In today's struggling economy you might want to try local trading to meet your personal and business needs.
Why not access like minded people in your community to save cash.
Here are some examples of how my family has saved money trading services.
1.
My wife has provided child care services for a local accountant and she does our families taxes.
2.
The accountant's husband is a mechanic and he fixed my wood splitter recently.
These trades aren't always equal in value, so some cash does sometimes trade hands.
3.
A group of friends share major tools like: rototillers, polesaws and woodspliters.
None of us really use any of these tools very often or intensely, so the tools will provide many years of service.
But it does save the expense of each of use buying or renting these tools.
You guessed it my mechanic friend does most of the servicing and repairing and the rest of us pitch in with parts.
There are ways to contact people outside of your group of friends.
Try some of the following: Keep an eye on the local public bulletin boards.
There are many in our community.
If you don't know where to find them in yours try these locations: grocery stores, public parks, schools and restaurants.
If you own a business, or even if you don't, join the local chamber of commerce.
Start attending a place of worship.
Take a college, junior college, or adult school class to meet others - some classes are free.
Join a service organization.
Have business cards made.
Include contact information and skills on a card even if you don't have a business.
Local trading could not only be profitable, but fun.