You Do The Math…
Richard Old Here is the story of a place that I worked on recently: The older couple was very well off, he was a college professor and she was a medical doctor.…
Stories
What Can I Say?
When their mother passed away last year the children came to town for the funeral. Several people there recommended that they call Estate Services, so what did they do…. They…
But We Had To Do It To Sell The House!
It was late August in one of the hottest summers in many years, when I got a phone call from an elderly couple in Moscow. I agreed to meet with…
You Do What For A Living?
This story comes compliments of a local auctioneer: He was having breakfast with the longtime owner of an antique store in one of the small towns in the area. The…
But It Sure Saved A Lot Of Space!
The pickup pulled up along side at the Spokane landfill. The back was stacked high with burlap bags and the driver began dumping broken glass out of the bags and…
Think How Much Money The Garbage Company Made
The old couple had owned a “variety store” in downtown Pullman for forty years. When I was a kid it was a huge adventure to wander down the isles of…
Yes, I Would Have Made The Drive…
I got a call one afternoon from some local folks that attend my estate sales. They were wondering if I had any old keys that might fit an old trunk.…
Once In A Lifetime…(I Hope)
It was 1993, and a Realtor friend of mine called me up and said that he had an estate that I really needed to see. If I had not seen…
The Best Buy I Ever Made
I was driving to work one morning and noticed some people stacking garbage out in front of a home a few blocks from my house. It was garbage pickup day…
My Kayaking Adventure…
In my younger days, I used to spend a lot of time kayaking on the Selway River. On the way home from one of my kayaking trips, I saw an…