Not a gated community but a townhouse community with an HOA, no yard sales - when my folks moved to a retirement community, I had a tough time figuring out how to get all the stuff out of there. Some things had some value, but getting rid of things piecemeal wasn’t going to work (retirement community allowed you to put down 10% of entrance fee, then sign a promissory note that you would pay the balance in next 12 months, after sale of home).
Finally, I contacted an auction house and sent photos of anything they might want - furniture, silver place settings, artwork, etc. They told me what they wanted, picked up the stuff and took back to their auction house. The fee for pick up was deducted from the sales (took place at various auctions, over months), so I didn’t have to pay up front.
There was still lots of stuff - some might be of use to someone, other stuff was just trash. I asked auction house guy if he knew of someone to haul everything away. Gave me a name, guy came out and said, “$1000 but I can sell some, so $600. Maybe you want to call around for more estimates?”
No, I will gladly pay $600 for you to get rid of this, ASAP. And one piece of artwork was by a well known (not to me or my folks, but certain collectors) artist, and sold for $19K. Costs covered.