Holding a garage sale is one thing, but making sure people know about it is quite another. Sure, you can put out a classified ad, but the signs you put up in your neighborhood are going to be the real ...

It happens on any given Saturday in summer: people wake up early, hop in their car and head down the road in search of the first sign that says “garage sale.” Some of us even have been duped by ...

The final prototype, in the shape of a magnifying glass, stands tall in a 10th-floor conference room at real estate startup Compass, emitting a gentle glow from the inner rim of its ringed frame. At ...

For most people, “For Sale” signs are a 24-hour marketing tool that shouldn’t be ignored. Above: A sale sign hangs in front of a house in Miami in 2015. Lynne Sladky AP Turns out the Five Man ...

You know a good garage sale sign doesn’t just point, it persuades you. A piece of cardboard, a thick marker, and one sharp line can beat any ad, especially when there’s a deadline and a driveway full ...

If you've ever had a garage sale you know how frustrating it can be when a windy day undoes all your sign hanging and staking efforts. This inexpensive hack turns empty cardboard boxes into weighted ...

William Cramer wanted to sell his 1987 Chevrolet pickup truck last fall before heading to the Philippines, where the retired educator is spending a year teaching local residents English. He put a ...

The institution of the New York City stoop arose during Peter Stuyvesant’s tenure as director of New Amsterdam, when an élite would gain the parlor level of his townhouse by climbing stone steps to a ...