OUR ESTATE SALE SERVICES INCLUDE:
- Two-day conducted estate sale
- Three & four day sales conducted for larger estates.
- Organizing & displaying household contents for sale.
- Providing display tables & locking cases for valuables.
- Researching, inspecting & evaluating each item in the estate for sale.
- Pricing items
- Professional interior signage: directional, informational & safety.
- Advertising & promotion of the sale including newspaper ads, website posting with photos, weekly emails to approximately 8500 subscribers, personal alerts & professional outdoor signage.
- Obtaining proper permits
- Staffing the sale with qualified, uniformed staff members.
- Our friendly & knowledgable staff answer technical questions, test electronics & electrical devices.
- We can put 16 staff members into a house to watch your items.
- Our staff "works" the floor encouraging sales.
- Employing a number system & carefully limiting the number of customers in the home at any given time.
- Using a silent bid system to encourage the sale of higher priced or slow moving items.
- Providing bags & wrapping paper for purchases.
- Payment made within 4 days of end of sale.
- No cash upfront. Commission comes out of proceeds.
Our reputation for honesty, integrity, flexibility, and creative problem solving is well known, as is our ability to work closely with other professionals you may retain such as senior referral agencies, attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents. Our company policy is to show kindness, caring, and compassion for the families, along with respect for the property involved, and to make the liquidation of personal property as easy as possible for executors, conservators and family members.
HOW DO WE GET STARTED?
We know that each estate is unique. First, we sit down with you and we listen. You tell us what you want to accomplish and that becomes our goal. We carefully consider your goals, what you've decided to sell and the market for your merchandise. We also study the physical arrangement of your home & property to determine how best to showcase the estate. After meeting with you, we formulate a sale plan that will most effectively accomplish your goals.