Exclusive Agency Listing

This type of listing would have you sign on with only one agency / agent and would ensure they get commission if another agent brought a buyer for this place. However, if you get a buyer on your own, agent is not entitled to any commission. This is not a popular type of listing agreement. Some unethical buyers or sellers will try to cut out agent, even though it was an agent that brought buyer to home.

Exclusive Right to Sell

This type of listing involves entrusting your agent with exclusive rights to sell your home. Regardless of who sells home, even if you sell it yourself to a friend at work, your listing agent will earn a commission. Such listings usually give an agent to spend on marketing your house and also listing it on MLS.

We actually have fun shopping at thrift store now. I have even caught a hint of excitement in them from time to time. Maybe my excitement for saving money is rubbing off.

Not! I think it’s just fabulous clothes we find! I know saving thing will kick in later. That’s what counts, teaching them how to be financially independent in life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Besides visiting your local thrift stores you should check out these other great resources for low cost clothing.

Clothing needs change so often for children. When you consider they grow so rapidly at certain stages in life, it just makes good sense to reduce cost on clothing.

Spending $30-$50 on one pair of jeans is just wasteful. They will only get a few months of wear before they grow out of them or decide they don’t like them anymore!

Yard sales are great resource for anything you might need. It may be a little more time consuming to go this route, but rewards can be great.

If you plan your yard sale trips correctly you can save a lot of time. As you become an experienced yard sale consumer, you will learn where yard sales are frequent in your area.

Combine this information with advertised yard sales in local paper and on roadside signs and organize your trip to minimize your travel time.

You will sometimes find bags of clothes for a great "take all" price. Even if everything isn’t usable you will usually get enough useful clothing to make purchase a good value.

Make sure clothes are in right size range or are something they will grow into within a reasonable amount of time. If you have time and purchasing items individually is an option, go through bag. Purchase only what you know will be useful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Consignment shops are rapidly becoming popular. Not only can you find some bargain purchases here they may be a valuable resource for you to turn your unwanted items into money. You let them do all storing, selling, and paperwork, all you have to do is collect your money! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have a friend who sells all of her unwanted “designer” clothing on E-Bay auction site. I have not ventured to purchase clothing on ebay myself as of yet, but have purchased many other items such as books, movies, and gifts.

Ebay is a great resource for new and pre-owned items, including clothing. Especially if you are geographically limited as far as shopping goes.

Of course there are other auction sites where you might find clothing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In conclusion your best defense against overspending is information.

In end best value for you is what works best for you. And, what's available to you in your area. Investigate all your options and determine where best value is based on your own needs. Yes, I'm going to say it again! Sorry.

Happy Savings! Live Debt Free to Be Free. You Deserve It!