It is typically a sudden illness or fall that causes us to be faced with helping our parents to sell their home and move to a safer and more comfortable environment. A time when we are least prepared to…
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Thank you Michelle for selling our mom’s house and managing everything along the way. Thank you for your support and for walking us through this entire process, answering our questions and addressing our concerns from the other side of…
Finding a Home for the Contents of your Office Since we are based in Newton, MA some of these resources are specific to this town. You should be able to find similar resources in your town. Make sure you…
Collect up boxes now. You will need them to box up stuff for charity. Start cleaning out the attic, garage and basement EARLY! I would suggest you start with these first. This is where the stuff that is most…
As you go through rooms, closets, attics, basements and garages you must ask yourself this one question – do I want or use this enough to move it to my next house? If the answer is no – then…
You will likely have seen a lot of good checklists on what to do to get your home ready for a spring home sale. Most of those, however, focus on general cleanup and staging right before you go on…
Michelle was very supportive and understanding in dealing with a sale of our Mom’s house. Mom is 85 and leaving her home of 58 years so it was a big deal. Michelle also dealt smoothly with two siblings on…
I had a client ask whether someone who inherits a home qualifies for the $250,000/$500,000 home sale tax exclusion. The short answer is no. But the good news is you do not need to qualify. When you inherit a…
The answer is to a degree, but not entirely. To clarify my explanations below, when I refer to seniors I am talking about the generation that are mid-70s and older. Baby Boomers are those in the 52-71 age…
This week, 21 houses came on the market in Newton. New to the Market in Newton Compare this to 11 last week. And properties are going off the market faster than they are coming on. 33 houses went under…