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Tax Season! How To Valuate Item Donations For 2010

Tax Season! How To Valuate Item Donations For 2010

It’s that time of year: tax season. Shoeboxes filled with receipts, endless paperwork that you’ve been avoiding for months—believe us, we’ve been there. But if there is one thing than can make tax season just a little more bearable: receiving a tax return.If you worked with the Junkluggers in 2010 and your items were able to be donated to a charity, then you would have received an item receipt. Likewise ...

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Your Home vs. The Market! With Real Estate Broker, Allison Jaffe – Part II (Tangible Tips)

Your Home vs. The Market! With Real Estate Broker, Allison Jaffe – Part II (Tangible Tips)

Last time, we learned about the advantages of exclusive agency as well as some general tips for bringing a home to market, but what about YOUR home? What are some tangible examples of things you can do to gain a competitive edge and what if you’re a special circumstance? Allison Jaffe, Founder/Broker of Key Real Estate Services, provides you some keys to success. Using the example of multiple apartments in the same complex ...

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Your Home Vs. The Market! With Licensed Real Estate Broker, Allison Jaffe – PART I

Your Home Vs. The Market! With Licensed Real Estate Broker, Allison Jaffe – PART I

If you’re looking to sell your home, you may already be aware that the market you face is full of competition. Navigating the challenges of selling a home make Real Estate Brokers like Allison Jaffe an indispensable resource… and, not just for home sellers, but home buyers looking for an ideal home! Prior to opening Key Real Estate Services, where Allison works with clients only in the form of exclusive agency, she worked as ...

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Paint Can Removal With A CAN DO Approach

Paint Can Removal With A CAN DO Approach

A question we frequently come across from clients is whether or not we take paint. The answer is YES! However, we charge a surcharge of $20 per gallon of wet paint as wet paint is not something that is easily disposed of in an eco-friendly way. If you have a single can of paint, the surcharge is a $20 remedy for what could be a costly headache since most sanitation departments and dump sites have ...

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Lugger Of The Month – Lugging Junk & Saving Puppies!

Lugger Of The Month – Lugging Junk & Saving Puppies!

This Thanksgiving, there was lots to be thankful for, whether it be the blessing of good friends, family, fortune, and health, or even a rescued puppy.To see a picture of Hayden Moskowitz in a harrowing re-enactment of the puppy rescue, please check our facebook page.Hayden and Dan Piro were lugging junk in Norwalk for an elderly gentleman who had an adorable Westy that happened to get loose during the lug fest.Hayden was ...

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Happy Halloween – Scary Junk!

Happy Halloween – Scary Junk!

The Junkluggers were recently called out to do a job for a realtor who had been tasked with selling a home in the Hudson Valley that belonged to an old woman with a huge doll collection. When the realtor had first called in the job, the call center reps had been excited at the prospect of being able to donate what the realtor claimed was over 200 dolls! The realtor had quickly informed us that ...

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Junk on the Mind? Unleash your Creativity!

Junk on the Mind? Unleash your Creativity!

Do you consider yourself a creative person? Do you find that when you’re out for a walk, a jog, a drive or generally outside your home that you seem to be graced with an abundance of good ideas — only to return home and find that you have no energy to get started? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi may have an answer as to why.As former professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the ...

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Visualize the Junk Disappearing…

Visualize the Junk Disappearing…

Everywhere you look, are your eyes assaulted by an unsightly mess?? Is it time to toss things out, but you don’t know where to begin. Well, if you’re reading this blog, rest assured that you’re in the right place. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and that step could be filling out our online booking form or calling us at 1-800-LUG-JUNK.As you reach out to us ...

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Green Friends – Not Green With Envy, Green With Heart

Green Friends – Not Green With Envy, Green With Heart

As a green company, The Junkluggers strives to surround itself with other like-minded businesses and people. We are very lucky to have been able to find people with the same mission. We’ve recently received shout-outs from some fellow business bloggers and we wanted to return the favor!Nancy Borg is a Professional Organizer, and owner of Move the Mess. She specializes in Residential and Home-Office Organization. Check out her site here:http://movethemess.com ...

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Employee of the Month…You!

Employee of the Month…You!

Ever looking for something you can do to impress your boss? Take a step back and look around your office with some fresh eyes.Does this sound like you? You wake up in the morning and drive, walk or train to work. You walk through the same door, walk down the same path, you say good morning to the same people, on your way to your desk. If this sounds like you, tomorrow try this ...

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