What to do with items that don't sell !BEWARE!

The last thing you would want to do is hire an Antique Store or Estate Sale business that has a storefront.

This would be known as a conflict of interest.

These companies often overprice items for the sale, low and behold most of the items don't sell and your left with most of the content. These businesses then offer a ridiculously low price for the leftovers ***Some even charge you to clean out the content of the home*** then take the items to their shop and sell those items for sizable profits leaving you with very little.

BEWARE THIS HAPPENS!!!! If you go this route have multiple storefront Antique Shops or Estate Sale businesses offer you a bulk price for everything, which is usually not even close to what you would make having a sale or they simply won't do, or move on with a professional company that strictly does Estate Sales and helps you with the leftovers. The more money your Estate Sale makes the more money the Estate Sale company will make.

Now that we got the disclaimer out of the way, depending on the situation of the Estate there are leftovers to contend with. Here are a few ways to empty the house and get it ready for market:

1. Donate the remaining items to a local charity. If you choose this route, have the Estate Sale company itemize what is left so that you can use this as a write-off for Uncle Sam.
   
2. Auction the remaining items at a local auction house. Usually they charge a higher percentage of the items but some CASH is better than no CASH!
   
3. Rent a garbage dumpster and start dumping. This is not recommended because it can be costly and usually there are items that can be sold.
4. List items in bulk on Ebay, Craiglist, Amazon, or any online reseller.
   
5. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle!! Especially if there are metals in the house. Almost anything can be recycled. Some items you can make money on some you can't, at least you know you are doing the right thing by helping the environment.

In order to avoid having to deal with leftovers there are other creative ways that Total Estate Solutions clears the house out BEFORE the sale is complete....

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