Welcome to Phyllis Bennett Estate Sales. We are a State of Arkansas licensed (#IRES03083) Estate Sale dealer with no storefront or booth, we work directly with our clients through the entire process with open communication between the client and me. You can express your thoughts and concerns, and we listen.
Looking at a home filled with decades of treasures, memories, and personal belongings and not knowing where to start can be overwhelming. Still, Phyllis Bennett Estate Sales is here to lift this burden off your shoulders and genuinely serve your family through this transition. First, we met with you in the home, to evaluate and discuss the plan.
Our process is extensive and complete:
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Discover family treasures
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Categorize, Stage, and Value every item in the home
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Professional and e-searching unique and valuable items
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On sale days we work to sell everything.
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Advertise the Sale with photos on several platforms
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and manage the Sale
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After the sale, your home is cleared out and the keys back to you. A buyout person will evaluate the remainder and offer a buyout price or clean out / haul away the remainder.
We do all this to maximize sales while we treat your effects and furnishing with utmost care. We go by the Golden Rule of estate sales Don't throw anything away!! This doesn't mean you can't throw trash away (please do), but if you have questions about a particular item, let our staff determine if the item is sellable. Our goal is to clear the home in the fastest possible time frame. (Any personal effects such as tax papers, banking papers, family photos will be the clients responsibility and will be left for the family to review.)
DISCOVERY
Depending on how extensive, detail, and the size of the sale most estate sales require starting to work in the home a few weeks before the sale date, to do complete "discovery" of all items in the sale. That means ( as mentioned above) we need to inventory, clean, wash, dust, separate what is saleable and what is truly trash, and then start researching, displaying, and pricing. We bring tables to display these items to be sold which will be covered nicely to display your items respectfully.
Pricing is based on our knowledge of the marketplace, references, and consulting a panel of experts in specific areas, as needed. We create a steady flow of interested buyers to your home and suggest if your home is for sale, to encourage your realtor to bring brochures and business cards before the sale for availability to interested parties.
MARKETING
Pictures are taken and posted on a national website www.EstateSales.Net and Ashley's Finds, as well as professional business association marketing, point of sale signs, and direction street signs to your sale. With the compiled list of buyers and referrals, we have the ability to get the most the market value will allow.
SALE DAY
During the sale days (which are usually 2, 3, or 4-day) sales depending on the situation, professionally staffed and trained associates are trained to ensure that we have eyes on your valuables throughout the entire sale. We also stage and organize the sale so that high-ticket items are harder to access and require one of our staff to hand the item to a potential buyer.
When the sale is over, you have several options for consideration with the leftover property. Your home is left clean, broom swept ready for market or the next owner. The remaining items can be donated to various charities. I suggest Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, Guardian Angels, Jackson House, Salvation Army, Goodwill, Disabled Americans Vets, or your local church or charity of your choice. You will receive a tax-deductible receipt for these items, which we can assist you in determining the value. After your sale is completed, the sales information goes into the database, once checks have cleared the bank you are provided with a final report of all items over $100.00 itemized and the remainder as Miscellaneous.
FREE CONSULTATION
We are glad to assist you with a free in-home consultation. We are efficient, and fast and want to get you the most money for your tangible assets. Our fees are commission-based. Let us organize, price, and manage a professional estate sale for your home completely cleared. Call or text Phyllis Bennett, 501-701-3320.