So, you’ve come to the place where it is time to help your parents downsize. They have already chosen their new home; now it is a matter of sorting through their possessions, packing up what they are taking with them, and getting them moved. As with any job, the right...
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Five Tips for Senior Downsizing
In the back of your mind, you have always hoped this day would never come. Yet here it is – you have to begin the process of downsizing. Maybe you have purchased a smaller retirement home in a warmer climate; maybe you are moving across town to an assisted living...
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What to Do with Your Student’s Empty Room
Every year American parents undergo a strange ritual near the end of August: shuffling their children off to an out-of-town school while reminiscing about the days when the kids were young. And once move-in weekend has concluded, those same parents return home to an empty room once occupied by a...
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Three Reasons Hoarding Resolution Is So Important
Compulsive hoarding is considered a legitimate mental disorder that, in many cases, requires professional help to overcome. Without that help, the behavior of the hoarder could lead to unintended consequences that affect more than just the individual in question. Resolving a hoarding issue is vitally important at a number of...
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Tips for Planning an Inexpensive Wedding
The average cost of a wedding these days is more than $28,800. That is a pretty frightening number, especially when you consider it does not even account for the honeymoon. Perhaps you are planning a wedding for later this year. How would you like to spend significantly less money? It...
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Five Personal Service Qualities of the Successful Concierge
The personal concierge business is a people-oriented one to the highest degree. In fact, it is all about serving people and their unique needs. That means being a successful concierge requires certain people skills or, as we like to say, “personal service qualities.” The concierge who possesses these qualities is...
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Emerging Services for the Modern Concierge Company
One of the fundamental rules of business is that every business sector evolves over time. It evolves because customer needs change, technology increases speed and efficiency, government regulations force different ways of doing things, and so on. This fundamental rule means the concierge business is evolving as well. What we...
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Why Timing Is Important When Disposing of Personal Property
As uncomfortable as it is, there comes a time when each of us has to dispose of personal property left behind by a loved one who passes on. The process is one that can be especially painful if the timing is not right. Yet there is no formula to say...
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Dealing with Death: Sorting the Trash from the Treasures
Dealing with the death of a loved one is never a pleasant experience. There are arrangements to be made and services to attend. There are other family members and friends to greet and receive. And there are legal issues having to do with death certificates, drivers licenses, insurance policies, titles...
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How to Dispose of Property after a Loved One Passes On
Dealing with the heartache and sense of loss when a loved one passes on is always difficult. For some, the sense of grief is only made worse in the weeks and months following, when the unenviable task of disposing of personal property must be handled. Perhaps that’s why some forward...
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