Rake in the cash with your next yard sale!

The end of summer is a great time to have a yard sale...

If you do it right, you can lure in customers and make a lot of cash. Here are some tips that really work:

• Fire up the grill. The smell of food cooking works like a charm – and you can rake in some extra dough selling burgers and dogs or whatever you can cook up. Coffee and doughnuts are hard to resist for the early birds.

• Check the date. Make sure there are no major events happening around town that might draw customers away. And remember more people tend to be out of town on long weekends.

• If you’re selling any electronics – plug them in. Most people won’t just take your word for it. If your selling DVDs or CD’s – go ahead and hit play on a good one.

• Think like a kid. Put brightly colored and fun looking stuff right up front. If you do have toys – make sure children can see and touch them. Their parents are likely to look around more once the kids are happy.