Are you moving? Downsizing? Selling your home? Assisting an elderly loved on in transition? Would you like to sell your home contents? We can help. We are Pennsylvania estate sale and household content liquidation service specialist. We provide a one-stop resource for helping you sell and liquidate the contents of your home. We provide direct help for home downsizing, home cleanout, de-cluttering and, content liquidation. We also do everything we can to help you move and or sell your home. We provide full service discount real estate services. Our best in class one stop services are designed to make your life just a little easier and provide you with total peace of mind. If you are relocating out of town or taking care of a loved one, you know how overwhelming this process can be. Don't worry, we'll take care of everything for you.
During this challenging time in the Corona Virus and COVID-19 era, we help families that are unable travel or tend to their property needs by providing a true one-stop resource. We are focused on making life just a little easier for families during often difficult times. With Personal Property Managers, one call does it all.
We proudly service Pennsylvania and the counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester and the Main line.
We offer 6 primary services to help families or executors. They are:
Additional info can be found on this brief 90 second video or a full array of great tips and insights and video by clicking on our resource page.
We begin the process by asking if you have pictures of items you would like to sell or liquidate, then if items are saleable by todays buyer standards we will arrange to meet with you at your home or the home of a loved one. We work with you to identify which items you wish to sell, donate or dispose of. Together we develop realistic fair market value price points for all household contents. You make the final decisions on all price points. We market the items via this website (see example page). We also develop a personal web page for each client to achieve maximum results. We will feature and display everything in a way that will net you the most money possible. We also offer discount real estate services. Learn more about Personal Property Managers from our recent News Stories. Please (click here) to see an example of how we would market your estate sale.
As your estate sales specialist, we have found that prospective buyers feel that there is a greater perceived value when a professional estate liquidation firm conducts your household estate sale. Customers who come through and see carefully considered traffic patterns, professional signage and tags, and helpful assistants. We are awarded 2020 best in class services and offer discount real estate services via our association with EveryHome Realty.
We take care of everything for you in the most professional and sensitive way. Did you know that most people who try to organize an estate sale on their own have absolutely no idea what items are worth in the secondary market.
Let’s face it, we all think our home is worth a million bucks and the things that we have accumulated over the years are beautiful and everyone will them…right? Wrong.
These four 90 second videos will give you further insight into trying to sell you home contents or considering an estate sale.
Estate Sale and Content Liquidation Services
Trying to Sell my Home Contents....Do they have any value?
We sell and liquidate the contents of your home
How to sell the contents of your home
In addition to the challenges of trying to sell your home contents as noted in this article and in our videos, we are now dealing with the Corona Virus and extreme social distancing. So ask yourself, in this day and age, would you want to go to a strangers home and buy pre-owned furniture? Probably not. Then on top of that, what most sellers never think of is the logistics and cost of simply moving an item from a sellers home to a buyers home? Who pays for that? This has to be factored into the selling price, if there is even a demand or interest in todays environment.
So, when we conduct an on-site estate sale and content liquidation sale, this will give you an example of how we design special web marketing specificially to promote your estate sale (click here). This will give you a good feel for the effort and expertise that we put into every estate sale we do. In addition, we also provide signage, security, staffing and so much more. Additional info is found on our estate sale and content liquidation page (click here). So, please consider these facts and insights when you are contemplating your deisire to sell your contents. Further information and perspective, especially in these changing times is noted below.
We are also certified licensed Senior Real Estate Specialist. As such, we not only focus on the liquidation of your household property contents, we are also keenly aware of our efforts to bring as many qualified people through the property as possible, which will also aid in the sale of your home should that be a targeted goal as well.
We begin by meeting with you personally. This allows us to understand your personal needs and for us to develop a tailored solution to meet your individual goals.
No. Buyers have all different tastes and needs. We liquidate entire estates of all kinds, not just those that are filled to overflowing with antiques or expensive furniture. In fact, many items are purchased right from the garage or work shop. For perspective, we sell furniture of all types, clothing, general residential contents, cars, stereo equipment, tools, equipment, musical instruments... well, actually, a little bit of everything!
First, make sure to get your legal house in order. If there has been a death in the family, make sure that you have legal title and full authority to sell. Make certain, too, that all disbursements have been made to any and all heirs before you call us for a consultation. If there's a divorce or bankruptcy liquidation afoot, make sure that you talk to legal counsel before calling us.
If you are the representative of an estate, we will need to have a photocopy of the necessary legal documents which authorize you to dispose of the contents. We also require that the homeowner's insurance on the home itself be current and in place throughout the sale process. The estate itself is responsible for disconnecting from gas or water any appliances which are to be sold.
We will come out to your home and meet with you personally to understand your goals and to work with you to determine fair market value. The ultimate decision is naturally yours. Our initial consultation is free of charge. Should we determine that an estate sale is not your best option we will offer you other options to help you. We also provide a full array of downsizing, de-cluttering, clean-up and clean out services. We also work with a number of charities who may have a use for some items which will helps others in needs.
Please note that the market for pre-owned items is entirely based upon the style, age and condition of your contents. As a result, not all things are saleable. Additionally, there will always be two different sets of values to any items. There is the seller’s perceived value, which may have a high emotional and sentimental value, and then there is the potential buyer’s view of the contents value, which is generally very different. Please remember that something is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. To learn more, please click here to view a short article we wrote on this subject or click on our Resource link page for a host of other insights into selling pre-owned items, home downsizing, home sales information and elder care.
If there is a mutual decision to go forward with the content sale, we then will then make an inventory of all the items in the house. We work with you to mutually develop fair market pricing for your sale items. We then set things up in a professional way to make things as appealing to the buying public as possible. Next we advertise and market your contents and finally conduct the actual sale. For items of value, we will coordinate an appraisal and help you auction off some of your contents to help defray costs.
Each sale is unique. Most sales only merit one day, while others may take two or even three days.
We typically run our estate sales on a Friday and Saturday to maximize your results.
Naturally, we strive to sell the contents of an estate “wall to wall”, but there are always some things left over in each estate. We also offer downsizing, de-cluttering and clean out services. We work with local charities to recycle household items to those in need and dispose of the balance of the contents (in accordance with all local laws and ordinances) all at the approval of the property owner or authorized representative. Please note: under no circumstances do we buy "remainders," nor do we buy full or partial estates.
We begin by meeting with you personally. This allows us to understand your personal needs and for us to develop a tailored solution to meet your individual goals.
Whenever possible we try to limit access to your property to one entrance/exit. If there’s an attached garage or breezeway, it’s kept separate from the main house itself and manned by one or more of our team. We do not allow drink cups in the house, and we strongly discourage baby strollers in our sales which can be used to place un-purchased items inside.
Sorry, but the answer is an unequivocal "no." We will be glad to arrange for a "family only" preview upon request, though.
We don’t allow the family on-site during public sale hours as it has long been our experience that family members inadvertently get underfoot, or become emotional, or get distracted by the public comments or behavior.
The family (or trustee) is, however, most welcome to be on site during the work after the sale (e.g., during the charity pick up or buy out). Again, we always encourage a full walk-through by the family shortly after the sale ends.
We provide a full accounting of all items sold. Any sales taxes are the responsibility of the family or trustee.
We are an award winning organization dedicated to providing personalized services and offering you solutions that are tailored to your specific needs. For more insights, tips and videos please visit our Resource Page in the About us tab.
We tend to your property and its contents like it was our own. We know that often times a move, a home downsizing or sale can be overwhelming and physically demanding. We can handle everything for you. When you call us, you get us. We are on site at every job. You can rely on us and trust us. With Personal Property Managers...one call does it all. We are Estate Specialists, are licensed Realtors in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and are certified Senior Real Estate Specialist via EveryHome Realty, RS308044 and 1326862. Please call us for a free consultation at 215-485-9272 or 908-368-1909.
