Who comes to estate sales?

The answer to this question was different 10 years ago. Since then we have had a recession and hard economic times.

Years ago having an estate sale was selling to the end user. You would have the antique dealer or various reseller come out but mostly it was people who wanted a good deal for items they were purchasing for themselves.

Now the bulk of buyers are resellers. The buyers have booths at antique malls, flea markets or sell on eBay. So now the estate sale is the wholesale avenue for the middle man. This fact has hurt the market because the estate liquidator cannot maximize what the items should sell for in the open market place.

The people who know about estate sales are a limited. I am not sure why purchasing from an estate sale is not main stream. Maybe advertising for estate sales are not mainstream to the majority of people who do not know about them.

Since the majority of buyers are purchasing to resell then the items for sale has to be priced accordingly. If not the sale will not be successful and the house will be full of items. It does not accomplish the goals of removing all the items from the house.

Estate sales can and are still profitable but the expectation has to be managed due to the type of buyers attending the sales today.

We have other ways to sell items that help our estate sales. We are using new strategies to help our clients liquidate personal property. So we do have other ways to help our clients.

If you are in need of liquidating an estate please consider giving us a call. We offer free consultations to visit with you and discuss the best plan for your situation.

You can reach me at 404-509-2699 or by email, kelly@honeyhole.co

Thank you for reading.

Until next time.

Overwhelmed and Stressed out!!! Who can help me?

We come across this all the time.

When a family member passes away, senior care assistance needed, or downsizing the stress level can be great. The worry of how you will get rid of all your families personal property is a daunting task. You have a life you are living with a family to take care of. Your siblings are out of state and  not able to help. You are questioning what to donate, boxing up items and throwing things away. Then you come in one day and the house is in complete disarray. 

That is when an Estate Sale Company can help. I tell all my clients that we take all the stress out of the process. We provide services that take care of staging, pricing, determinations, holding the sale, advertising, clean out services and we also can clean the house. We help our clients from start to finish and tailor our services to what our client needs and want. 

We at A Honey Hole Estate Sales can help relive the stress of liquidating personal property. All it takes is making a phone call to set up an consultation to discuss our services and how we can help. 

Call Kelly Honey at 404-509-2699

Email: kelly@honeyhole.co 

When do I call an Estate Sale Company?

For those people who have never been to an estate sale or heard of one it may be hard to figure out how to get rid of all your stuff when the time comes to liquidation personal property. The time to call an estate sale company is when you are:

1.  Downsizing
2.  Moving
3.  Death in the Family
4.  Foreclosure
5. Senior Transitions
6. Business Liquidation

If you are faced with any of these situations or just need to liquidate some personal property then that is a great time to have a conversation with and estate sale company. You may think that you have to have a mansion to have an estate sale. That is not the case. Most of our estate sales are in homes between 1200 to 2000 square feet.

You also need to call an estate sale liquidator BEFORE you send anything to charity or the dump. We go into homes all the time that half of the items are gone because the owners thought that the items were trash and that nobody would want them. Have you ever hear of the old adage that "One mans trash is another mans treasure". This statement is so true. People collect and look for all kinds of things today. We have sold half bottles of laundry detergent, clothes, scrap metal, non-running small engines, and all kinds of other items in our sales. Some people find that estate sales are a great way to find good quality items for a great price. 

It is worth a call to an Estate Sale Liquidator to discuss your situation and how they can help you during this process.

We at A Honey Hole Estate Sales offer free in home consultations to meet with you about liquidating your personal property.  We want to minimize the hassle of liquidating an estate and make it as stress free as possible. Consider calling us today.