I wrote earlier that I have decided to sell my house in Ohio and move permanently to Mexico. The sale and final move probably won't occur until 2023 or 2024, but I am already taking steps to clear the house of decades of accumulated stuff.
I went through my clothes and filled six bags which I took to Goodwill earlier this week. Then I started going through closets, cabinets and cupboards. I have only scratched the surface but I quickly had enough things that to have a yard sale. So that's what I did yesterday. I was up at 5:30 in the morning. I had breakfast and showered, and then, by 6:10 I had begun to haul everything outside. My cousin Gail said that she come over at 8:00 to help, but by that time I had almost finished.
Everything was priced to sell. Most items were $1 or less, and nothing was over $20. I would have just thrown everything out, but I figured I could probably earn a few bucks with a yard sale.
From my days of participating in art shows, I had loads of paintings that I had never sold. I put them out at a bargain price. My cousin said that at that price people would probably buy them just for the frames. However, a neighbor loved my paintings and bought three of them. A couple of friends stopped by and bought four more. So, I know that those paintings will have a good home.
Congratulations for making the first move! Ha, a pun. When I moved 4 years ago I made $20,000 USD. I sold a lot of furniture and folkart. I was astounded. It came in handy once I had the expense of the move of what was left and getting settled. In fact, I live on less then $20,000 a year in Mexico! Good luck. When I left the USA and closed down the business and house, I had FIVE sales. Again, made quite a bit of $$. Only brought art and books to Mx. then
ReplyDeleteThanks. I don't expect to make more than a few hundred dollars from yard sales. I am going to make life easy on myself and simply have a liquidator empty the house of what's left.
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