Hi, I'm Janet Bodner, editor of Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine. You need extra money? How about turning the clutter around your house into cash?
One Senior Editor here at Kiplinger’s recently made an easy $200.00 just by selling flatware that he and his wife no longer used on eBay where you can unload everything from furniture to collectibles and clothing or post your wares on Craigslist. So your books on Amazon.com and one website Gazelle.com even specializes in buying computers, cell phones, GPS devices and other electronic gear.
The price of gold is always fluctuating but even if you don’t get top dollar you can still get a pretty penny for jewelry you no longer wear or bling that reminds you of bows best forgotten.
One reliable source of information about what your bubbles are worth is the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers. Now here’s an idea you might not have thought of. You don’t need a second home to cash in or in the bond for vacation rentals that are less expensive and more homey than hotels. Instead you can rent out your principal residence.
One Kiplinger’s reader has rented out her home in a month for anywhere from one night to seven weeks and depending on the season, she can rake in anywhere from $400.00 to $1000.00 a night.
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