Hi Phoebe,
As an option to Jessica’s suggestion above, you may want to try using an estate sale company. Though people think of these companies when the estate of a deceased relative needs to be liquidated, we were surprised to find out estate sales are conducted for people that are downsizing, leaving the country or just moving and wanting to start over.
My wife and I recently sold our home as we are going to do some extensive travel and eventually re-settle somewhere overseas, likely in Panama. Many of the household items were sold separately though an estate sale. We hired a company to handle the sale. The company emptied our attic and all our closets, drawers, etc. and set up our property on tables, where appropriate, or tagged larger items, i.e., washer/dryer, fridge, etc. for sale. For more valuable items such as jewelry, paintings, etc., they had a database to refer to that would price the items as high as possible for sale. It was a massive amount of work and we did not have to screen phone calls/buyers. The company marketed our sale through their web site and newspaper ads. It was a financial success for us even though the company took a 35% cut of the total sales.
Good luck.
Bernie Miller
