Somebody has to deal with all of it.
A parent dies. A lease ends. A house sells faster than expected. And one person - usually the one who lives closest - is standing in a room full of objects that all need to go somewhere, on a date that is not negotiable.
Decluttering books tell you what to keep. They assume the pile evaporates. It doesn't. Every item has to be sold, given away, driven somewhere, or paid for - and telling an eight-hundred-dollar credenza apart from a four-hundred-dollar disposal bill is the actual skill.
This book is about the second half. Not what to keep. What to do with everything you have already decided to lose.
Inside:
The three-pass triage that finds the five to fifteen items carrying nearly all the value, before you are too tired to notice them
How to price anything in four minutes using sold listings, not asking prices
Which charities still send a truck, which refuse what, and why the donation receipt is probably worth nothing to you
The refusal list: mattresses, pianos, big brown furniture, and everything else nobody will take
Selling against a deadline - markdown schedules, negotiation, no-shows, and when to stop
Doorway arithmetic, stair technique, and the tools that make heavy furniture survivable
Why the same sofa costs $35 or $450 to make disappear, depending only on which door you use
Clearing an estate: the first seven days, the legal reality, and the family conversation that prevents most of the damage
Written for a fixed deadline, with worksheets to print and carry.
