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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No no no, you do not do your MIL's stuff. You take care of yourself, your kids and your parents, in that order.

Here's who you contact:
https://www.caringtransitions.com/

or a similar business. I have not hired any personally, but I used to buy a lot of items at estate sales, and Caring Transitions looked like a very competent group. Apparently they sort the stuff before selling it and you get some of the money. Then you can sell the home. I assume you'd need to be there for the sorting, so you can select a few keepsakes and mementos, but the rest will not be your problem.

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+1 Million

My mom did this when she and my father moved into a continuing care community.  Best thing she ever did for me, even more so than paying for college (as cleaning it out would have fell on me).

Mom flagged what she wanted to go to the CCR with them.  After they moved someone recommended by their realtor came in, flagged the more valuable things (mostly some MCM like furniture) and set up an open house for people to come in (not really an auction) and then everything not sold/sellable was taken by them to the dump or donated.   Mom got a third of the proceeds, but honestly, it would have been worth it if she didn’t get anything from the sales.

My BIL who’s passion was buying crap at estate sales and trying to sell it, died unexpectedly three years ago and my local-ish BIL and SIL are still going thru stuff trying to sell it.  They are retired, and don’t mind, but there’s no way my husband and I (working, young kids) would have been able to do it. [/quote]

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