Advice on money for new grads

One of the joys of getting older is offering young people sage advice, whether they want to listen or not.

As graduation time nears, I can’t resist offering today’s graduates the advice I wish I’d gotten when I was their age. Or maybe I got the advice and didn’t listen. I should have.

Last year [...]

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How to sell unwanted books for cash

Not long ago, I found myself with an excess of books and a shortage of money. While this wasn’t an unusual state for me, I was preparing to move into a much smaller house, and those books were not going to fit.

My father, who at 79 is a veteran eBay seller, recommended Amazon [...]

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Sell your unwanted stuff for cash

As you worked your way through your home, ruthlessly identifying the items you plan to boot out of your house, you probably found a few things you suspected you could sell. Selling secondhand goods is big business, whether it’s on eBay, in yard sales or at a consignment shop.

Here are some places to sell [...]

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