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I have paid for my dads funeral, final living expenses, closed all his accounts took owner ship of what is left as probate comes to a end.


I was a only child so I have to go through this alone with no help as I am all that is left of my family.


I was left with a house that sits on 4 acres of land and my dad loved yard work so he had planted trees and shrubs all over must a 100 of them!


It's so much yard work to do I spend my weekends mowing his grass and mine so I end up with no weekends.


I work 11 hours a day 5 days week. Do people still work on the weekends? That's what my dad taught me the weekend was for but having two yards to mow and errands on the weekend is to much.


It seems most new houses have 0 trees and shrubs.



There are so many things inside the house to do to, all mom and dads things are left just there! I was trying to collect the items that meant something to me but there is just to much stuff over 50 years of cloths and things.


Are there any companies that can come in and move all the furniture, clothes and so on? A co-worker says just call goodwill or get someone to do a estate sale.


I don't know if i want to sell or get a property management place to rent it.


I feel like to rent it i will have to fix it up and spend money that i do not have but if i sell it i will not get as much because of all the yard work.


I have come to terms with my parents being gone it's the mess left behind.


Thanks for reading.

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You will find the right buyers.

There are still young families that find value in a green, shaded yard. Even with the work involved.

I would contact an estate sale company, at least you will get a little cash. Or sell it "as is" there are lots of flippers that buy full houses.

I am sorry for your loss and I pray that you find the way through this difficult situation.
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Don't burden yourself with becoming a landlord. If you don't have the money to make repairs and fix it up, then sell it. Not knowing where you live, some areas sell very fast. Some buyers are looking for acreage. To reduce the amount of items you will have to deal with, you can have a company come in and do a tag sale. That could include clothes, furniture, appliances and anything you don't want to keep. After that you can donate whatever is left to a charitable org. As for the property, I would have a realtor give you an estimate of what they would list the property for. You could either place the property on the market or you could auction it off. Auctions can be good or bad. You may get more than you expected to get, or you may get much less. An auctioneer could give you an idea of how much he would start bids at.
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Yes-you can hire out the cleanup. Take what you really want and then turn the actual cleanup over to others. Professionals can work w/o emotion and they work FAST. And yes, you can have an estate sale, but in my experience, they do not bring in much cash.

Try not to save too much. In the aftermath of a death, we sometimes look at everything with rose colored glasses and hang on to stuff we don't need.

Then, sell the house in an 'as-is' condition. Younger people with all that energy and drive would love to make this house a home for them!

An unoccupied house will begin to deteriorate quickly, no matter how hard you work at it. And you'll grow to hate it.

The day we sold my FIL's last property, I was so happy. I'd worked for many hours to 'flip it' and get top dollar. It sold in one day.
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MrWheels Aug 2021
You are right a unoccupied house goes down quick, i had weeds 5 feet tall not to mentation the cost of gas mowing it every week taxes etc,

What would one of these places be called that would come in a take all there cloths and chairs etc? Wouldn't i have to pack up the cloths?

Your right about emotion, i feel like a bad human being if i throw out mom and dads things but i have no use or room for it.
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Hire someone to do an estate sale. They'll arrange to have the unsold stuff hauled away, too.

Hire a Realtor to sell the property and invest the proceeds. It doesn't sound like you're interested in being a landlord, so just get rid of the property.

Don't be afraid to hire people to help with these jobs. They're well worth their fees.
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MrWheels Aug 2021
I would like the monthly income but to me there are to many risk with renters.

I would hire someone to rent it and let them deal with the headache but still if i have to put 30k into it before hand it would take 3 yrs to get that back and then if something breaks.

I could get around 1,000 a month for it.
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I would steer clear from renters now since they use Covid & unemployment as excuses for not paying rent in addition to the current law ..renters who don’t pay rent can’t be evicted…you’ll have a major headache on your hands with squatters living rent free !!! Hugs 🤗
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Isthisrealyreal Aug 2021
Oh yes, any excuse not to work or pay bills. The sad part is that the home owner is the loser because of losers that won't every apply for assistance that is available.

I don't see how anyone has the stomach to be a landlord on a singles family home.
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It took my cousin 5 years to clean out her Moms house because she wouldn't part with things. She too was an only child. I started cleaning my Moms 4 bedroom farmhouse out way before she passed. She still had things of my deseased sister from 20 years before. When she lived in the AL, I cleaned out when I was in the mood. I took a room at a time. Got rid of trash first. This cleared way for the better stuff.

When it comes to clothes, if they are way out of style bag them and put them in one of those drop boxes or throw away. If nice, donate them to a clothing closet.

My MIL found an auction place that took everything she wasn't taking to Fla when she moved. All she took was her kitchen stuff and her bedroom set. Not a high end auction house. We live it what was farm country.

See if there is a Habitat for Humanity in your area. Ours came with a truck and took all Moms furniture away. Thrift shops will take things. We had one ran by a Church school. All profits went towards scholarships.

The house, I would sell it. A young couple may buy it as a fixer upper so sell "as is". My Moms house ended up being an albatross.

Hope your using a riding mower.
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Old clothes are a hot commodity for young people. I would donate everything and let them decide what is garbage.

I have a box for old, worn out items that I mark as rags. Many businesses have a need for one time use cloth rags and pay a buck fifty a pound for them. It also gives someone a project cutting them up. This is beneficial to organizations that are dealing with job skills, rehab, etc.
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Mrwheels, you could always carry the note to earn some extra income on it.

If you require a large enough down payment it creates a situation where the purchaser doesn't want to default. You make the fees and penalties big enough that they want to pay on time and you make the insurance requirements protect you and the house from them destroying it on the way out if they decide they are willing to give up the big down pmt. You win if they walk because you have the property and their money to fix it up.

You would use an agency to handle all the payments that they pay for. This would make foreclosure notice and filing easy. You do nothing but collect the monthly payment.

You do have options.
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Yes to the old clothes being snatched up by teenagers!! My tween granddaughters literally shop only thirft stores and one day I saw one of them in a bowling shirt-like the ones Kramer always wore on Seinfeld. I told her I loved it and she was totally on fleek (on point) and she was ecstatic.

People can be hired to pack anything. I have done so in the past, packing homes when the tenants have passed, or just moved. Having no emotional connection to anything makes it much easier to get done.

You will not begrudge a cent you pay others to pack and clean.

If you want to keep the house and rent it out, hire a property manager. It's not cheap, but worth it.

However, this place sounds way too big to be a good rental. 4 acres? That's a ranch!
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Isthisrealyreal Aug 2021
I would never rent a SFH, to many pits falls.

But carrying the note is a different story and earns income on the property.

It also gives you a bigger pool of buyers, because many good people can not qualify for a traditional mortgage.

You use an agency to handle everything, including monthly payments and the buyers pay their fee. It's something like 40.00 monthly.
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