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[quote=Anonymous]I just did this for parents living in house 44 years.  My sibling and I do not live in the area and we completed our portion of the task in a long weekend.

Step 1 (from a distance):  Got two real estate agents to go through and advise whether estate sale was worth the bother.  It wasn't in our case.  But for those of you with parents with nice sh**, this is the way to go.  A good agent will coordinate this for you and you don't even need to be present.  
Step 2 (from a distance):  In the days/weeks/months leading up, identify anything of large of value that wouldn't go in an estate sale and get someone to come take it.  We had a neighbor with a key who was happy to facilitate giving away a medical bed and medical chair and some medical supplies.  My sibling and I networked through friends in town and friends of our parents to find takers.
Step 3 (in town):  Sibling, one spouse, and myself spent 2 partial days and one full day going through the house and mining for items of personal value.  We took things we wanted.  (Like a PP we're not terribly sentimental.)  Many runs to Goodwill to donate items by spouse throughout.  Neighbor with key grabbed any items he wanted.
Step 4 (after we left):  Walk away and let the junk people clear it out and pay for cleaning.  My parents lived in a low COL area and this wasn't even that expensive.

It will fill the time you let it fill.  My sibling and I have busy lives, kids, jobs, etc.  And we're not local.  The above worked fine.  [/quote]

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