Looking for a bit of extra cash or a way to supplement your income? Donna Every, author of "What Do You Have in Your House?" has ideas. An accountant and entrepreneur based in Barbados, Every details creative ways to leverage personal assets to help make ends meet - selling unused possessions, monetizing skills and hobbies, and exercising fiscal responsibility.

We caught up with Every, whose book was released in the United States late last year, and came away with a list of ways to turn your material and intellectual assets into extra earnings.

— Marino Eccher, Boston.com Correspondent