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SavannaHokie

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Well....


The work was almost zero. We hired an estate sale team - they got 20%. We literally did nothing. They did marketing/advertising, came in two days before the sale and priced everything, set everything up, pulled all items out of drawers, then kicked us out of the house and would not let us be there for the sale (two days). I gave them any directives I wanted before we left like "don't sell this if you can't get at least $500 for it...." We went with our dog Maggie and stayed in a hotel for 2 nights. They presented us with a spreadsheet of every item and the sale price and a check at the end of it all. You can also have them leave the house "broom clean" or do it yourself.

Now... you better be prepared to take what you think is a beating on stuff. If it's just common furniture, you're not gonna get much... "I paid $2000 for that couch 5 years ago and it's still in good shape and you can only get $400 for it?!?!?!?" But like I said... we were downsizing and making a big change. So for us... it worked. No regrets. Maybe a tinge of regret... I had a 3000 volume library. I kept about 50 of those books. Rest of them?... Sold pennies on the dollar or to Goodwill. Flip side though was I bought 90% of them used to begin with.

(In response to this post by GFallsFan)

Posted: 07/26/2018 at 4:25PM



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