When a parent moves into a senior care nursing facility or passes away, it can often leave surviving children wondering what to do with all of the personal effects their parent amassed over the years. Most people don’t even think about this kind of thing until they find themselves responsible for dealing with the property, whether they’re ready to take on the task or not.
Since money is often a concern for adult children who are dealing with a parent in a nursing home, or the estate of a parent who has passed away, selling off unwanted property in an estate sale can be an excellent way to generate much needed cash. While it may not be easy to think about selling off the property of a parent, this is something that every family has dealt with, one way or another, for as long as children have been outliving their parents. Fortunately for children in our modern world, there are now services that promise to help with every step of the estate sale process, from initial cataloging and sorting all the way through to the final sale.
As anyone who has ever had to organize an estate sale on their own can tell you, there are several benefits to working with a professional senior estate sale service. For starters, it can save you massive amounts of time. Remember that dealing with a senior parent’s estate is more than just packing up and shipping out. If you plan on raising cash to pay debts or commitments of the estate, you’ll need to spend the time to catalog and price the property for sale, advertise the sale to draw as big a crowd as possible, negotiate with potential buyers, and figure out solutions for any property that can’t be sold.
Plus, senior estate sale service providers often have an expertise in buying and selling that allows them to negotiate top dollar for the property being sold. Trying to sell something you don’t know anything about may result in much smaller profits than allowing a professional to properly research and price valuable property.
In your search for a reputable senior estate sale service, start with a trusted name like Advise and Protect. We’ve developed deep rooted professional working relationships with respected providers throughout the senior care and senior service industries and we have the resources available to match you with a senior estate sale service that you can depend on.
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Senior relocations in New York can be a big event for everyone involved. It can be exciting, scary, confusing and even fun all at the same time. There are many things that need to take place when relocating a senior citizen and making sure they all go smoothly can be difficult. Here at Advise and Protect we specialize in coordinating every aspect of a senior relocation. Whether you’re moving to a smaller home in the New York area or you’re heading off to sunny Florida, we can assist throughout the process. Our dedicated team of professionals serve seniors and their families throughout Brooklyn, NYC, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island and the surrounding areas.
Moving services for seniors can be extremely beneficial in ensuring that everything related to your relocation goes smoothly. Whether you are a senior citizen looking to downsize or you have an elderly family member who needs assistance with a move, we are here every step of the way. Here at Advise & Protect we can assign you a senior care consultant to guide you and plan your entire move.
Seniors moving services in New York are a service that many people need once in a while, but not often enough to become experts. When senior citizens are moving it is important to work with a trusted company to ensure nothing goes wrong.
When seniors move it is important to make sure everything is planned out properly. If possible, it is best to start planning several months in advance so that you can make sure everything is arranged just how it needs to be.
Senior moving services are a great way to make sure your move goes smoothly. Whether you are moving yourself or planning a move for a loved one, we can help you to find the right senior moving service to ensure everything goes according to plan.
Having a senior move manager working with you or your loved one is the best way to ensure your relocation doesn’t have any trouble. We are not a moving company, but we can help make all the arrangements for your move whether you are staying in the New York area or moving to another part of the country. We have worked with many senior citizens over the years and would be honored to serve you as well.
If you are preparing for a move in the near future you may have tried to figure out which are the best senior moving companies. Whether you look through the phone book or browse through the internet you will find that there are dozens of moving services in New York and they all claim to be able to help senior citizens with any relocation work they need done. The reality is, however, that they aren’t all equally qualified.
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