There's something neighborly about being invited into someone's yard or home and encouraged to look through their stuff. Then allowed to buy it--or not. In this witty, informative book, Bruce Littlefield takes you on a voyeuristic adventure into homes and lives across America to discover everything we love to buy, sell, and collect--one garage sale at a time.

Renting a truck and toting a sack full of a thousand crisp one-dollar bills, Littlefield hunts his way across America from the World's Longest Yard Sale to the World's Biggest Garage Sale--not to mention every barn, stoop, estate, and tag sale in between. Detailed photographs offer an in-depth look at a range of collectibles, while first-person stories from garage salers and expert collectors offer insight to the art of the bargain--with loads of trade secrets thrown in for free. He also shows how to incorporate those unique buys into every room in the home through a virtual walkthrough tour of his 1940s' farmhouse that he decorated with garage sale finds. A month-by-month guide to the best sales around the country and a garage sale glossary round out this entertaining volume that offers fun, sale smarts, and infectious enthusiasm on every page.

This is an essential guide not only for the millions of savvy bargain hunters throughout the United States, but for anyone and everyone who simply loves America, its vistas, and its people.

Whatever you're looking for, you'll find out how to get it in Garage Sale America....

After failing at twenty-two other jobs, Barbara Corcoran borrowed $1000 from her boyfriend, quit her job as a diner waitress, and started a tiny real estate office in New York City. Using twenty-four unconventional lessons learned from her mom, Barbara built that tiny company into a $4 billion business, and today she’s richer than her wildest childhood dreams.

Barbara’s hilarious stories and her mom’s pithy advice—from "If you want to be a cheerleader, you better know the cheers" to "Jumping out the window will make you either an ass or a hero"—are bound to inspire greatness in any reader. This national bestseller (previously titled Use What You’ve Got) will make you feel better about yourself and teach you to look at obstacles in a whole different way....