Weekend garage sale tips from Susan Rasmussen expert
Susan Rasmussen of Rio Rancho, deputy city clerk, shares garage sale wisdom. She scours sales every weekend for bargains and has amassed a wardrobe from garage sale finds. She once bought a four foot deep pool for twenty dollars and a brand new range still in the box for sixty dollars. Summer is peak garage sale season and she offers selling tips.
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Susan Rasmussen
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Rio Rancho
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Garage sale tips under city signage rules and setup
Rasmussen notes signage is key with large GARAGE SALE indicators and readable addresses. Rio Rancho City ordinance limits signs to four square feet and four feet tall, prohibits blocking traffic, requires private land consent, and restricts garage sale signs to weekends. Open displays should be neat with items hung or laid out. avoid overpricing and consider free items to entice purchases.
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Rasmussen
Rio
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Finding garage sale strategy from The Observer tips
Rasmussen explains weekly garage sale scouting via The Observer listings and plans routes across Sara 528 Corrales Heights Southern St Andrews Nicklaus Western Hills 20th Southern. She prefers moving sales and block sales, urges cash in small bills, and notes price haggling late Friday and Saturday yields bargains.
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Sara
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Nicklaus
Western Hills
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Myths Come Alive in Strongbow Watercolors at Charity Exhibit
Corrales artist Dyanne Strongbow will exhibit at San Ysidro Church on July 30 to benefit Futures for Children. Proceeds fund an international learning center to aid Native American students. The show 5:30 to 8 p.m. features Children of the Horse People and highlights her mythic Native American themes.
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the Observer
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Dyanne Strongbow
San Ysidro Church
Futures For Children
Strongbow
San Ysidro
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International Learning Center
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