''s rare--I try to hit a community yard sale. This was the first year our neighborhood didn''t pay for a classified ad in the newspaper, but we did place free ads online. We placed ads on Craigslist several days in a row before the sale. Yard sales.

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10 Steps To A Successful Garage Sale

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the proper amount of planning, you can have an easy, stress free garage sale where you make a profit. You want to price everything, and you want to be prepared to lower those prices when people start to haggle. You can also list the items on Craigslist or Ebay. Is there anything that you would add to this list?