Estate help: guides for families
Settling a loved one's home or downsizing your own? Start here: how estate sales and online estate auctions work, what they cost, and a checklist to keep the job manageable. When you're ready, local companies can do the heavy lifting.
- How estate sales work, start to finishWhat happens from the first phone call to an empty house, who does what, how long it takes, and how the money reaches you.
- What estate sale and auction companies charge, and how to compare quotesHow estate sale and auction companies are paid, the fees to ask about, and how to compare two or three quotes fairly.
- Estate sale vs. online estate auction vs. cleanout companyThree ways to empty a home: how each works, what each is good at, and how to choose for your house, your timeline and your family.
- Cleaning out a parent's house: a step-by-step checklistA practical, printable checklist for clearing a parent's home, from finding the important papers to handing over the keys.
- Downsizing: what to keep, sell, and donateA calm, practical way to decide what comes with you to a smaller home, what to sell, what to give away, and how to get it done.
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