Junk Refund Show

Send us Fan Mail My guest today on the Junk Refund Show is Luis Bayana Torres, manager of Les  Schwab Tire Center (South) in Moses Lake, Washington. Luis is on the show because I want to sing the praises of one of his employees, Renae, who gave me some exceptional customer service about a month ago when I was in Moses Lake. Her service was so good, I have created the "Renae Award" to giv...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I talk with my friend Mike Seay Jr. of Michael SeayHhomes about how to be successful in real estate in the Washington DC area. Mike has a steadiness and calmness about his demeanor that is fascinating to listen to. His father, Michael Seay, is one of my best friends  and one of the Washington area’s longtime successful realtors, spanning a career of managing successful...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I interview my good friend Melanie Williams of Keller Williams Realty as she talks about the issues facing seniors as they downsize. Choosing the right realtor is a big part of that process! Learn also about our Declutter Calendar 2024 and how it can help you declutter not only your home, but also your life! Shout outs this week went to my three sisters, the Orem Utah T...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I beef up the spiritual side of my life by flying across across the country to attend the Moses Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  1. Round-trip airfare from Washington DC to Seattle, $73.  2. Rental car $16.  3. Hotel stay free.  4. A spiritual experience in the heart of the apple growing capital out of the world? Priceless. Shoutouts incl...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in this episode, as I uncover the fun adventures of traveling. From driving up to Long Island to do a house clean out, to flying across the country round-trip for only $74, to going around the world in 88 days which I did when I was 21, use travel adventures to make life just that – – an adventure! Listen, also, as I tell stories of a grandfather, who drove down from New Y...

Send us Fan Mail Question: if you clean out a storage unit full of lawyers, documents, contained in 500 bankers boxes, and each box weighs 35 pounds, how much total weight do you move in three days if you first load the boxes onto storage unit carts, then unload them, and put them in the back of a pick up truck, then unload them again, and put them into hampers at the shredding company?   A. 26.25...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of the Junk Refund Show! This is a special episode because we introduce our Declutter Calendar 2024! Purchase this calendar off our website and use it each day this year to declutter your home and your life! Each day has one tip from cleaning out a dresser drawer to calling a friend, designed to help you have a happier and more decluttered  life.  Plus,...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy this episode where we give lots of examples of actual refunds we’ve given back to people after selling their junk. Sometimes dozens of dollars, sometimes hundreds of dollars, and occasionally thousands of dollars is given back to our clients after we sell their stuff instead of taking it to a landfill. From selling jewelry to cars, over the last 20 years, there’s just no end...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in this episode of the Junk Refund Show as I talk about these issues: Don’t ghost people. It’s rude, immature, and the exact opposite of effective communication. Men, don’t hold onto small glass jars of specific nails because you think they’re “good “ nails. The question isn’t if the nails are good; the question is what are they good for? If you can’t answer that question,...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week as we discuss the Power of 7 Goals and how we can help you get the “junk” out of your life! To remember the seven different areas, just remember the Star Trek opening statement: “SPACE, the Final Frontier!” Those seven capitalized letters become the acronym for your goals. Spiritual, Physical, Adventure, Career, Educational, Finances, and Friends and Family. Pick...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you learn the following: 1. How I flew from Washington DC to Indianapolis for only $24! 2. Why I cleaned out a house in Indianapolis for a nice lady for half price. 3. Meet Lexi, a girl I sat next to on the plane to Denver, who is the first one in her family to graduate from high school and went on to become a lawyer. Fascinating story! 4. How to handle the death...

Send us Fan Mail Do you think it’s possible to make $1 million in one year? Jim Carrey thinks so. In 1991, he wrote himself a check for $10 million and dated it Thanksgiving of 1995. In the memo line, he wrote “acting services rendered.” Then he went to work to make his visualization become a reality. Just before Thanksgiving of 1995, he found out he was going to be paid $10 million for the movie...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as an interview my high school buddy Lennon Ledbetter in a mini walk down memory lane. For 50 years Lennon has been helping people reach their financial dreams by building teams with various companies. I asked him once what was the most amount of money he had made in a month? I then threw out a ridiculous number by saying, “…like $100,000 or something?“ Lennon thought for...

Send us Fan Mail This episode was sparked by my winning a contest on a local radio show. Wash Fm, 97.1, in the Washington DC area does a segment twice a week called Crazy First Dates. If they use your story on the air, you win free prizes. I won two tickets to an upcoming Stevie Nicks concert in February! In this episode, I share stories of my 10 years of experience in the online dating world. I s...

Send us Fan Mail Join me in this episode as I interview four young full-time missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. You will meet Sister Koplin, from Idaho Falls, Sister Hansen from Los Angeles, Elder Gardner from Enterprise, Utah, and Elder Awit from the Philippines.  One of the ways to get some junk out of your life is to focus on other people instead of yourself. In t...

Send us Fan Mail Join me for this episode of the Junk Refund  Show as I talk about how to make more friends in a variety of circumstances. Whether at church as a teenager, talking with some of the worlds wealthiest people, or meeting strangers in a Subway sandwich shop, learn how to make more friends and find more joy in life! More friends means less loneliness. Less loneliness means more joy. And...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of the Junk Refund Show focuses on my experience at FanX the prior week in Salt Lake City, Utah. One of the highlights of that experience was observing Michael J Fox up close as he battles with Parkinson’s disease. I watched him sign hundreds of autographs and pose for hundreds of individual photos with fans. I watched him sign everything from posters to  model DeLore...

Send us Fan Mail Live from the FanX Convention in Salt Lake City, join me as I interview actor Quinton Aaron, costar of the hit movie The Blind Side. Hear this wonderful actor talk about his relationship with his own mother and the miraculous way that he was informed that he had been given the part in the movie! Hear him talk about his relationship with Sandra Bullock on set and what she was like...

Send us Fan Mail Join with me as I travel to Sarasota Florida to clean out a beautiful condo with a pool. This job came about as a result of our Fourth of July promotion. The customer saved about $700 off of the regular cost of doing this job. Join me as I find an excellent Goodwill outlet to drop off multiple truckloads of stuff. I also hit the top beach in the continental United States, which is...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I take a pause from cleaning out a basement in Fairfax, Virginia to go over some practical do it yourself junk removal strategies. Some of those strategies include putting time on your side, minimalizing the number of photos on a fireplace mantle, and saving money by regularly bagging up items that are no longer needed around your home. In 20 years of working in the jun...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as a interview Eric Selby, general manager of InSite Street Media in Sterling, Virginia. Eric is one of my customers and helped me get started with bus shelter advertising for our company. If your advertising isn’t done well, it’s wasted money. If it doesn’t work, it’s also wasted money. If it’s done right, it makes all the difference in the world. Enjoy this interview wit...

Send us Fan Mail I took my first commercial flight when I was 18. Salt Lake City to Rochester New York. And when I was 21 I went around the world in 80 days. That story is available on Amazon! I’ve been to 25 countries. I’ve flown girls from Washington DC to Orlando and back in the same day so they could visit Walt Disney World. And right now I flight pretty much anywhere in the United States for...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I unexpectedly have to drive 10 hours one-way from Nashville to Des Moines Iowa because my flight was late getting into Nashville. I give 15 things I learned from this successful junk removal job which took place 10 miles north of Ames Iowa. Learn about Mike’s Minis, (my new scrap metal friends) and the Ames Iowa transfer station, which in 1975 became the first transfer...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as a interview Karen Rollings, one of my good friends and one of the top realtors in the Washington DC area. Karen has referred a number of clients to us over the years and always does a top-notch job. We are thrilled to have her on our show! Karen has been in real estate for over 40 years and has done an average of 110 transactions annually and is consistently recognized...

Send us Fan Mail Join Brad Wood, operator of the Research Row  Chick-fil-A franchise in Rockville, Maryland, as we talk about what makes a successful fast food franchise. 200 people apply for each Chick-fil-A franchise that is awarded. Brad is the one out of 200 who was given that opportunity.  Here he talks about the importance of hiring the right people and staying out of their way.  Chick-fil-A...