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Sid70 · 10-30-2013, 06:29 AM

I refer to that old flick with Sandra Bullock, just curious the biz that the family was into - buying furniture from dead people cheap to re-sell it - is that a real gig or fiction much?

J. Falcon · 10-30-2013, 06:32 AM

That movie sounds familiar.

Sid70 · 10-30-2013, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by J. Falcon

That movie sounds familiar.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114924/

nexcom28 · 10-30-2013, 06:39 AM

Why not? a lot of people do house clearances.

Sid70 · 10-30-2013, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by nexcom28

Why not? a lot of people do house clearances.

Not common at all where I'm from, so I was curious...

Manfap · 10-30-2013, 09:46 AM

Good business, when my wife's grandfather died we used a co like that, got about $10k. Some nice old furniture though, so they made bank on it.

Sid70 · 10-30-2013, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Manfap

Good business, when my wife's grandfather died we used a co like that, got about $10k. Some nice old furniture though, so they made bank on it.

Interesting... I didnt realize the biz like this existed, we used to live in a small apartment and never really had anything worth a dime...

Sunny Day · 10-31-2013, 08:39 PM

House strippers earn an OK amount. It's the stuff people that people leave behind is where the big profits are.

There's 2 clients who will hire you, who is handling the estate of the deceased and for mortgage companies' houses that have been foreclosed. Usually on foreclosures people take their stuff with them, but some times they just give up and leave everything or forget the deadline to move out and they get locked out.
Dead people can leave a lot of quality items behind. Many times the family has moved out of state and don't want to be bothered. Some times the person hiring you is a lawyer, who is the executor of the dead person. Shyster my aunt named was a crook. He had his cleanup crew there without telling us and before we had gone through the whole house. Her house looked like it should have been on Hoarders. Before the crew got there we did manage to get somethings out. A few hundred in cash, one ounce gold coin, 200# of change and $4000 in savings bonds, that all fortunately had pay on death to various family members.
Years later Mom found one of the items the crew took in a thrift store. It was a wooden toy that had a distinctive paint splotch on it. Mom had a picture of my aunt and uncle posing with the toy, so we knew it was the real one.

Sid70 · 11-01-2013, 01:18 AM

Def makes sense in a wealthy country only.

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10-31-2013, 08:39 PM	#8
Sunny Day Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,406	House strippers House strippers earn an OK amount. It's the stuff people that people leave behind is where the big profits are. There's 2 clients who will hire you, who is handling the estate of the deceased and for mortgage companies' houses that have been foreclosed. Usually on foreclosures people take their stuff with them, but some times they just give up and leave everything or forget the deadline to move out and they get locked out. Dead people can leave a lot of quality items behind. Many times the family has moved out of state and don't want to be bothered. Some times the person hiring you is a lawyer, who is the executor of the dead person. Shyster my aunt named was a crook. He had his cleanup crew there without telling us and before we had gone through the whole house. Her house looked like it should have been on Hoarders. Before the crew got there we did manage to get somethings out. A few hundred in cash, one ounce gold coin, 200# of change and $4000 in savings bonds, that all fortunately had pay on death to various family members. Years later Mom found one of the items the crew took in a thrift store. It was a wooden toy that had a distinctive paint splotch on it. Mom had a picture of my aunt and uncle posing with the toy, so we knew it was the real one.

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Sid70 Downshifter Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Road trip Posts: 16,413	Def makes sense in a wealthy country only. __________________ Русня, идите нахуй!

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10-30-2013, 09:46 AM	#6
Manfap Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,623	Good business, when my wife's grandfather died we used a co like that, got about $10k. Some nice old furniture though, so they made bank on it.