I think you could do both...some people will
want your "reorganizing" service for a fee
and "also want someone to take the clutter-stuff"
with them....
Others might want you just to pick up the
clutter...
I like the idea of someone "rearranging the
stuff" I own and then taking the other stuff
with them when they leave...
Excellent idea!

A while back I thought of becoming a
> professional organizer with the emphasis
> being on helping others get rid of clutter
> they don't want rather than just organizing
> it. But various things happened and I put
> this idea on the backburner.

> Now after having read some of the posts by
> Jim McTighe and others about chatteling an
> idea has begun churning in my brain that I
> would like an opinion on.

> I wondered about instead of charging $60 or
> more an hour for helping people de-clutter
> to have an offer where I would do the same
> thing simply in exchange for the stuff they
> no longer want.

> Then I could resale the items through yard
> sales (which I love to do), consignment
> stores, classified ads, etc.

> Maybe I'd use this only as an introductory,
> limited time offer to get the word out for
> my organizing services. Or maybe it could
> work out well enough that I'd keep it up.

> What do you think? Is this a plausible idea?
> Something you'd like...or know others who
> would?

> Thanks.

> Sharon Crosby