If you hire a professional estate liquidator, you will have very little to do to prepare for the estate sale. However, there are a few important details you need to attend to before the company takes over the sales process.
If you are able to physically visit the estate:
At Caronna Estate Sales, LLC , we'll assist with all details that may need attention.
We also do a short "walk-through" video for estate executors who cannot be present to physically go through the home and identify items they wish to keep. Seeing a video of estate items often helps refresh the memory of an estate executor who is far away and may have forgotten about items that they would really like to keep.
There is never a charge for our consultations and never any "up-front" fees. So, if you see an estate sale in your future, contact Caronna Estate Sales and let's talk about it.
If you are able to physically visit the estate:
- Clearly identify all items that you do not want to be sold. Take them with you if possible. If you're not able to remove them, make sure the estate sale company will place them in a safe room or other place so that they'll still be there when you're ready to claim them.
- Do not throw anything away. If you've hired a professional estate sale company, they know what can be sold and what can't. You've hired them to do the work for you so let them do it. You may be quite surprised at the things that sell! Prescription medicines, open or expired foods and alcohol cannot be sold. Firearms may need special handling or permits depending upon the age. But again, let the professionals handle it. They're well-versed in getting you the most out of your estate.
- Don't worry about "tidying the place up". That is just part of what an estate sale company does. And it's likely that during the process, you'll toss out something sellable. Let the experts do their job.
- Make sure you take all financial paperwork with you - even if it's not current. At Caronna Estate Sales, we gather all personal documents and make sure the estate executor receives them to securely dispose of as they wish.
- Don't forget to take any photographs that may be in frames around the house. At Caronna Estate Sales, we always remove photographs and include them in the "document package" that we send to the estate executor with their sale proceeds check.
- If the there will be a vehicle sold as part of the estate contents, locate the title and make sure the appropriate person has signed off on it or is immediately available to do so. Nothing frustrates a potential buyer like problems with a title. .
- Don't sell anything. You will likely be confronted by friends and neighbors who may want to buy items they have admired. It's very difficult for most people to price items - particularly to friends or neighbors. You will nearly always lose money.
- "Let the best sell the rest" - Meaning that your best items are what we use to draw the crowds who will then buy your more common items while they're at the sale. Don't Do It! You'd be surprised at the things we sell!
- Don't try to do an initial "clean up" before we come.
At Caronna Estate Sales, LLC , we'll assist with all details that may need attention.
We also do a short "walk-through" video for estate executors who cannot be present to physically go through the home and identify items they wish to keep. Seeing a video of estate items often helps refresh the memory of an estate executor who is far away and may have forgotten about items that they would really like to keep.
There is never a charge for our consultations and never any "up-front" fees. So, if you see an estate sale in your future, contact Caronna Estate Sales and let's talk about it.
