Comments on: Personal Finance Links (How To Fix a Yard Sale Edition)

By: JvW

JvW — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:09:04 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation for Logos for Websites – I’ve been thinking of getting one and it’s nice to “know” someone who has used them. I like your new fix it website – hope to never need it though. :)

By: PB

PB — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:57:17 +0000

:azyman,

Thanks a lot. Good luck and let us know how it goes, I checked the website and its pretty good.
PB

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:18:22 +0000

PB,

I don’t make money from the site now… it’s in the future when I integrate advertising and affiliate links. For now, I just want people to come to the site and enjoy it.

As far as legally using the writing, that’s what ghostwriter is paid for. I obtain the rights to the work payment.

Orrin,

Good point about yard sales not be an effective use of time. I honestly found it very relaxing and a good way to spend some quality time with my wife and meet a few of the neighbors of our new home. Plus my wife finds the whole thing fun.

By: Orrin

Orrin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:58:01 +0000

I just don’t find yard sales to be a productive use of time. If you look at it strictly from a ROI standpoint, the eight hours a day that you’ll spend trying to sell things that you no longer want (and probably deep down have guilt over spending too much for them in the first place) could be better invested in business building. Heck, working eight hours of an old fashioned trading-time-for-money job would net me more than I could hope to make on a yard sale. Those same eight hours invested in a business venture will multiply long term into far more.

Give the low dollar stuff to your favorite charity rummage sale and collect the karma points, and put anything of any significant value on Ebay.

Just my opinion, of course. :-)

Good luck and thanks for the blog!

By: PB

PB — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:23:19 +0000

LazyMan,

How do you make money by buying the website domain and pay virtual assistants to write? As website is still have to take off, and you said you are running ad free. I am curious? Also, how do you legally not use virtual help’s name or ownership to the article she wrote?

Thanks a bunch and good luck.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:02:35 +0000

At $1M for something under 2000 sq. ft where I live – nah, I’ll pass.

By: kosmo

kosmo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:27:46 +0000

Looks like you overlooked the best reason for owning a house – being able to dump your unwanted goods for cash, without having a yard sale.

Obviously, this is easily worth the cost of a mortgage.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:09:11 +0000

Without owning our homes anymore, the standard deduction is better than itemized.

By: kosmo

kosmo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:07:10 +0000

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of yard sales. My preference is to donate and take the deduction.

Good idea on the FixIt site.