A Useful Guide When You Need to Prepare for an Estate Sale
by Los Angeles Area Estate Sale Company Heritage Estate Sales
Most people have estate sales because they are either downsizing or liquidating assets and that isn’t something the majority of us do everyday. There are many details that need to be managed when preparing for an estate sale so you’ll need a certain amount of expertise, patience, and time. Follow this How-To Guide and your estate sale experience will be as smooth as possible.
At Heritage Estate Sales in Los Angeles we have a great deal of experience in planning and managing estate sales and we wanted to share with you how to prepare for your upcoming estate sale.
- Make Sure You Can Legally Sell the Estate’s Contents
The first thing you need to do is make sure that you have the full authority to sell these items at an estate sale. All disbursements need to be made to any and all heirs before you contact a professional estate sale company or try to conduct your own estate sale. This may include speaking to a lawyer to be sure all your ducks are in a row. - Do Not Throw Anything Away
The two goals for every estate sale are to sell everything and to make as much money as you can. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Hopefully you plan to have a professional estate sale company manage your sale. If so, you want to be sure that everything of value has been identified. - Remove or label any item not being sold
There are always items that have sentimental or monetary value that you will want to keep. Always make sure you remove them from the house prior to the estate sale or move them to a separate and secure part of the home. - Remove personal papers, family pictures from the home
When an estate sale is going on in your or a loved ones home, you want the process to be as anonymous as possible. You will also want to be sure that any important family or personal documents or pictures don’t accidentally get sold with another item. - Have a Professional Determine What Items are Worth and What Items are Worth Selling
Pricing items take experience and expertise. A local estate sale company like Heritage Estate Sales will not only have that experience and expertise but will also have the ability to drive potential buyers to the sale. - There is no need to clean or organize the content of the home
The best course of action is to let a qualified estate sale professional organize, stage, and individually price all the content of the home. - Choose an Executor
If there is more than one family member involved, choose one family member as the executor. The process will run more smoothly and there will be less stress for everyone. - Estate Sales Take Time and Planning
Give your self plenty of time to go through the process with minimum stress. An experienced estate sale company will help you maximize your efforts. For example, if the house will be put up for sale you should use the traffic from the estate sale to market and sell house.
Heritage Estate Sales offers a free consultation. This list should help you get off to a smooth start no matter what company you choose but if you are considering an estate sale, we are more than happy to provide you with plenty of professional tips in person. Contact us today to schedule a meeting.