I have a confession to make... ...I come from a long line of roadside antiquers on my mother's side of the family. Truth be told, I used to be mortified as a kid when we would be driving along and my Mom would suddenly pull over to inspect something interesting at the curb on bulk pick-up day. Now I understand why she always insisted on driving a station wagon! She's found big wheels, strollers and other items that she cleaned up and gave away. And her recipients were happy to receive these "gently used" items. There was one time when I was a teenager that she made me help to carry a dresser from the neighbor's curb down the street into her house. That dresser is still being used today, over 20 years later. Seeing that dresser when I visited my [+]

If you live in the Northeast as I do, you know what a long, cold, precipitous winter we've had. Today, it's sunny and cold, and the spring flowers are starting to pop up through the ground. Which means that spring is just around the corner- yippee! So now that Mother Nature has given us a hint that warmer weather is coming soon, it's time to go through that closet you've been ignoring all winter and clean it out. Find the clothes and items that you didn't wear or use last season. Dust them off and sell them! C'mon, be honest and ruthless in your assessments and just let them go. You know that you are not going to wear them, so give somebody else a chance. It will free up your storage space and help increase your positive cash flow too. As [+]