HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 22:  TV personality Lara Spencer attends the 87th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)
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Lara Spencer’s Best Tip For Turning Your Old Items Into Profit
By NINA ROGOFF
Attics and basements can be home to hidden treasures, especially if you’re living in a family house that has accumulated a lot of belongings. To see if anything is sellable, the first thing you should do is find an appraiser to visit your house and give you an estimate on how much your items are worth — check out the American Society of Appraisers for reliable service.
As someone whose goal is to help people turn their clutter into cash, Lara Spencer’s main advice when selling old items is that not everything has to be vintage or antique to have value. Look for items that can be used in upcoming seasons or that were once trending, and use online sites to help you sell certain categories of items to vendors or directly to buyers.
While yard sales are a traditional way to sell your items, your success heavily depends on your location, so using an online site like Facebook marketplace may be the best option. Check out Lara Spencer’s website to see what items people are bidding on and the prices of items similar to yours, and you can even appraise and sell your items, as well.