Estate Sales &amp; Storage Units

How to sell an estate lot on Metzee

You are selling the unknown. Say exactly how much of it you have looked at.

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Buying estate and storage lots in a live auction

Ask how much the seller has actually looked at, and bid on what you can see.

Pricing estate lots for a live auction

Price the visible contents. The room will pay for the mystery on its own.

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Packing and posting an estate lot

A lot is heavy, mixed and fragile in one place. Pack it as several parcels in one box.

Describing an estate lot honestly

Say what you checked, what you did not, and what you are not guaranteeing. Then nothing can go wrong.

What is a storage or estate lot worth?

What you can see in it. Everything underneath is a bonus, not a price.

Photographing an estate lot

Lay it out. A photograph of a closed box is a photograph nobody bids on.

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Delivering an estate lot: courier, local or collection

Weigh the packed box. This is the category where that sentence saves the most money.

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Questions to ask before bidding on an estate lot

How much of this have you actually been through? Everything else follows.

Storing a lot before you sell it

A box on a floor through one monsoon is a box worth less than it was.

Learning to buy lots

Bid on what you can see. The discipline is the entire skill.

Common mistakes selling estate lots

Saying you have been through it when you have not, and photographing a closed box.