by Julie Hall | Aug 24, 2017 | The Estate Lady Blog
Personal property and heirlooms — we spend a lifetime accumulating them, inheriting them, caring for them, collecting them, and talking about them. But we rarely know the current values and we rarely make a plan for what happens to our personal property upon illness...
by Julie Hall | Jul 31, 2017 | Dealing with Stuff, Distribution, Donations of stuff, Estate Finds, For executors, For professionals, The Estate Lady Blog
Sometimes the mind and the heart are simply not in sync, especially when it comes to the daunting task of downsizing. It seems the older we get, the harder the process of downsizing can be on us, as we have grown accustomed and comfortable in our surroundings. This...
by Julie Hall | Jul 6, 2017 | Antiques, Dealing with Stuff, Distribution, Estate Finds, Family History, For executors, The Estate Lady Blog
Note the word “Expert” in the title. Hiring an expert will help you identify what you have in an estate, how to sell it, who are the best resources for selling and most of all, how to maximize what you have. Experts have trained eyes and detective noses that can...
by Julie Hall | Jun 18, 2017 | The Estate Lady Blog
1. When a loved one has passed away and you are responsible for handling and eventually liquidating the estate, change the locks on the estate immediately to prevent unscrupulous heirs, neighbors, etc., from entering. While this will ruffle some feathers, it is the...
by Julie Hall | May 15, 2017 | The Estate Lady Blog
Many of us grew up with the notion we should leave heirlooms and other possessions for our children and grandchildren; a physical legacy of who came before us and where we came from. Not all of us, though, have the ability to objectively recognize what a “good...
