Planning an estate sale can be a long and stressful process. It isn’t easy sorting through items with such strong emotional ties and without any experience, you can easily find yourself overwhelmed with the whole process. In order to ensure that your estate sale goes well, here are a few mistakes you should avoid.
Mistake 1: Failing To Correctly Price Items
Unless you are an expert, you most likely won’t know how much your beloved items are currently worth on the market. This can either result in you overpricing items and losing sales, or underpricing and getting less than what you deserve for the item. If you refuse to go to a professional for pricing, then try to look up what these items are currently worth and work from there.
Mistake 2: Poor Staging
The staging of your home can be what makes or breaks your estate sale in several ways. Firstly, you need to be able to appeal to buyers. This means cleaning up the clutter, getting rid of everything that is not for sale, and making sure everything is displayed in a pleasing manner. Secondly, if you fail to keep certain items protected during your staging, such as jewelry, you could easily find yourself robbed of your beloved items. If you hired a professional team or service, they can supervise and ensure that nothing is taken during the sale.
Mistake 3: Doing The Estate Sale Yourself
Most people assume that they can easily tackle an estate sale themselves with great success, but many do not have the time nor expertise to actually pull it off. Without the proper experience and knowledge necessary to organize, sort, stage, advertise, price and sell estate items, you simply won’t have much luck doing it on your own.
Here at Heritage Estate Sales, we have hosted all types of estates sale for those needing to let go of some unwanted possessions and can easily help you find success with your own sale. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you with your next estate sale.