by Hope
I was recently introduced to a site two cousins started regarding their yard sale finds, failings and reinventions. While the Flea Market Fangirls are just getting started, from their site, I found out about the World’s Longest Yard Sale. Have you heard of it?
Where is the Longest Yard Sale
According to their website, this ginormous yard sale is “NOW 690 MILES! Starts 5 Miles North of Addison, Michigan and ends at Gadsden, Alabama!” That is HUGE!
According to the Fan Girls, vendors can rent a space in various fields along the yard sale route. And you can find everything from the most coveted antique to true junk. (They even have a section on their website for yard sale fails.)
Yard Sale then Resell
Since moving to small town Georgia, I’ve met lots of people who buy and resell. And several BAD readers have encouraged that option as a side gig. I’m starting to look into it.
I am certainly intrigued by the artsy people who re-purpose things, make them beautiful again. Making money doing that, would be great too.
Lots of the local antique shows, farmers markets and even yard sales highlight people’s creative uses for “found” objects. Unfortunately, I do not have the time, the resources or even the talent to do what I see so many others doing.
Free Pastime
I will say this, even if you aren’t in the position to buy anything. Visiting yard sales can be an inexpensive and educational past time.
We have enjoyed the history lessons received on items that we were baffled by. And it’s fun to laugh at some of the crazy stuff people try to sell.
Thusfar, I have not purchased anything. We have just looked and talked about things. But I’m definitely thinking about it.
Oh, and if you are big into doing your own yard sales, here is good article I found on things that sell well at yard sales.
Tell me about your most prized yard sale find. Have you ever re-purposed a yard sale find? I would love to see pictures.
Hope is a resourceful, solutions-driven online business manager with over two decades of experience helping clients streamline operations, manage projects, and grow their businesses through digital marketing and technology.
But life has a way of rewriting your plans.
A year ago, Hope made the decision to move in with her aging parents full time – a season she wouldn’t trade, even as it came with its own financial and emotional weight. Earlier this year, she lost her mother, and is now walking the tender, disorienting path of grief while learning what “forward” looks like from here.
Hope came to the Blogging Away Debt community in 2015 as a single mom raising five foster and adoptive children. She’s written through job changes, financial setbacks, and the bittersweet transition to an empty nest. Her kids are finding their footing in the world now – and so is she.
Rooted in faith and fueled by the same perseverance she’s brought to every hard season, Hope is ready to face her finances with fresh eyes and an honest pen. She believes that clarity, courage, and community can change the trajectory of anyone’s story including her own.
She lives in Austin, TX with her dad, loves adventures with her dog Addie, and is figuring out, one step at a time, what this next chapter is meant to be.
So, what do you think ?