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Vindication At Last!

I’ve been called a fool more than once.  I’m okay with that for the most part.  My beliefs have often been called naive and unsophisticated (yes, I DO believe in ghosts so deal with it).  At last, though, I’ve been … Continue reading

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CERT Training

Today I’m attending a CERT Training class. I’m not sure what benefit this might have for my business, but I wanted to be helpful to myself and my community in case of an emergency situation. Today we are learning about … Continue reading

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What I Hate About Running Estate Sales

The last few entries were a bit schmaltzy and people are starting to complain (Okay, nobody complained; it was just my opinion.  Either nobody else thought so, or nobody else reads my blog.).  With that in mind, let me tell … Continue reading

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Sometimes There Are Surprises

I just finished an estate sale this past weekend. Nice house, nice furniture. The mother had moved permanently to an assisted living facility and I met one of the sons, who set up the sale. On the first day, we … Continue reading

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Home Foreclosures

I hear that home Foreclosures will be on the rise again now that the mortgage robo-signing lawsuit has been settled. For a while back in 2008-2010, my company handled a slew of estate sales for families whose homes were in … Continue reading

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New Sales Coming

We went through quite a slow period in February, but now we are swamped again.  Mostly we are getting moving sales right now, though, and they are not my favorite.  The sale we have this coming weekend is a moving … Continue reading

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It’s Over–for this time

We are done with the sale and now I’m out celebrating with some of my crew, who happen to be one of my daughters, my sister and my brother-in-law. It has been a tough sale: I caught a cold, the … Continue reading

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Set Up: Day Two

Yesterday rained and it’s always kind of sad to work in one of the estate sale houses on a rainy day.  Maybe it’s just me, though.  The houses always seem darker, drearier, abandoned and unloved.  Maybe they also feel more … Continue reading

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Set Up: Day One

Today was our first day working on a sale that is scheduled to start this Friday–four days from now! Lately that’s the way most of my sales have been going. True, I got the sale a couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading

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New Sale Coming Up

Went to the new house for the first time on Friday.  Not impressed.  This will be a small sale that I let my partner find.  Still, I have nothing else set for next weekend, so this will do.  There are … Continue reading

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