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Looking to get fast cash for your car, jewelry or even your home? Chances are you won't get top dollar, but there are legitimate ways to sell your belongings fast.
There's one catch. There are as many scam companies as there are real companies that will pay fast cash.Because there are, you need to tread carefully when doing a quick-cash sale. Here's what to look for."Part of the problem is people are looking for quick money, and the scammer knows it," says Steven J.J. Weisman, a Cambridge, Mass., attorney and scam expert. "You have to be extra careful when doing anything that promises a quick profit to make sure you're not a victim."One way for people to make fast cash is to sell their jewelry, especially gold. Going to the local pawnshop is an option, but you won't get face value there. According to Weisman, gold parties and mail-in gold companies are growing in popularity. With mail-in companies, you send in your jewelry and get a check in the mail in return. At gold parties, a group...With this year’s tax deadline fast approaching, taxpayers’ mailboxes are getting flooded with tax forms. Thanks to a complicated tax code and tedious forms, the task...
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