{"id":1587,"date":"2022-03-11T17:58:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.householddealz.com\/portfolio\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2022-03-11T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T17:58:10","slug":"so-you-want-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.householddealz.com\/portfolio\/so-you-want-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.householddealz.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/anita-williams.png\" alt=\"Anita Williams, Owner\" class=\"wp-image-387\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many have asked, if I&#8217;ve moved and why? As you are aware, I started this <strong>&#8220;BUSINESS&#8221; venture<\/strong> last year <strong>May 5, 2021<\/strong>. My intentions were to hold yard sales throughout the <strong>spring\/summer seasons,<\/strong> as again, the weather <strong>predicts &#8220;YARD&#8221; sales seasons<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many who have read this &#8220;<strong>BLOG&#8221; can see why &#8220;NOT&#8221; to conduct business<\/strong> within the &#8220;<strong>COUNTY&#8221; of Sullivan<\/strong>, which is <strong>&#8220;CRAWFORD&#8221; <\/strong>county.  &#8220;<strong>YOUR&#8221; city manager JT Hardy and his &#8220;CONSTITUENTS&#8221; <\/strong>believed that my &#8220;<strong>BUSINESS&#8221; would be disrupted in the community<\/strong>, as JT had the <strong>&#8220;LAW&#8221; come<\/strong> out stating <strong>&#8220;YOU ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE&#8221;<\/strong> (LOL) <strong>.&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>JT Hardy, (THE CITY MANAGER) who owns the property<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;MANY&#8221; <\/strong>more, began <strong>&#8220;UTILIZING&#8221; city employees<\/strong>, that &#8220;<strong>TAX PAYERS&#8221; like you and I, paid for, to conduct &#8220;HIS&#8221; personal affairs<\/strong>, on <strong>city time.<\/strong> Evident by the number of times <strong>his employee, who drives the &#8220;black and white&#8221; dodge, interfered with my sales.<\/strong> On a couple of occasions, <strong>he was driving around with my &#8220;YARD SALE&#8221; sign in trunk of his car<\/strong>. I had asked him &#8220;<strong>why are you doing this?<\/strong>&#8221; he stated, &#8220;<strong>I just do what he tells me to do.&#8221;<\/strong> That just <strong>blew me away<\/strong>, as he <strong>does what he&#8217;s told &#8220;WITHOUT&#8221; question<\/strong>. <strong>But, I get it, he needs his job.<\/strong> In the end, it all <strong>&#8220;BOILED&#8221; down<\/strong> to them informing me, <strong>three (3) months later<\/strong>, that you can only have <strong>Two (2) &#8220;yard&#8221; sales a year<\/strong> at any location. This only occurred after they <strong>knew I was done with their games. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>REMEMBER JT ONLY &#8220;ALLOW&#8221; THOSE THAT FIT HIS AGENDA TO OPEN IN SULLIVAN<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time For A Change - Sullivan, MO\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ua8hXTq-TPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just 3 weeks ago, I was offered a <strong>&#8220;BUSINESS&#8221; office space<\/strong> on <strong>&#8220;FISHER&#8221; street in Sullivan, MO.<\/strong> I thanked the owner of the property <strong>but turned that offer down<\/strong>. <strong>(BEWARE OF RENTING AND DOING BUSINESS IN SULLIVAN)<\/strong> Most of the properties is <strong>either &#8220;OWNED&#8221; and\/or &#8220;RENTED&#8221; by a &#8220;HANDFUL&#8221; of people, who meet &#8220;MOST&#8221; Thursdays at &#8220;APPLEBEE&#8217;S&#8221; to discuss their business dealing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to that date, I had sat down with my husband, and together, <strong>we searched for the very best location to put &#8220;HOUSEHOLDDEALZ&#8221;<\/strong> in full motion. After <strong>careful research<\/strong>, we decided that <strong>&#8220;BRANSON, MO&#8221; would be the &#8220;HOTTEST&#8221; place on the map in &#8220;MISSOURI.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then began <strong>making contact, with &#8220;CITY&#8221; officials,<\/strong> and those who are i<strong>n the &#8220;KNOW&#8221;<\/strong> in the Branson community. I was introduced to an organization, who assisted me with making this transition. They instructed me, on the <strong>amount of money I would need to bring, as well as documents needed,<\/strong> in order to make things possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I TOOK MY &#8220;WHOLE&#8221; INCOME TAX MONEY (WHICH WASN&#8217;T MUCH) AND APPLIED IT TO MY BUSINESS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They <strong>shared valuable information<\/strong> that broke ground for this venture. <strong>I shared with them, my goals, and also the things that had happened while living in &#8220;SULLIVAN.&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>We spoke about &#8220;EVICTIONS&#8221; and I directed them to my &#8220;PORTOFOLIO&#8221; blog and my &#8220;DEALZ&#8221; store<\/strong>. They ran a background check on my husband and I. After that, they invited me for a visit and everything else is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yesterday, I signed a &#8220;LEASE&#8221; on the &#8220;Strip Mall&#8221; for housing\/office, as well as having ground cleared on the same &#8220;Strip Mall&#8221; for my &#8220;HOUSEHOLDDEALZ&#8221; business<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/householddealz.com\/brandsonstripmall.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My theme is <strong>&#8220;YARD&#8221; sales<\/strong>, so I wanted to make sure <strong>&#8220;HOUSEHOLDDEALZ&#8221;<\/strong> would be situated on an <strong>area with &#8220;GRASS.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the answer to that question is simply &#8220;<strong>YES,&#8221; &#8220;HOUSEHOLDDEALZ&#8221; will be on display in front of &#8220;THOUSANDS&#8221; of visitors as they began to come to &#8220;BRANSON&#8221; for the season<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE YOU SOON!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anita Williams, Owner<\/strong><br>Householddealz.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLEASE BE SAFE EVERYONE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nzone = \"34\";\nurl = \"https:\/\/householddealz.com\/adpro\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/householddealz.com\/adpro\/show.js\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many have asked, if I&#8217;ve moved and why? As you are aware, I started this &#8220;BUSINESS&#8221; venture last year May 5, 2021. My intentions were to hold yard sales throughout the spring\/summer seasons, as again, the weather predicts &#8220;YARD&#8221; sales seasons. 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