Due Diligence Checklist: How to Vet Estate Cleanout Companies When you’re hiring an estate cleanout company, you’re trusting a crew to enter a home, remove personal property, and leave the space ready for the next step—sale, renovation, or closing out an estate. The right provider will be organized, transparent, and insured. The wrong one can
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How to Sell Estate Gold: A Practical Guide to Getting the Best Value October 21, 2025 Selling estate gold jewelry is a common executor responsibility, but knowing how to do it wisely is part of handling the estate carefully. Selling estate gold may be part of an executor’s fiduciary responsibility when the estate needs to
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When you’re administering an estate, leftover prescription drugs and other medicines in the decedent’s home are more than “household clutter.” They can create safety risks (poisoning, accidental ingestion, diversion/misuse) and environmental risks if disposed of improperly. The executor’s goal is to secure the medications, document what was present, and then dispose of them using community-approved
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When managing an estate, executors often face the challenge of what to do with a home library — hundreds of volumes that carry emotional significance but limited financial value. Whether the collection is academic, literary, or simply the lifelong accumulation of a devoted reader, selling estate books efficiently and ethically can be a delicate task.
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Personal Property Guide | 5-minute read Appraisal of Personal Property | Executors & Estates| The Appraisal Foundation The Appraisal Foundation‘s “The Personal Property Owner’s Guide to Appraisal Services“ An estate’s personal property consists of physical assets, not including real property. Per the Appraisal Foundation’s website, “The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) is the generally
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Guide to Used Medical Supplies | 5-minute read Reuse of Medical Supplies | Disposal of Medical Supplies | NCOA Adviser What to do with… Custom orthotics, prosthetics, unused compression socks, CPAP machines, diabetic supplies, unopened ostomy supplies… The National Council on Aging provides smart advice on Selling, Donating, and Discarding surplus, used, and unused medical supplies
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If you don’t know what to do with that old trunk, Granddad’s top hat, the portrait of great-great Aunt Lucy, etc., the theatre may be calling! Theatres use period props, decoration, and costumes. There may be a theatre or theatre group in your area that would love to have that old lamp nobody wants. Period
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If the estate has a library, bookshelf, or piles of books, understanding the value of this piece of the personal property requires an executor’s attention. Chances are, most, if not all, will be donation fodder, and that’s not a bad thing. Some may have moderate value, making it worth your time to look through. In
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If the estate has guns – what to do? There are many responsibilities associated with guns. First things first. Safety. Is the gun loaded? Assume it is. Determining if the gun is loaded may exceed an executor’s comfort level. Only an individual experienced with weapons should handle firearms. For the executor discovering firearms, it would
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When someone dies, their “stuff” or belongings are now called “estate personal property.” While they were always the decedent’s possessions, this classification of estate assets has new meaning for heirs, executors, the IRS, and probate courts. During dissolution, when the name changes, the question becomes, “Does it have any value?” This is where the services
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Link: https://artofestates.com/what-is-automobilia-and-petroliana/ Source: Art of Estates In summary, Automobilia and petroliana categories are the advertising and marketing signs, stands, ephemera, and general products, often with prominent logos displaying. – Art of Estates Suddenly you’re in charge of a great deal of oil and car memorabilia – perhaps a car or two. The decedent of the
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This article published in 2020 quotes our friend and expert fine arts appraiser, Helaine Fendelman, of Helaine Fendelman & Associates in New York City, as well as several other eminent specialists in the antiques and appraisal field. It asks the question, “Can You Ever Add Value to Your Antiques?” Can You Ever Add Value to Your Antiques? Source:
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