junkluggers

I was watching some random show on A&E today where they buy a house and fix it up. The lady selling the house had grown up in it and her father later died in the house. It was a tiny little thing, but FULL of crap. The dude was a hoarder. Anyway, the lady lowered the cost of the house because the buyer said he'd take care of all the junk.

I assumed they would throw everything away, but I was wrong! There's this really cool company called junkluggers that clears out houses of junk. But, instead of throwing it all away, they recycle or donate and only as a last resort, junk. When they donate our goods, they get a receipt which they return to you for tax deductions.

I just thought it was a rather clever and easy business model--one man's trash is another man's treasure, right? But, in the case of Junkluggers, it's literally true! What an awesome small business--green and it profits the customer AND the business.