Life is filled with new conveniences: online shopping, in-home grocery shopping, online banking, mortgage shopping – and the list goes on. With these new conveniences come more free time (which is the point), offering you freedom to enjoy your hard-earned time away from the workplace. Convenience doesn’t always have to be the online form. Estate Specialists can roll up their sleeves to give you even MORE free time by doing some of the dirty work you’re not looking forward to

So, what do THEY do? Without borrowing from past years’ wardrobe, they get creative. And one way to really get creative is to get outside and find those estate cleanouts. An estate clean out can be packed with treasures beyond your imagination – least of which includes unique clothing, hats, jewelry, shoes, belts, uniforms and much more! Estate clean outs can raise your Halloween costume game that includes the following: Time-period characters Military personalities Famous ac

The holidays are natural time of giving – to our friends and family, but also to those who are less fortunate. Many neighborhoods, churches and communities sponsor donation events to help others, but sometimes – if people don’t have organizations that come together like this, it can be difficult to know where exactly to start. Giving is a personal choice and generally there are no wrong answers if the intention is in the right place but here are the top ten items (in no part

Sanford & Son has more than 20 years of doing the dirty work: Hauling trash, demolishing and cleaning out properties, estates, homes and everything in between. While it’s a dirty job, at the same time it can be very interesting. There’s almost always a story behind each job – and whether from an estate dissolving, abandoned homes or businesses, instances of hoarding – we’ve got a lot of stories… Well, THAT’S odd You’ll find the oddest things in the trash: prosthetic parts, o

Every year, many people start to collect their donations toward the end of the year – in advance of the upcoming tax season. Even though we’re a couple seasons away from winter, it’s not too early to start getting organized with your donations.    ClosetsClosets are the ‘front line’ for donations. Top to bottom – left to right. These troves are everyday reminders of the jeans that we’re “going to lose weight and fit into again”. Shoes covered in dust and belts that seemed to

Space: The Final FrontierIs your basement or attic filled with boxes from the day you moved in – seven years ago? Are your closets bursting? Do your cars fit in the garage anymore? Do you need help organizing or purging your belongings? Is your storage space a disaster? Don’t know where to start? Whether in a home, estate, commercial property or warehouse facility – storage space is always at a premium. But how can you maximize your storage space without sacrificing your liv

Together with spring cleaning, is the sometimes never-ending battle to ‘get organized.’ Often more easily said than done, getting organized is the key to a happy home. To help you get started, here are eight strategies from professional organizers that will hopefully help you fight the good fight! Find a place for every item. One big reason things collect on counters, tables, and floors is that they have no home. Storing items away in the room they're used will help ensure t

Spring is almost here and that signals many key passages to the season: changing the clocks, prepping the flowerbeds, getting the bicycles ready, digging out the lawnmower, changing the batteries to the smoke detectors and general spring-cleaning. For many, Spring is the moving and selling season – which can be inspiring, but can also be overwhelming. Even for those considering a move in the near future – springtime is a great time to think about cleanouts for your home or c

Did you ever hear the one about the California family that discovered a rare penny in an old desk that turned out to be worth $200,000? Or maybe the man who found a 150-year old signed photograph of Abraham Lincoln worth nearly $100,000 in his basement? Or how about the Virginia man who found comic books worth $3M while cleaning out the closet of his deceased great aunt. Holy hidden treasure Batman! While these stories are great attention-getters, they all often elicit the s