There is always that person at an estate sale who asks ” What do you do with the stuff that’s left after the sale is over?!” (Because there always IS stuff left over, regardless of how large or small the inventory.) Sarcasm, my closest friend, honed through many an estate sale encounter, overwhelms my goodContinue reading “The Stuff Left After the Stuff That Sold!”
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Who and What is “EstateMAX”?
Who is EstateMAX? EstateMAX is a vetted, licensed service provider employing professional project management skills while representing our clients: owners or executors of residential property and estates, in the course of executing our contract obligations. These contracts can include: Property Downsizing Organizing, Property Clean Outs and Trash Out, Packing and Unpacking, Organization of Inventories, ValuationContinue reading “Who and What is “EstateMAX”?”
Transitions Anxiety: Did I say “LET GO and WALK AWAY?!”
If you read my blog, raise your hand and shake something you want to sell. I’ve been a downsizer and transitions manager, estate and stuff seller for 22 years. I’ve written about it too much. We at EstateMAX have been working with real estate and moving pros with our clients through out the “pandemic” toContinue reading “Transitions Anxiety: Did I say “LET GO and WALK AWAY?!””
The Witch of Pikesville… She Can Turn $6000 into $20000 of Used Stuff!
We met with a woman this week, after a lengthy phone consultation, after I had qualified her and she had qualified Estatemax as the likely company to hire. Later, upon looking at her address on Google, after agreeing to go to her home to sign an agreement and set a date for a sale, IContinue reading “The Witch of Pikesville… She Can Turn $6000 into $20000 of Used Stuff!”
Would You Buy Your Mother’s Dirty Old Sofa! And Please leave the Steinway!
As an estate sale sales agent/organizer/conductor I have seen a lot of stuff in 21 years! Most of my clients have left behind very nice to marginal personal property, both downsizers and estates but there have been those who have been completely wrong in their expectations of what an estate sale can sell. For instance,Continue reading “Would You Buy Your Mother’s Dirty Old Sofa! And Please leave the Steinway!”
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What is the Real Value in Hiring EstateMAX?
What is the Real Value in Hiring EstateMAX? First of all, I’m going to go with the idea that if you are reading this you are on track to hire a professional to assist you in your downsizing process and personal property sale…So, before you trust in that someone, ask yourself this: What is yourContinue reading “What is the Real Value in Hiring EstateMAX?”
What Do We Sell!?
Items sold at client’s estate and downsizing sales
Downsizing & Selling Your Stuff? Minimize Your Expectations & Maximize Your Planning!
To Boomers and Seniors or Estates considering downsizing and why and how to sell their stuff by any method- Auction, Online Auction or Onsite Estate Sale- The Reality of Stuff All estate sale companies do the pretty much the same thing- We all sell as much as we can over the period of the estateContinue reading “Downsizing & Selling Your Stuff? Minimize Your Expectations & Maximize Your Planning!”
Downsizing, Do it or Die Trying!
Seniors and Boomers downsizing takes time. It’s not an overnight process. Unless you don’t-and it is! I’ve heard seniors say (bragging…) that ” They’re just going to leave it all for their kids to handle after they’re gone.” Why, I ask myself, would any parent dump a houseful of stuff, junk, belonging, personal property, thingsContinue reading “Downsizing, Do it or Die Trying!”
