Dan J. Harkey

Master Educator | Business & Finance Consultant | Mentor

Welcome to America’s Most Widespread Domestic Comedy

While your shiny (and expensive) car sits outside aging in dog years, your forgotten clutter enjoys luxury indoor accommodation, free utilities, and rent-controlled status.

by Dan J. Harkey

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Summary

Homeownership… where the junk is living its best life, turning everyday clutter into a source of humor and shared laughs.

Welcome to Storage Unit Estates: Where the Trash Has a Better Mortgage Rate Than You, highlighting how underused storage spaces could be better optimized to spark a sense of potential and encouragement.

“Your garage isn’t cluttered—it’s hosting an unlicensed antiques market.”

A typical garage is 300–500 square feet of high-value space.  Yet homeowners routinely use this expensive real estate to store:

  • A broken Shop‑Vac
  • Thirteen folding chairs that have seen things
  • Mystery boxes labeled “Misc.”
  • Clothes from five sizes ago
  • Your adult children’s college papers, which no one will ever read again
  • Old financial statements from the 1970s

Your garage is worth more than many people’s first cars, yet it’s often filled with stuff that devalues its true potential.
Yet it has become a retirement community for useless objects.