When we start cleaning junk out of our home’s crawl spaces, we begin to realize two things: 1) some junk just isn’t worth saving, and 2) we’d really like to get some of our investment back. Garage sales are a great way to get rid of old junk without taking a total loss. Cooling temperatures and the impending holiday season makes fall an excellent time to throw a yard sale. If you’re ready to say “so long” to a lifetime of junk, here are the 3 best ways to sell well in a garage sale.

3 Steps to a Great Garage Sale

1. Sort. The first step in any successful yard sale is organization. Sort through your attic, garage, and other storage spaces to make sure you get all your junk at once. After organizing the stuff you’re keeping, consider the items you want to get rid of. Create piles based on price, category, and items that aren’t worth selling.

2. Advertize. It’s easy to get wrapped up in organization, but advertizing is just as crucial to the success of your yard sale. Hang posters around town, put postcards in your neighbors’ mailboxes, and utilize social media to promote your yard sale.

3. Think logistics. No matter how well you organize and advertise your old stuff, junk won’t sell with a bad setup. Think about the layout of your front yard, set up tables for easier browsing, and organize items based on category. Enlist the help of friends and family to set up and sell. Just don’t forget to thank them with a cut of the profits!

The Junk that Just Won’t Sell

Let’s face it: no one wants that ratty old sofa with a spring poking through the stuffing. If you have a garage full of useless stuff, a garage sale isn’t going to cut it. Call Mr Junk to haul off items for recycling and donation. We’ll remove old furniture, broken appliances, and boxes of junk from your property so you can focus on yard sale profits. Call our Kennesaw junk removal service today.

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When your children leave for college, you feel a variety of emotions: pride, sadness, and at least a touch of separation anxiety. But college isn’t just an opportunity for kids, it’s an opportunity for their parents as well. Whether you’re eldest is cross-country for their higher education or your youngest just moved into the dorms at KSU, make the most of their empty room by weeding through the years of built-up junk in the closet.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

If you’re dealing with an empty nest after the start of the college school year, the best way to deal is to start sorting. Studies have shown that cleaning out your kids old stuff can be therapeutic. It also frees storage space from junk your child might not even know he had. Don’t close the door on your post-college clean out. Attack the organization now so you can welcome your kid home to a clean room this fall break.

Strategy is Everything

If you dive straight into your kids’ messy closets, you’ll probably get overwhelmed fast. Grab a friend or younger child who can be objective about the sentimental items in your child’s closet. Sort piles into keepsakes, trash, donate, and unknown. If your child has unused items in good condition, ask them about if you can give them away. Move any baby blankets or childhood photos to the attic, but be careful about tossing unfamiliar mementos. They may mean more to your child than you realize.

Plan for the Future

As your child prepares for their future, you should prepare for yours. Chances are your teen will move back home during the summer, so painting the walls and replacing old furniture may be premature. Organize their stuff in a way that makes sense for future clean outs. You never know if their bedroom will wind up a guest room or an updated space for your child to job hunt when he graduates.

Getting rid of outgrown clothes, boxes of old school supplies, and other knick knacks from your college kids’ room? Call Mr Junk for fast, efficient Kennesaw junk removal.

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It doesn’t matter if you’re a stay-at-home mom, a busy husband running your own business, or a single woman working in Atlanta: no one wants to work on Labor Day. Labor Day began in in the late nineteenth century as a way of honoring the American labor force. And what better way to celebrate hard work than by giving your workers the day off? These days we associate Labor Day weekend with family trips, boating on Lake Allatoona or Lake Lanier, and backyard cookouts with friends and neighbors. Labor Day is the last day families want to think about cleaning out the tool shed or organizing the pantry. Take a day off from junk removal. It’ll be waiting after the holiday weekend.

Atlanta Labor Day Festivals

If you didn’t get your ticket to Dragon Con this year (or if you’re wondering “what exactly is Dragon Con, anyway?”), you may find yourself unwilling to head to Atlanta for Labor Day weekend events. Labor Day festivities are cropping up across North Atlanta. Whether you’re a city gal or a country boy, you can find the fun you’re looking for this Labor Day. Check out the best North Atlanta Labor Day events:

• WRFG Labor Day Blues Barbecue at Park Tavern
• Art in the Park: Arts and Crafts Festival in Marietta
• AJC Decatur Book Festival
• The Atlanta Braves Youth Classic in Alpharetta
• Special concerts, music festivals, sporting events, museum shows, and more

Have a post-Labor Day junk haul? Call Mr Junk Marietta junk removal services.

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There’s a reason why Americans celebrate Small Business Week every May. Locally owned businesses have been the backbone of our country’s commerce since its inception. Small businesses are personable, hardworking, and more connected to their customers than the mega corporations that are slowly driving them out of business. So why should you choose a small business for junk removal?

We’re Legit

Mr Junk is a fully-licensed, insured, and environmentally conscious junk removal company in Atlanta. Small businesses almost always leave a smaller carbon footprint than larger corporations. Mr Junk created a policy to always donate or recycle hauled furniture, appliances, and home junk if possible. We have years of experience removing junk and debris quickly and efficiently, giving you the best possible service at the lowest possible price. Our founder, Alex, personally assesses each junk job, analyzing the size, weight, and cleanup time of each collection to determine a fair price for each customer.

Customer-Centric

Small businesses have a well-earned reputation for being excellent at customer service. Small businesses work one-on-one with their customers, making each business transaction a direct and relational experience. The Mr Junk team goes out of the way to benefit the customer. When you call our North Atlanta junk removal service, you can expect speedy pickup, thorough junk removal, and the Mr Junk small business touch of sweeping up dust and small debris afterwards. Small businesses are more invested in their customers and the community, making them not only a smarter choice, but a more pleasant business experience.

Other Benefits of Working with Small Businesses

• Small businesses support each other, helping the local business community thrive
• Unlike larger companies, small businesses form relationships with repeat customers
• Small businesses offer more unique and personalized services
• Doing business with locally owned companies circulates more money in the local economy

When you call Mr Junk, you can rest assured that you’re more than a calculation of cost and reward. We provide each of our customers with excellent customer service and unbeatable services, providing a business experience that only a small business can offer.

Every once in a while Mr Junk gets a job that redefines “junk hauling.” A typical junk removal project includes hauling off bags, removing yard debris, compacting junk in the truck, and tidying up the spaces left behind. Our most recent job took all hands on deck as we cleared away years of built-up junk from a rental property home. This junk removal job took days of work, extra dumpsters, and several trips to unload the truck. Luckily for us, the team dug right into this whole home junk cleanout.

The tenant of the rental home we cleaned out last week was elderly, unable to properly care for his possessions. We found room after room of clutter, old furniture, and junk piles. From overflowing countertops in the kitchen to stacks of tires and tin cans in the garage, Mr Junk hauled it all.

It’s a good thing our guys don’t scare easily. This basement space could be featured in a Halloween horror film. Broken bookshelves, rusting trinkets, and outright garbage filled every nook and cranny of this small basement space. We have to be careful when cleaning spaces like this one.

The Mr Junk team hauled away the washer and dryer, bagged up years of magazines and mail, and swept up kitty litter from the hallways to restore this home to a junk-free space.

A major improvement, if we may say so ourselves!

Have a North Georgia junk removal project?  Call Mr Junk for fast, thorough Kennesaw home cleanouts.