1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,079 Speaker 1: Welcome to How to Money. I'm Joel and I'm Matt 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 1: and today we're talking about spring cleaning your life. Joel. 3 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: So what's up, man? So before before we get started 4 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: on our topic today, I want to tell you I'm 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: keeping it a secret because I wanted to tell you 6 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: once we hit record. Here you're bursting at the scenes 7 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: about I want to know, all right, So listen. Last night, 8 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there on Facebook kind of catching up, seeing 9 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: what's going on out there in the world, and I 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: see a buddy of mine. He's a photographer friend who 11 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: also likes scotch, which is nice and uh, because we're 12 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: not only beer drinkers, we like some scotch on occasion. 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: You in particular, man, Yeah, I enjoy in particularly a 14 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: nice smoky Pete scotch. Anyway, his wife posted a picture 15 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: of him with a case of one of my favorite scotches, Talisker. 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you love that one. Not only Talisker, but 17 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: it's a special version of it. I guess it's called 18 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: Talisker Storm. And this is one that I've had before 19 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: and it's really good. So I was like, you gotta 20 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: be kidding me. Why are they picking up a case 21 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: of this stuff. Uh. They picked it up at the 22 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: liquor store right up the street from us, the corner there. 23 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: That's under thirty dollars a bottle. Do you had to 24 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: buy a case or do they decide it's under thirty 25 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: bucks a bottle? I'm Kate. Yeah, Basically it's like, this 26 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: is such a good deal that you need to get 27 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: that much. I'm loading up to get enough Talisker that 28 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: will last me like the next twelve years or you know, 29 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: next six. But this, I mean, this is a dude, 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: This is a Scotch that goes anywhere between like sixty 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: and fifty I don't know about six, like fifty to 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: seventy bucks maybe though. And I was, I mean I 33 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: was sitting there, look you know per bottle. Uh listen 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: that twenty something nine or whatever. And so it was 35 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: like ten almost ten thirty at night. Kate was out. 36 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: But as soon as she got home, I was like, oh, 37 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: by the way, I got ago, you put your pants on? Yeah, 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: my pants are still on. I went ready forbid yet, 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: hopped in the car and drove up there and bought 40 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: me a case. Man. Yeah, when you see a deal, 41 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: you pounce. It's true. And that's a great thing. Like 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: you know when you saved money and the deal comes 43 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: along and you're like, this is my jam, that's when 44 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: you make the move. Yeah, it was such a good deal. 45 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: So now basically you need me to come over a 46 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: lot more and help you drink the scotch. And do 47 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: we actually need to change this podcasting to be in 48 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: a scotch drinking podcast or I don't know, we could 49 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: do a maybe like one week we might do a 50 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: little scotch poor instead of beer, all right, or do 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: a little nightcap at the end. You know what, we 52 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: are poor, not poor. It doesn't say that we're poring 53 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: a beer exactly. Man, we left the doors open. Those 54 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: people don't remember be the wiser. Oh man. You know 55 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: something else. I think I was influenced to you by 56 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: my buddy. He he just sent me a picture of 57 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: his beer seller and he had just like bottles and 58 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: bottles of stuff too, And I think that was sort 59 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: of on my mind, and I thought, you know what, 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: Scotch is definitely something that never goes bad. And I 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: was like, if Tyler's got a shelf full of a 62 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: bunch of a dog fish head worldwide stouts, maybe I 63 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: can have some scotch. And how did your wife feel 64 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: about you purchasing a case of scotch? She supportive or 65 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: now she was supportive, Okay, Yeah, she wasn't sure how 66 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 1: much I should get because she was like, well, that's 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: just a you know, that's up to you to decide. 68 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: But given the budget, that's your money. So it's exactly well, 69 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: so in the end she was just like, you know, 70 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,119 Speaker 1: it's up to you. And the way I was thinking 71 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: about it though, is that I might give one of 72 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: those bottles away as like a gift. You know. Yeah, 73 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: my brother in law's got a birthday coming up, and 74 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: so we were kind of thinking. I was like, you 75 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: know what, I think he might like to have a 76 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: bottle of this, and and he's gonna be like, Matt's 77 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: a big spending exactly basically, look good, he's got it, 78 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: got himself an awesome scotch sitting there. And so once 79 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: we do that, I get to just transfer it from 80 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: our giving category back over to credit my account. Nice 81 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: like it super nerdy. Well, dude, I'm all about scoring 82 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: a deal, and a deal on Booze is even better. 83 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: It's the best kind of deal you can come, all right, 84 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to tell you real quick. I read this 85 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 1: article today and I thought it was fascinating because I've 86 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: never thought about this before. You and I were both 87 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: into real estate. You can hear about that listeners. You 88 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: can go back a few episodes and listen to our 89 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: Rental Property Basics show where um, Matt and I are 90 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: kind of amateur landlords and super into it. But I've 91 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: never thought about this apparently, So apparently people that are 92 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: selling their homes are using their smart cameras and their 93 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: Nest thermostats and they're listening devices in order to kind 94 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: of get some inside information. They're kind of spying on 95 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: potential homebuyers and their agents to kind of figure out 96 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: what people are saying about the home. Isn't that amazing? 97 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: Like are they listening to them? Say? So? Let me 98 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: read this this This couple lines from the article tis. 99 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: As homes become smarter, real estate agents and homebuyers are 100 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: increasingly finding there's an extra set of eyes and ears 101 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: on them as the tour properties for sale. Real Estors 102 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: describe everything from old fashioned security cameras to newer contraptions 103 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: like Nest thermostats tracking their conversations and actions. Fascinating, right. 104 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: There's all sorts of ways. Like let's say you're walking 105 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: through a house. You're talking to your agent and you're like, 106 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: I'm in love. This is the greatest house I've ever 107 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: seen in my life, and we will demand this much 108 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: even though it's listened to this much, and the sellers 109 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: like awesome. That's an upper hand in the negotiations. They 110 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: put in a low ball offer and I just say, no, 111 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: I'm sticking to my price because I know how much 112 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: they like it. Um. And that's so as the potential seller, 113 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm like totally on board with that because I'm kind 114 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: of sneaky. Yeah you are, but it's a but if 115 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: I put myself in the buyer's shoes, it's tough. What 116 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: do you think? I don't think it's cool. And I 117 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: think if I were a buyer and I found out 118 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: that that happened, I would certainly feel like I was tricked, um, 119 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: And I wouldn't want to do that to somebody. I mean, 120 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: I understand the desire for that, but it seems unfair 121 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,679 Speaker 1: and so I think that should probably be off the table. 122 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 1: Using nestcams and whatever, like all these different nanny cams, 123 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: all these other things in order to spy on people 124 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: essentially walking through your house. Well, it's not Yeah, it's 125 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: less spying. I don't know, maybe it's spying. Definitely keeps 126 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: dropping at the at minimum. But I feel like these 127 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 1: these technologies are so ubiquitous now that you kind of 128 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: have to assume that, right sure, especially, I mean you 129 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: come into a house and they've got the smart doorbell, 130 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: and you you see other sort of smart home appliances, 131 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: and you gotta think, all right, you know there might 132 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: be some of that going on here. Yeah. Um. I 133 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: think the biggest takeaway is for anybody who's potentially buying 134 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: a house and walking through with her agent or a 135 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: friend or something, that could be really careful what you're saying, 136 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: because there's a chance that you know that they might 137 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: not even be doing it on purpose, but they might. 138 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,159 Speaker 1: You know, they might be in the next room and 139 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: hear you. So just be careful about what you're saying. 140 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: Wait till you're talking price and how much you actually 141 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: love the property until you're off the premises, yeah, or 142 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: wait till you get in your car. Don't even wait 143 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: on the like the front step or anything like that. 144 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: I mean, that's how we were anytime, Like when we 145 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: first bought our house, Kate and I feel like we 146 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: were always super tight lips, you know, like zip zip it. 147 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: You feel free to point out the minor flaws in 148 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: a place or something like that, but like, you know, 149 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: don't don't talk about how it's perfect for you and 150 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: your family until you're out the door with your agent 151 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: on a on you know, somewhere else to talk about, 152 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: you know, that potential. I'm so torn though, because one 153 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: one part of me wants to think, oh no, that's 154 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: that's just part of the game now, it's just part 155 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: of listening at home, and but the other part of 156 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: me thinks that is pretty messed up. You know, I 157 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: think I'm just fascinated that's the thing. It's like, oh, well, 158 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: I guess that makes a complete sense of that's a 159 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: thing now. But along for the days when you had to, 160 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: like he's dropping person, Joel, if you wanted to to 161 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: listen what your potential buying buyers were saying about your house. Actually, 162 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: so that told reminds me of a story some friends 163 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: of ours. They went across to their neighbor's house, like 164 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: across the street or maybe like Caddy Corner while an 165 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: agent was showing their house, so you know, they had 166 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: to get out of there while while the agent was 167 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: showing their house. And so they're sitting there on the 168 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: front porch though, like trying to play it super cool, 169 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: and they noticed that they can't get get into the 170 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: house like they could the realtor couldn't get the key 171 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: thing to work, and and he was like, should we 172 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: should we like text him or like columns so they 173 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: can get inside of the house. And she's like, no, 174 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: like they're gonna know that we can see them if 175 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: you like say something about not you know, getting the house. 176 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: It's like old school leaves dropping. Yeah, gona those days. Yeah, Yeah, 177 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: Now it's newfangled and there's all sorts of ways that 178 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: you can can spy on people. So don't start lauding 179 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: the house, you know, and singing its praises while you're 180 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: walking around inside of it, because you know, the homeowner 181 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: could just old school hear you or be recording you 182 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: on one of their cameras. So yeah, beware. So our 183 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: topic today is going to be spring cleaning your life, 184 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: and specifically, we're not talking about cleaning your house of dirt. 185 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking about getting rid of junk, decluttering 186 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: your house, and kind of making a buck, Yeah, making 187 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: a buck on the side while you're doing it, because 188 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: this is the time of year that people are tossing things, 189 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: wanting to clear up the clutter, wanting their house to 190 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: be fresh, and hopefully this episode will help you kind 191 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: of figure some of those things out and make the 192 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: most for some of your possessions that you're not just 193 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: just tossing them away, um, throwing them in a landfill, 194 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: but that you're actually able to make a little bit 195 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: of money and bring some sanity back in your life 196 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: by clearing things out. But first, real quick, onto the 197 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: beer matt today. You pick this one up, Cascade Brewing 198 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: Blueberry Ale. Tell me about it, Yeah, Joel. This is 199 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: a two thousand fifteen Cascade blueberry Ale. These guys are 200 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: out of Portland, Oregon, and right here on the bottle 201 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: it says this Northwest style sour ale. It's a blend 202 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: of wheat and blonde ales aged in oak barrels for 203 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: up to twelve months with fresh blueberries. Yeah, Joel. So, 204 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: one of the reasons I think I love these these 205 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,480 Speaker 1: guys specifically is that they're making at least Traditionally, they've 206 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: made their their sours from wheat and blonde Ale's and 207 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: that is one of the things I love about sours 208 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 1: is uh are the brighter ones. It's corking caged, which 209 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: means there's a fancy cork inside that we gotta pop. 210 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: So so Joel's pourning that right now. It's pouring a 211 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: like a reddish purple. So it's obviously got the color 212 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: from the blueberries. I can smell that sour, man, and 213 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: I can smell what the rock is cooking, you, GIBROTI 214 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: so this smells exactly the way I remember. I haven't 215 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: I haven't sipped it yet, but I can smell that oak. 216 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: It smells right, dude. It hits you like right on 217 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: the side of your cheeks and just you start salivating instantly. 218 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: It's like a like a blueberry sweetheart almost. It's really 219 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: really good. This is still one of my favorites, and 220 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. I would recommend Cascade to anybody, 221 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: and specifically if you're looking at sours. Yeah, I would 222 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: recommend Cascade to anybody who likes sours. We've had over 223 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: the years, Matt, you and I have shared some really 224 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: good ones from them. And I do say shared because 225 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: this is in a seven and fifty milliliter bottle, So 226 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 1: you're really talking about a great bottle to share with somebody. 227 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: Drink that on your own at your own peril. So 228 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: if you happen to be able to get your hands 229 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: on one of those, snatch it up with something like this, 230 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: you can drink it three years from now. You can 231 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: just have it on your shelf, look at it and 232 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: smile every time you see it, and then decide randomly 233 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: one day to start sticking in the fridge so you 234 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,439 Speaker 1: can crack it open. You know that the following night, 235 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: if only I can see you, you know, look at 236 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: your beers and smile. I think my wife gets jealous. 237 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, she's like, yeah, what are you 238 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: what are you doing just smiling at my beer, saying 239 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: they're looking at your beers, smiling, just looking at my 240 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: my malt hop Barley children. All right, onto the topic 241 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: at hand, Matt. We're talking about spring cleaning your life. 242 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: How to get rid of some of the stuff that 243 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: you have in your house that you don't need, and 244 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: how to make a quick buck from it while at 245 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: the same time decluttering and actually improving your life. And 246 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: the first thing that we need to note, almost all 247 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: of us we have too much stuff in our homes 248 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: and it begins to take up space, not only physically 249 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: but in our minds. And so I know every time 250 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: that I go through a period of decluttering, a time 251 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: of decluttering, it is like therapeutic for not only my 252 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: pocketbook and my house in the space space there, but 253 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: for my mind as well. Yeah, it doesn't. It just 254 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: feel good when, like you know that there's something that's 255 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: kind of been sitting there piled up like with a 256 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: bunch of other junk, and you can finally clear it out. 257 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: Like you said, I feel like that sort of mental 258 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,319 Speaker 1: or emotional part of it is almost even better than 259 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: just clearing out the space in your house, because you 260 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: can it's easy to throw stuff in the attic or 261 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: kind of tossed it down on the cross base, you know, 262 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 1: with the basement and just kind of never see it again, 263 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: or or pull one of those like you know what 264 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: what like a kid. I don't know, I'm thinking like 265 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: Bart Simpson probably, you know, stuffing everything in the closet 266 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: and then you like literally shut the closet door so 267 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: that like things don't like fall out on you you 268 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: have like a closet like that, a closet that things 269 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: just go to disappear basically not anymore. But you know, 270 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: I think we we do. We have had that at times. 271 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: And so every time you you do this too, or 272 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: you clear out one room or you clear out you know, 273 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: let's s your wardrobe or something like that, man, you 274 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,199 Speaker 1: kind of get jones and move onto the next thing. 275 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: And so recently Emily and I did kind of have 276 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: like a mini purging and we get rid of just 277 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: kind of a few things, and we're kind using the 278 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: local Facebook yard sales site to get rid of some stuff. 279 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: It was really nice, man Like, it just felt like 280 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: we could walk around our own room a little bit 281 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: better and the house in general. And uh it just man, 282 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: it feels good to you know, make a couple of 283 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: hundred bucks hand get rid of stuffs at the same 284 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: time that you will never miss you not to mention, 285 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: it's just less stuff to clean, right, more stuff you 286 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: kind of have out that you have to like dust. 287 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: I mean, let's lose all that. I guess the question 288 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: that we have to probably answer that the people are 289 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: wondering right off the bat, is are we minimalists, because 290 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: that's kind of been a trend that's that we've seen, 291 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: you know, across the internet, like people like to claim 292 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: that they're minimalists and like to try to inspire other 293 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: people to live in that way. Uh, And we are 294 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: not minimalists. And I don't necessarily think I don't think 295 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: it's a bad thing to try to to try to 296 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: strive for that if you feel like that's best for 297 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: your life. But it's also especially with kids and stuff 298 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,719 Speaker 1: like that. Oh yeah, it's it's it's something that we're 299 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: not going to strive for at this one in time. Yeah, 300 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: with kids, it's it's especially hard having kids at different 301 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: ages because there's stuff you want to keep that you're 302 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,160 Speaker 1: gonna you know, you're gonna use for say, you know, 303 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: the younger kid, and you're just basically waiting for them 304 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: to age up. And you don't want to toss something 305 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: just because you know your older child has grown out 306 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: of it and you've got a cup more in my case, 307 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: two more children below that are also going to use 308 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: that thing. So it makes a ton of sense to 309 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: hang onto things. Uh So, yeah, getting rid of everything 310 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: as soon as you're done using it isn't something that 311 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: is financially smart for us, and it's just nice to 312 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: have it kind of on hand just in case you 313 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: do need it. That being said, I feel like you 314 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: can fall on a spectrum when it comes to being 315 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: a minimalist. I do think that we are slightly more 316 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: minimalists than you and Emily, I would definitely agree with 317 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: that you have. I try to live a more spartan existence, 318 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: try to not allow myself to have the nice things. Uh, 319 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: but we do the luxuries I do like, and I've 320 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: I've grown to to stop shopping for these things. By 321 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: do kind of like quirky knickknacks and so you know, 322 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: a little decorative thing here there that kind of adds 323 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: to the spice of the room. And your house is 324 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: like white and black and gray essentially. Gear stuff is 325 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: are like stark, very clean, and we like pops of 326 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: color and bright stuff and crazy stuff and so our 327 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: houses paintings and all over the place fake animal heads. 328 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: We have very different tastes. But also on the other hand, 329 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: we live in square feet with with one bathroom with 330 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: the four of us, and so we do try to 331 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: on purpose aim to live in a smaller space. Um 332 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: we think it's good for us as a family, for 333 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: our girls to share a room, for us to have 334 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: a smaller space. There's less to clean, there's less to decorate, 335 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: there's less to keep up with, and ultimately we interact more. 336 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: When when you have a giant house, someone's in one 337 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 1: wing of the house and you know other persons in 338 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: the other and you probably don't see each other nearly 339 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: as much, and kids can lock themselves away in their rooms, 340 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: but if they're kind of forced to interact with the 341 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: family in this way, we just thought that was important. 342 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: And that's an intentional choice on our part to live 343 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: in square feet and to share this space together. That's 344 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: that's just something we feel is important for our family. Cool. 345 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: I didn't realize you guys were only living in square feet, 346 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: so Joel and we've we've talked about this on a 347 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: previous episode two. But the back part of your house 348 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: you have set up as a as a rental, You've 349 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: got at least out uh when year or you know, year, 350 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: long long term rental, I should say least um. But yeah, 351 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: that's pretty awesome, man, I didn't realize you guys were 352 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: rocking up front. Yeah, so the house overalls about two 353 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: thousand square feet. We ran out roughly this the back 354 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: seven d square feet to a friend. She's awesome. In 355 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: my family, we live in the front half of the house, 356 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: and so yeah, it works out perfectly for a lot 357 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: of reasons. I mentioned that in the Rental Property podcast. 358 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: But to truly to on purpose to try to live 359 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 1: in a smaller space, there's like so many benefits that 360 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: come from it. There's less furniture to buy, and I 361 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: think to like that's part of the American dream that 362 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: people bought into. It's like and there's people don't think 363 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: about all the costs associated with a bigger house. Not 364 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: only is there a bigger mortgage payment, not only do 365 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: you have higher utility bills, but you also have more 366 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: furniture that you need to buy for the space. And 367 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,719 Speaker 1: so just all these things start creeping up. And I 368 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: think one of the best things that you can do 369 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: from the get go spring cleaning your life live in 370 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: a smaller space. Living in that smaller space is going 371 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: to ultimately make it a lot easier for you to 372 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: take some of these steps that we're going to recommend 373 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: here to you in this in this show. Uh, so 374 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: that you can sprinklean your life, do the big thing. 375 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 1: The big thing is to live in a smaller space. Yeah, 376 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: and having less possessions is one part of like minimalism 377 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: that I kind of aspire towards. And hopefully by the 378 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,000 Speaker 1: end of this episode, you guys will have some some tips, 379 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: some pointers, uh, and some sort of guidelines that you 380 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 1: maybe you can follow that will help you and ultimately 381 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,439 Speaker 1: encourage you guys to to downsize, to get rid of 382 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: some stuff. And honestly, dude, I think this is gonna 383 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: encourage me to get up in the attic and pull 384 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: some stuff down. I think my favorite feeling in doing 385 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,400 Speaker 1: this is getting rid of things that I use kind 386 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: of sparingly or almost never, that really don't add much 387 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,719 Speaker 1: value to my life. And it almost makes it easier 388 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 1: then for me to find those things that do add 389 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: value to my life that I forget that I forget, 390 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,040 Speaker 1: like a book that I read a lot, and I 391 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,199 Speaker 1: go back to his reference. You know, if I keep 392 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: that on my nightstand, but I don't have four other 393 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: books there to compete with it. You know, if I 394 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: if I have like this well curated selection right there 395 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: of things that I go too often, whatever it is 396 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 1: in my life if I make it easy to find 397 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: those things that I use often and get rid of 398 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: the things that I really don't need. It just kind 399 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: of everywhere I look at my house, I'm like, I 400 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: like that, I need that. I use that as opposed 401 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: to like, what is all this stuff taking up space? 402 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: War on account, it just brings focus to your life 403 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: exactly truly enjoy the things that you have, and man, 404 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna need it. We we gotta do it. A 405 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: full episode on that too, write like kind of quality 406 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: over quantity sort of sort of thing. I mean, that's 407 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: our approach to beers. Right, We're not sitting here a 408 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: question six Coors lights, But I mean that that that 409 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: does fit with us and sort of our our sort 410 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: of philosophy on on what we like to talk about 411 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: here and what we like to live. So so yeah, Joel, 412 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: I think that's a great rule of kind of focus 413 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: on the things that you truly find enjoyment in and 414 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: the things that you know you want to pursue and 415 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: just kind of kind of cut the rest, go through 416 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: your life and consider some of the things that aren't 417 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: adding value to your life. So on that note, let's 418 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: talk about kind of the rules for how to figure 419 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,919 Speaker 1: out what you should get rid of. Yes, one of 420 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: those things, I think, Joel, is if it's still in 421 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 1: a box from say when you moved into your house, 422 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: Like if you have some stuff that you have not 423 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: unpacked because you think, oh, we don't really need that 424 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: now will you ever really need it? Let's be honest 425 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: with yourself. If there's something that you have, whether it's 426 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: in a closet or in an attic, and it's still 427 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: in a box from a previous move, it's time to 428 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: get rid of that. Yeah, I gotta be honest. I 429 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: I've probably got a few things that hit that rule 430 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: that I need to go home and get rid of it. 431 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: Not necessarily in a box, but I remember one of 432 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: our friends gave us one of these baby carriers like 433 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: backpacks for hiking. Oh yeah, and I'm always like, yeah, 434 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: I can't wait to take the girls hiking and put 435 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: them in this awesome backpack baby carrier. And the girls 436 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: are getting big, and I've never used it, and so 437 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 1: I just need to like pass the love on and 438 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: give that somebody that's going to use it. So we 439 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: we've got that's so funny that you got one of 440 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: them we were giving one of those as well, and 441 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: except we've used ours a couple of times, not a ton, 442 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: but we definitely have thrown glover in there a couple 443 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: of times now and definitely dotty. But those are the 444 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: kind of things too that unless you're an avid hiker, 445 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: don't even get one because it's such a limited stage. 446 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 1: We're gonna use something like that. Be cognizant before you 447 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: purchase something. Hey, is this limited stage juice item? If 448 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: it is, and I'm actually really going to use it, 449 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: try to buy it used right, But just no, Hey, 450 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: unless I'm like super into this activity, it's really only 451 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: you know, six months to a year that I can 452 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: actually use this item. So if I'm gonna use it 453 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 1: once or twice, is it worth the money? Yeah, I 454 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: consider just borrowing it from a friend. With a lot 455 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: of folks we know that kind of do the things 456 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: that we like to do, check in with them. Yeah. 457 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: And I mean, honestly, I think that's such a good 458 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: rule of thumb for so many things, and something that 459 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: our culture doesn't really lend itself to borrowing things from 460 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,360 Speaker 1: people like we all have a law more and we 461 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: all have a weed eater, and you know, some of 462 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: those things. You know, I use those things all the time, 463 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: especially as a landlord. I'm cutting a lot of lawn, 464 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: so I think it's okay to have my own. But 465 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 1: there are a lot of things in life we should 466 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,719 Speaker 1: be a little more thoughtful about. You know, hey, do 467 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,439 Speaker 1: I need to purchase his baby carrier? Or my friend 468 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,399 Speaker 1: whose kid is a little bit bigger now she's probably 469 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: got one. I could borrow four, you know, six months 470 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: until my baby's grown out of it too. And you know, 471 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: there's a lot of importance to community in this and 472 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: developing community where you can borrow things like that that 473 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,959 Speaker 1: you'll only need for a limited time. So that works 474 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: on stuff in boxes, right, things you know, things you 475 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: have up in the attic. What how do you approach clothes? Like, 476 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: what do you think about, you know, say, items that 477 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: you have in your closet that maybe you hardly ever wear, 478 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 1: like your tucks. You mentioned that the other the other week. 479 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: Well I wore it, didn't I I don't know? Did 480 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: you was that? It was like, come on, well, I'm 481 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: not looking you up and down, man. Sorry. A tux 482 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: is one of those rare you didn't have. You didn't 483 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: have the tie on you didn't have your bow tie, right, 484 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: you have the jack in the pants? Yep, Okay, got it. 485 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: So no, that's something I'll get enough use out of. 486 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: That's a really good point, though, you know, that's one 487 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: of those things where it's it's a rare necessity. You 488 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: don't really need a tux, And for me, it was 489 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: just kind of a more of a fun thing to 490 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: wear that night just because I had it, just kind 491 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: of trying to get some use out of it. But 492 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: my rule of thumb when it comes to clothing is 493 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: that if I haven't worn it in the past year, 494 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: that's when it's time to get rid of it. I 495 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: can rationalize all day about how I'm gonna wear it, 496 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: or like I really do like this article of clothing, 497 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: but if you've gone through all four seasons and you 498 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: haven't worn it once, didn't go on your body, you 499 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: don't need it, it might be time to get rid 500 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: of it. We talked about this in a recent episode too, 501 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: how like in reality, there's like a uniform that we 502 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: each have and not like a actual like work uniform 503 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: or anything like that, but like there's clothes that we wear. 504 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: And I'm sure if you're listening to this too. You're 505 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: the same way. There's a few items that you really 506 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 1: really like and you wear those all the time, and 507 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: maybe instead you should just buy one more of those 508 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: and get rid of like the five that's in other 509 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: articles of clothing that you have that you don't you 510 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: never wear, or when you do, where you're kind of 511 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: like it doesn't really fit me that well, I'll just 512 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 1: kind of wear it because you know, it's the laundry day. Yeah. 513 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: I mean, I think over time to you, when you 514 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: figure out your style and exactly what you like to wear, 515 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: you stop buying things that you're not into, or things 516 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,959 Speaker 1: that you buy maybe just because it was on sale, 517 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: and you start to buy clothes that maybe or a 518 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: touch nicer, but that last for a long long time. 519 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: And so now I've got shirts that like the shirt 520 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 1: I'm wearing right now, I will probably wear this like 521 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: a hundred times. Is that Pendleton or Levi's It looks 522 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: like it looks like a wool shirt. Yeah, man, so 523 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: like it's it's a nice shirt that cost a little 524 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: bit more than most shirts cost. But I'm going to 525 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: wear this shirt a lot and it's a staple. It's 526 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: to go to. So have your clothes and the clothes 527 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,800 Speaker 1: that you have, enjoy them more and get rid of 528 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 1: the things, give them away or sell them that the 529 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: items that you haven't used haven't worn in the last year. 530 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: Another category to consider getting rid of two jewel is 531 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: our electronics. With technology and the way things are advancing, 532 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: Like there's never a cool piece of old electronics that 533 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: you're wanting to keep around because you think it's gonna 534 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: become useful. It's like, no, it's only getting less and 535 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: less use useful. That the longer you have it, and 536 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: if you stuck it in the closet at some point 537 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: to not use because you didn't need it, it's only 538 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: gonna become less and less useful. It's never gonna like 539 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: come around full circle where you're like, oh, finally kind 540 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: of pull pull up the cassette player. Now I can 541 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: use that motorola razor again. I've been waiting waiting for 542 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: that that old no key of brick phone things are 543 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: so cool. Although I think those actually are coming back. 544 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: They have like a new fangled smartphone version of the 545 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: yeah it, yeah no. I completely agree. I think when 546 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 1: I have gotten a new smartphone at times in the past, 547 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: i've held onto my old one, thinking you know what 548 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 1: I need. I need a backup phone. But ultimately that 549 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: phone is more valuable today than it is any day 550 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: in the future. And so what you should do instead 551 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: of putting that phone in a drawer and holding it 552 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: as a backup is you should sell it if you can. 553 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: And if you can't sell it, it's a complete piece 554 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: of trash that you need to recycle. Yeah, that should 555 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: be a very clear indicator as to the value. If 556 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: you're trying to listen something and you're like, well, I'm 557 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to get anything for it, cool, 558 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: it sounds like it's something that you should get rid of. 559 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: To ye, if no one else is willing to pay 560 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: you for it, then just unload it. So if you 561 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: upgrade your phone, I think, or your computer or something 562 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: like that, think about a couple of things. Maybeither you 563 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: can sell it on eBay or Craigslist or something like that, 564 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: or on your neighborhood yard sales site. And if you 565 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: can't do that, consider donating it. Consider donating it to 566 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: a place like best Buy. Best Buy has got one 567 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: of the i think the biggest electronics recycling program in 568 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: the nation. So take it to your best buy. If not, 569 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: there's a great website called call to Recycle dot org. 570 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: Call the number two recycled dot org. Check that out. 571 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: And there's lots of places you can find a place 572 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 1: nearby you where you can donate your electronics. You can 573 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,520 Speaker 1: recycle those things because when you buy that new phone, 574 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 1: your old phone is likely worth something, so sell it, 575 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: get rid of it. There's also eco a t M 576 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: s where you can go, and they're in lots of stores, 577 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: Kroger stuff like that, and that a t M will 578 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: tell you exactly how much your phone is worth, and 579 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: we'll give you twenty five bucks or thirty bucks or whatever. Um, 580 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: it's better than nothing. And ultimately, when your phone dies, 581 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: there's no way you're gonna go back to the old technology. 582 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: Like I mean, that just sounds awful. If you rocking 583 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: an iPhone eight now and you have to go back 584 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: to your like iPhone four s or whatever that is, 585 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. If you're sc like I've got, yeah, 586 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: you're not gonna No one wants to do that. No 587 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: nobody wants to do that. So sell it or and 588 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: bank that money towards you know, another phone in the future, 589 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: or recycle that thing. And al So, those are some 590 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: good spots to uh as far as where you can 591 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,959 Speaker 1: take some of your electronics. Uh, now's a good time 592 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: then to go ahead and segue into some of the 593 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: other places where you can sell things that you have 594 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: that you need to get rid of. Yeah, and I think, 595 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,439 Speaker 1: like you said, some of the stuff is junk like. 596 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,719 Speaker 1: Some of the stuff that you've got is probably trash like. 597 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: And so as you're as you're waiting through your drawers, 598 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: your miscellaneous strawer, whatever it is, like, some of that 599 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 1: stuff probably just belongs straight in the garbage. But let's 600 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,719 Speaker 1: talk about the valuable stuff, because you know, some of it, 601 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's the table, a chair, uh, a 602 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: lawnmower that you haven't used in a long time, whatever 603 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: it is, Like, that kind of stuff is actually going 604 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: to sell and be valuable to other people, some of 605 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: it for actual use, some of it for parts maybe even. 606 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: But one of my favorite places, and I think probably 607 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: the place that people sell the most stuff these days, 608 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: is Facebook yard sale sites. Yeah, you guys have been 609 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 1: unloading a bunch of stuff on there recently, right, Yeah, 610 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: I sold a record player and a microwave recently on 611 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,479 Speaker 1: there and Facebook yard sale is great because it is 612 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: made up of your neighbors essentially. I've joined different yard 613 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,239 Speaker 1: sale groups reflect different communities that are, you know, right 614 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: by me. Yeah, they're like kind of neighborhood specific. Yeah, 615 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: and so you ultimately, I mean, you quickly know whether 616 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,360 Speaker 1: this person is a part of your neighborhood or not. 617 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: And it makes the transaction feel a lot more friendly 618 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: and less frightening than a potential the other ones will 619 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: talk about. Yeah, and then some of the other ones. Uh. 620 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: So I like the Facebook yard sale groups. And by 621 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: the way, that is different than the Facebook marketplace, So 622 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: be a little careful if you're looking at the Facebook 623 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: marketplace and there's actually like a little icon on the 624 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: Facebook gap for that, uh that. I've seen more scams 625 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: on the Facebook marketplace site, and people like selling stuff 626 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: that looks kind of fake or like a really nice 627 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: iPhone for like a hundred bucks and all these kind 628 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: of Yeah. So the actual yard sales sites, find one 629 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: in your community, join that, and that's gonna be a 630 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: good place to sell some of the stuff to people 631 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: that live close to you. It's gonna make the transaction 632 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: easier and just a lot more above board. YEA and 633 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: those are the specific Facebook yard sale groups that you 634 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: want to look at, So look for the groups. I 635 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: guess the biggest downside to using Facebook yard sale is 636 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: that you're really only hitting thousands of people, maybe even 637 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: only hundreds of people depending on where you live, as 638 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: opposed to listening something on eBay, which we can talk 639 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 1: about next. You're reaching a limited segment of people. But 640 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: it works especially well for larger items like furniture and 641 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: yeahs like that that you definitely don't want to have 642 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: to worry about shipping exactly. So it's like positives and negatives. 643 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: Know that, you know, bigger stuff, stuff that's harder, harder 644 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: to sell, stuff that's harder to ship. You know. Facebook 645 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: yard sale sites work great for stuff like that, but 646 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: you're reaching a more limited audience. Yeah. But one of 647 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: the advantages to that though, are that you probably already 648 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: have a Facebook account. It's not like you need to 649 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: go on to say eBay and create a you know, 650 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: a brand new profile. Pretty much everyone is already on Facebook. 651 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: It's just whether or not they're in that group, and 652 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: it just makes it really easy to hop on there 653 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: and start selling the things that you want to get 654 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: rid of. Yeah, the barrier to entry is nil pretty much, 655 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: and creating the actual post, especially if you have the 656 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: Facebook app on your smartphone, takes literally like a minute. 657 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: It's really easy to take the pictures with your phone, 658 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 1: upload them, create the listing, and be done with it 659 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: and wait for people to contact you. So I think 660 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: these has of groups are a vast improvement upon Craigslist, 661 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: which is, you know, kind of like maybe more the 662 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: traditional route that people have taken when they, you know, 663 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: wanted to sell stuff. We actually sold our car, but 664 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 1: traditional for the last fifteen years, maybe because before that 665 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: you were like listing stuff in newspapers and the actual 666 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: actual classified yea, and more and more, I feel like 667 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: Craigslist is sort of getting kind of phased out. There's 668 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: not there's less. I feel like there's less stuff on 669 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 1: there that I'm looking for. I'll still go on there 670 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: if if I'm looking at getting something new before I 671 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: before I by purchase something new, I'll still look on ebaying, 672 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, and Craigslist for sure. Uh, just partly too 673 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: because it's local so to be able to go there 674 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: immediately potentially and get what it is that I'm looking for, 675 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: to get a second hand instead of brand new. That's 676 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: something I'm always gonna do. Yeah, I think Craigslist is 677 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: really good for a few things and not great at 678 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: a lot of things. What Craigslist is particularly good for 679 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: if you're looking to get a good deal on an automobile, 680 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: a used car, a motor home. Let's say, if you 681 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: are looking to buy a bicycle or something like that's 682 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: a specific kind. You're able to search by keyword. Even 683 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: like specialty furniture can be really good. There are a 684 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: lot of people all the keywords. Yeah, a lot of 685 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,960 Speaker 1: people list that and so it's easier to search by keyword. 686 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: So if I'm looking for Danish modern furniture, mid century modern, 687 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: m yeah, I'll find I'll find a good selection on Craigslist. 688 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: And there again, Facebook is great for this to their 689 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 1: specific sites, but there's such a wide variety on Craigslist 690 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: that I think for items like that, it's great. Facebook. 691 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: You might stumble across that, right, somebody might be posting 692 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: it randomly. But Craigslist, it's it's super searchable, it's super 693 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 1: easy to find and just broad too. I mean typically 694 00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: you're you're searching in either an entire city or an 695 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: entire region. Yeah, Well, One of the biggest pains that 696 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,479 Speaker 1: comes along with that, though, is you might have to 697 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 1: drive forty five minutes or an hour to pick up 698 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: the bed. I mean, I I always keep my parameters 699 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: really close, and I'm not willing to travel very far 700 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: unless I'm like searching for something even bigg like a car. 701 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: If I was buying a car, I would be willing 702 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: to open up my parameter's got probably be willing to 703 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: drive an hour to buy the right car, certainly, But 704 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: I'm you know, talking about a two chair or whatever, 705 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: a hundred dollar chair. I'm not going to drive an 706 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: hour to pick that up. Yeah. I used to sell 707 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: a good bit of um, like my old photography gear 708 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: on Craigslist, but then, man, I just got sick of 709 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: it because you'd meet up with somebody and then with 710 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: you know, with the gear, they kind of want to 711 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,479 Speaker 1: try it out, and so you're kind of sitting there 712 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: while they're like playing with your camera and just kind 713 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: of sucks, kind of weird feeling. It's just weird. And 714 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: then they're like a lot of times they don't know 715 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: what they're doing, and so they're kind of like trying 716 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: to figure out how to use it. I'm just like, dude, 717 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 1: I'm not here to like teach you how to use 718 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: the camera. To me, that was one of the downsides 719 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: I guess to to selling some of that stuff on Craigslist, 720 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: and and and the other The biggest, one of the 721 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: biggest downsides to Craigslist on top of that is potential theft. 722 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: Potential robbery. Yeah, like someone somebody could have just like 723 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: run off with Mike. Yeah exactly, I can run far, 724 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: but I'm not like really fast. So the biggest tip 725 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: is if you're actually going to do a transaction, if 726 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: you're going to list something on Craigslist, if you're gonna 727 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: buy something on Craigslist, make sure you meet that person 728 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: in a well lit public area and preferably at your 729 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: local police station. Because police stations are totally cool with 730 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: that now, especially because of all the crimes that they've 731 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: had to chase down, all the all the purpose they've 732 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: had a laugh away because of Craigslist crimes. They're all 733 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: about you meeting in their parking lot and doing the 734 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,560 Speaker 1: transaction there, or or if you can't do that, just 735 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,520 Speaker 1: bring along a buddy. Yep, that helps too. So then 736 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: let's talk about eBay, because instead of selling all my 737 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: kind of camera gear on Craigslist. I started putting it 738 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 1: all up on eBay, which is great because there's you know, 739 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: people all across the country and even the world. But 740 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: I don't do international shipping because it starts getting kind 741 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: of I don't know, it spends Ebo. Yeah, it's expensive 742 00:33:58,520 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 1: and I just don't like messing with that. Man. I 743 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: just I say no international shipping shipp it. I'll reba, 744 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: I'll reba and so I'll do domestic. But for items 745 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,279 Speaker 1: that are more specialty and so for for instance, some 746 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: of the camera bodies I'm selling or lenses, folks that 747 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: are looking for those know exactly what they're looking for. 748 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,680 Speaker 1: They're not just like happen to stumble upon a nice 749 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: you know, nice lens or a nice camera body that, 750 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: oh yeah, let me drop a thousand bucks on this. No, 751 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: it's probably not gonna happen. There's a much better marketplace 752 00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 1: and a much better environment for that to occur. On eBay, 753 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,279 Speaker 1: you know, when you can have all the stats up there, 754 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: you can kind of have leaking link to reviews and 755 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 1: what other folks have to say about them. Eba is 756 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,920 Speaker 1: my go to site for these items that are more 757 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: expensive that folks are looking for and they're smaller, so 758 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: I can ship it and then just be done with it. 759 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: Do you have an eBay coundrel? So I got a 760 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:47,880 Speaker 1: deal on something around Christmas time, Black Friday deal, so 761 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 1: essentially I bought a phone and it came with uh 762 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: free Bluetooth headphones. And but then another deal came up 763 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: on a phone that was even better, So I got 764 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: a new phone. That was my new phone. My phone 765 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: that I've gotten now was a twenty bucks brand new. 766 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: It's it's a really nice phone. So I saw that 767 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: after the fact and I was like, crap, that was 768 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:10,759 Speaker 1: even cheaper and a little bit better. And so what 769 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: I did. The first phone came in that I bought 770 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: before I found this secondary deal, and I relisted it 771 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: on eBay nice, and I kept the headphones listed the 772 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 1: cell phone, just the phone, and I made money nice. Basically, 773 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 1: you made money and you got some free headphones, not 774 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 1: some free headphones. So yeah, I don't use eBay a 775 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 1: whole lot because there's not usually high end stuff that 776 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: I'm selling very often. But if I was, that's the 777 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 1: perfect marketplace for it, and interestingly enough to depending on 778 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: what kind of clothes you're selling. That can become a 779 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,799 Speaker 1: great marketplace for selling used clothing, like nicer clothes. Yeah, yeah, 780 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: like nicer, specialty, vintage whatever. There's a huge market for 781 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,360 Speaker 1: clothing on eBay if you know how to list it 782 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: and you know what you've got. Yeah, there's folks that 783 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: do it, hire businesses on eBay and they've got like 784 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 1: their eBay stores and they kind of specialize in clothes only. Yea. 785 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 1: So eventually I want to have my friend Josh on 786 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,320 Speaker 1: the podcast who had a vintage clothing store on eBay. 787 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 1: That's what he did, yeah, like full time. Yeah. So 788 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 1: his job was hit up the thrift stores and by 789 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: clothing by the pound, and he just had an eye 790 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,560 Speaker 1: for the stuff he knew it would sell and then 791 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,879 Speaker 1: flip it on eBay. Is this furniture, Josh and so okay? Yeah, 792 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: And so now he flips mid century modern furniture. So 793 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,839 Speaker 1: he's got another business that he started basically buying one 794 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,760 Speaker 1: man's junk and turning it in it's somebody else's treasure. 795 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: So I love that idea behind a business. So I'd 796 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: love to talk to him since he's done two of 797 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: these kind of businesses. I'd love to have him on 798 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 1: the show kind of help people learn from some of 799 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: the lessons he's learned and how he's been successful doing it. 800 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:49,880 Speaker 1: So then if you don't have a bunch of like 801 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: high dollar items, it sounds like what you need to 802 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 1: do is a yard sale, Yeah, old school or garge sale, 803 00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: depending on where what do you call it, you call 804 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,960 Speaker 1: like rage shale, yard sale, yard sale? Really yeah, I 805 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 1: feel and it isn't in a regional thing they say that, 806 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: like if you call yard sailor from this part of 807 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: the United States, if you call it a gradge sale, 808 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,919 Speaker 1: you're from here. Probably I could see that. Rummage sale, 809 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: I think is another one. Alright, I like that too, 810 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: Like rummage sale, Yeah, that's nice. I like yard sale though, 811 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: I think and uh, I like that idea. And by 812 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: the way, if you are going to do one, posting 813 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: Craigslist and let people know what's happening, that helps like 814 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,400 Speaker 1: bring people out. So just say, hey, upcoming yard sale, 815 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,120 Speaker 1: here's the address, and kind of here's a few of 816 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,720 Speaker 1: the things that I've got that I'll be selling that day, 817 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: and then do the same thing. Post a few signs 818 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: around your neighborhood letting people know that it's happening and 819 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,360 Speaker 1: telling them, you know, here, here's a few pieces that 820 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: will be that will have. But an old school Saturday 821 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: yard sale, you know, from tend to four or nine 822 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: to six or whatever, that's gonna go a long way 823 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:48,920 Speaker 1: and helping you kind of clear out some of your clutter. 824 00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: Nine to six, dude, what kind of long freaking yard sale? 825 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. Are you running nine to six? So 826 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 1: I'm out of there, man. I just have a work 827 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: ethic that like none other. It would be like the 828 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,680 Speaker 1: longest yard sale, like history of yards, the yard sales 829 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,560 Speaker 1: till I dropped. Know, some people do two days, man. 830 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: They spread it out over Saturdays and Sunday and know 831 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: if it's still there at like one thirty, I'm like, 832 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,200 Speaker 1: all right, everything's on the curb. Curb alert. Yeah, that's 833 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: what I would do. You just slashing the prices on everything. Yeah, 834 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,480 Speaker 1: Like what do you want to give me one dollar? 835 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,880 Speaker 1: It's yours? Yeah, But an old school yard sale is 836 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,359 Speaker 1: kind of the best way to get rid of stuff 837 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: that doesn't really have It's just kind of stuff you 838 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 1: want to clear out and make a few bucks for 839 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: and hopefully find some life with somebody else. Consider that 840 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,560 Speaker 1: right after that the next thing to do, donate it. 841 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 1: If you can't sell to the yard sale, donate it. 842 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 1: And so maybe you have the yard sale first, and 843 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,719 Speaker 1: you you know, think, maybe you know what, I can 844 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: make fifty bucks hunter bucks today by selling some of 845 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: my old stuff. If it doesn't work out, or you know, 846 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,359 Speaker 1: you're only able to sell a few items, that means 847 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: that stuff is probably worth next to nothing. And so 848 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,120 Speaker 1: that stuff, just donate it, get your tax receipt, write 849 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: it off on your taxes, or I guess with a 850 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: new tax law, you're probably still not You're probably not 851 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,000 Speaker 1: writing it off, but get rid of it. About that, Yeah, 852 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: give it somewhere though. That's it's gonna have a good home. 853 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,680 Speaker 1: That is better than holding onto it. Yeah, alright, Matt. 854 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 1: So you're the photographer. You're great at listing things and 855 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: making them look extra special. Yeah. Man, the picture, I 856 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 1: feel like that is so important. Obviously I'm biased, but 857 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,319 Speaker 1: you can do so much with a good picture to 858 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 1: make your listing look good. Yeah, and the the I 859 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: I see so many listings where I'm like, I might 860 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,239 Speaker 1: be interested in that item, but I can't tell the 861 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: picture is so bad. And when the picture is not 862 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: clear or not well lit. I just move on. Yeah, 863 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: folks definitely aren't gonna be nearly as drawn to your 864 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: listing if you've just got this kind of crummy, dusty 865 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,960 Speaker 1: looking photo. But that's awesome. I mean, that's actually a 866 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: way to get a potential deal. This dining room said 867 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 1: that we're sitting at. We got up in uh, you know, 868 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,600 Speaker 1: about forty five minutes from where we were, because Kay 869 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:53,480 Speaker 1: kept watching it and it kept sitting there on Craigslist 870 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,279 Speaker 1: with this literally like in the photo, the flash one 871 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 1: off and you can see just like dust kind of 872 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: like in the air, and like you can barely you 873 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 1: can't even see the other end of the table. And 874 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: she's just like, I'm pretty sure this is a sweet, 875 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: sweet table, and she kept watching and they just kept 876 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 1: dropping the price because nobody was coming to look at it. 877 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: So if you're in the market, look out for those 878 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:13,640 Speaker 1: kind of listings because you might be able to get 879 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,799 Speaker 1: a deal. But you know, we're talking about selling, and 880 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: folks are going to be more apt to come purchase 881 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: something from you if your home's kind of bright and 882 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 1: clean looking versus like dark and dingy. Yeah, and on 883 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,279 Speaker 1: that note, take thirty seconds to clean up your item, 884 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, wipe it down, make sure it's got that 885 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,759 Speaker 1: kind of gleam, that new look gleam. Yeah, you don't 886 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: wanna whether it's a bike you're selling or a table 887 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: or a chair, wipe it down. Make sure everything looks 888 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: good as new. I swear people just don't take the 889 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,840 Speaker 1: time to wipe something down, and that can be the 890 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: difference between selling an item or not. Did you clean 891 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: your microwave that you still you said you sold a microwave? Hey, yeah, man, 892 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 1: you gotta clean the inside and take a picture of 893 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,719 Speaker 1: it to show people like, hey, this isn't like some 894 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: nastified like microwave with like spaghetti's bladdered up on the 895 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: exactly like fish guts all over the place, something like that. 896 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: Jill's Norwegians, so he microwaves his fish all the time 897 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,160 Speaker 1: and it's just all over the inside of his his 898 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,840 Speaker 1: normal microwave, but not the one he sells. And now 899 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 1: we're hall a bit cologne. So that's when I'm into 900 00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,360 Speaker 1: And also with the photos, the more expensive the item, 901 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,680 Speaker 1: consider taking more photos right when you can't. I listed 902 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,440 Speaker 1: our Volkswagen. We had a Volkswagon and pissat wagon that 903 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,319 Speaker 1: we actually sold on Craigslist, And when we sold that thing, 904 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: I took a lot of photos because if someone's gonna 905 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,239 Speaker 1: drop a few thousand dollars on it, they want to 906 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: be able to see every every sort of blemish or 907 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: you know, anywhere where there's a scratch. I took a 908 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,239 Speaker 1: picture of it because that's the kind of thing that 909 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:39,239 Speaker 1: they're definitely gonna see when they show up and look 910 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:40,480 Speaker 1: at us, Amy as we'll kind of go ahead and 911 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,080 Speaker 1: get that out there. Obviously, we shined it up and 912 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: make sure the car looked as best as it possibly could. 913 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: But but like again, you're talking about the cure microwave oven. 914 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,920 Speaker 1: You only need to post like one or two photos 915 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 1: of that, you know, pictures probably outside inside, done right, 916 00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,879 Speaker 1: someone's gonna come pick it up. Twenty bucks, thirty bucks, 917 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,040 Speaker 1: done deal, a couch, probably four pictures, and Matt saying, 918 00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:00,320 Speaker 1: take good pictures. You don't need a fancy camera. You 919 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,520 Speaker 1: probably just your average smartphone at this point, most smartphones 920 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,279 Speaker 1: have pretty good cameras. Just hold it steady, make sure 921 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: you're you're getting a shot of the entire item, and 922 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: and make sure the room is well it And if 923 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,879 Speaker 1: you do those things, you're gonna take a picture that's 924 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,799 Speaker 1: better than the pictures out there. If you think about 925 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,640 Speaker 1: it at all, it'll be better than pictures. Yeah, but 926 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: but it's like really important if you want top dollar 927 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,360 Speaker 1: or even just to sell your item, take enough pictures 928 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 1: of that item and make sure they're decent shots. So 929 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: when you're taking photos to do consider the background. Right. 930 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,720 Speaker 1: It's so, if you've got a microwave, it should probably 931 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 1: belong on your kitchen counter, Like that's a great place 932 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: to take a picture of your microwave, or like your 933 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,239 Speaker 1: dining room table or something like that. Don't put it 934 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,480 Speaker 1: like on the floor in the corner somewhere, or put 935 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:45,920 Speaker 1: it on your couch and take a picture of it. 936 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,960 Speaker 1: That's weird. It's out of context, you know, yeah, exactly. 937 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,040 Speaker 1: Context is important. Nothing should ever be photographed in your bathroom, 938 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:53,960 Speaker 1: like on the toilet, Like that would be weird, Like 939 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,480 Speaker 1: why is that sitting on the back of the toilet. 940 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: That's that's bizarre. If you're taking pictures of your car, 941 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,839 Speaker 1: take it to like an empty parking lot maybe something 942 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,879 Speaker 1: like that. Or you you know, if your house looks 943 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: decent on the outside, take pictures in front of your 944 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,760 Speaker 1: house maybe, but just make sure that it's in context 945 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,520 Speaker 1: and that you're taking these like good clear pictures. Yeah. 946 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,279 Speaker 1: Something else to do is to price compare. Even if 947 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna post on Craigslist, say we're talking about the car, 948 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: look around on some other sites that deal specifically with 949 00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:22,160 Speaker 1: cars and make sure you know what your your car 950 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:23,920 Speaker 1: can go for. Obviously you're gonna want to look like 951 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,360 Speaker 1: Kelly Blue Book and sites like that for for a vehicle. 952 00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,640 Speaker 1: But say, like I we're talking earlier about camera, I'm 953 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 1: gonna get on eBay and see what cameras like that 954 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:34,880 Speaker 1: are going for. That way, when I do decide to 955 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,360 Speaker 1: list it, say even locally on Craigslist or on eBay, 956 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,840 Speaker 1: I know, or to price it. Obviously, eBay has got 957 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 1: different mechanisms built in where they say, oh, something like 958 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,239 Speaker 1: this goes for this range and this kind of condition. Um, 959 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,800 Speaker 1: But you just want to do a little bit of research. 960 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:49,799 Speaker 1: Obviously you're gonna do more of that with a more 961 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,880 Speaker 1: expensive item, but take that into account. Yeah, be realistic 962 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,359 Speaker 1: about the price you're asking for, especially if you want 963 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 1: to move it quickly. If you're serious about decluttering and 964 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,960 Speaker 1: you're listing a bunch of items, don't ask too much 965 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:03,080 Speaker 1: because if you if you start listening to your stuff 966 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,720 Speaker 1: and overpricing it, there's just more work involved. There's lowering 967 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,920 Speaker 1: the price, eventually relisting it, whatever you gotta do, and 968 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,160 Speaker 1: that just becomes a pain. So if you're just really 969 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 1: trying to declutter your life and get rid of a 970 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,640 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff, if you're trying to spring clean your life, 971 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,640 Speaker 1: make sure you ask a reasonable price and negotiate with people. 972 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,440 Speaker 1: Let them ask for you know, five ten bucks off, 973 00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:25,759 Speaker 1: whatever it may be, and be willing to work with 974 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,759 Speaker 1: people so that you can get this stuff out of 975 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,680 Speaker 1: your life, because ultimately that's what you want. I don't 976 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:32,600 Speaker 1: think I've ever talked to someone who just got rid 977 00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 1: of a bunch of stuff and they're like, I miss 978 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 1: all of it. I just miss all those things I 979 00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: just sold, and I'm so bummed and my life sucks. Now. 980 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,320 Speaker 1: It's so therapeutic to get rid of these things, and 981 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,360 Speaker 1: especially if you're able to make a few dollars, it 982 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:49,239 Speaker 1: feels really good. You will not miss the things that 983 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: you sell. Your mind will be freer, you will have 984 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,680 Speaker 1: decluttered your life in a good way, and you're not 985 00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:01,480 Speaker 1: gonna miss it all. Rangel Back to the beer Cascade 986 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,960 Speaker 1: Blueberry so it looks like you don't like your beer 987 00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,239 Speaker 1: because you still have a bunch of left and mine 988 00:45:07,360 --> 00:45:09,800 Speaker 1: is totally gone. Because I love it now. I'm a 989 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,279 Speaker 1: huge fan. I'm just not a lush like this beer 990 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,600 Speaker 1: one of my all time favorites. I'm gonna like, literally, 991 00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,040 Speaker 1: this is probably one of my top five beers, um 992 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,160 Speaker 1: that I've ever had. I've had it before, I've had 993 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,680 Speaker 1: it maybe two or three other times, but every time 994 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:25,520 Speaker 1: I have it, it just sort of maintains its place 995 00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,200 Speaker 1: in my mind, you know, it sort of sits there 996 00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,239 Speaker 1: at the top. It's like on your mountain, rushmore of 997 00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,839 Speaker 1: beers easily. This is really really good. And I don't 998 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,520 Speaker 1: remember if I've had this before with you or not, 999 00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,520 Speaker 1: but um, we have. I remember physically having at the beach. 1000 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:38,879 Speaker 1: I don't know if it was last year, a couple 1001 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,400 Speaker 1: of couple of years ago, but we we had this. 1002 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:42,160 Speaker 1: Don't ask me why I know it, but I know it, 1003 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,279 Speaker 1: trust me. And again, our wives are like, how do 1004 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,759 Speaker 1: you remember the beer you drank together two years ago 1005 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:49,600 Speaker 1: and you don't remember what I told you to do 1006 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,759 Speaker 1: last night? Yeah, I know that's a problem, but yet 1007 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,440 Speaker 1: this beer is delicious. I'm a huge fan Cascade Brewing 1008 00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,759 Speaker 1: Blueberry Ale, you know, age for a year on blueberries 1009 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,399 Speaker 1: and oak. It's really really delicious and uh, if you're 1010 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: into a little bit of that mouth puckering sour with blueberries, 1011 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:09,799 Speaker 1: it's it's really really really good, perfectly balanced that at 1012 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,319 Speaker 1: the same time, it's got that that tartness, but it's 1013 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,759 Speaker 1: got just enough sweetness in there, I think, and that 1014 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,239 Speaker 1: barrel aged oakness is in there as well, and so 1015 00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,040 Speaker 1: it all kind of mellows out. I think this is 1016 00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:21,160 Speaker 1: just like right in the middle of like the ven 1017 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:24,080 Speaker 1: Diagram of awesome sour beers. Man, it's got it all. 1018 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,839 Speaker 1: So thanks everyone for listening. Our home on the web 1019 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,520 Speaker 1: is how to money dot Com. We'll have show notes 1020 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,200 Speaker 1: up there for this episode and if you like what 1021 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,120 Speaker 1: you hear, let us know. Yeah, thanks guys for listening. 1022 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,399 Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. And until next time, Best Friends Out, 1023 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:38,239 Speaker 1: best Friends Out.