Have you had one of those rare occasions that a client calls you and says something like, “Mom called a few days ago and said my Aunt Edna died last week and that my husband is the executor of the estate?  My husband  informs me that we need to sell the home as quickly as possible and all the personal property that includes some antique furniture and her deceased  husband’s fully restored 1965 Ford truck in addition to her personal car. Since you are a realtor, he wants you to get the house sold and also handle the sale of the personal property.”  

What are your first thoughts? You can handle listing the home but you surely don’t want to get involved in selling the personal property items. After all, your expertise is real estate and not an antique or truck/car dealer.

This is a great situation to work with an auctioneer to get the home, its furnishings and all the vehicles sold on the same day through an estate auction. Through proper planning, the home and personal property can be marketed together. You will not have to move all the furniture out to a different location or put anything in storage. The executor picks the date of the sale and you moved forward from there.

What if the home and all the personal items sold in 30 to 45 days from the time you got that call. How would that make you look in the eyes of your client? Pretty fantastic I would imagine. And it can be done. Go to my website www.canSellnow.com for more information on real estate auctions.