There aren’t many better ways to declutter a home than with a garage sale.

This goes hand in hand with the real estate selling season, so if you are planning to sell your home any time within the next year you might want to clean it out now.

To get started, ask your neighbors if they are thinking of moving, or having their own garage sale. A lot of garage or yard sales on one block makes it easier to lure in people to move out the stuff you don’t want anymore.

Check your local papers, including any community papers, for advertising. Many newspapers like to offer garage sale listings for cheap (or free!) so that when a person will feel comfortable listing with them when “something bigger” comes along.

This could stretch your lead time out by a month or more, but it will be worth it.

What to do with what’s left after the garage sale? Consider donating to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or any similar local service. The items donated may be tax-deductible come next April.

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