I need some help, everyone. I'm coming to the GB to get as many ideas as possible.
My dad has dementia and we need to divest of some things he has no use for anymore in order to pay for his care and living expenses. Specifically, he has an enormous amount of power tools, hand tools, and assorted other shop/construction equipment. We're talking retail value in the six-figures.
The problem we have is that the stuff is located in a rural area of California about an hour away from the nearest major city. My initial suggestion was to talk to some estate sale companies to see if they could put together a plan to sell it all, but everyone my mom talked to said they weren't interested in anything except antique furniture.
We are also looking at Craigslist, but the market in that area is pretty dry. I have considered having it all shipped to Houston because the market is much better here to get rid of it faster, but we incur shipping costs in the thousands of dollars and then storage costs. Realistically, I would have to hire someone to catalog it and list it for sale. That all eats into the money we need for my dad's care.
Ideally I would love to find someone willing to make an offer for all of it, but I don't see that happening, even if we get pennies on the dollar. We're running out of ideas, so if any of you fine people can think of something that might work, please share.
TIA
My dad has dementia and we need to divest of some things he has no use for anymore in order to pay for his care and living expenses. Specifically, he has an enormous amount of power tools, hand tools, and assorted other shop/construction equipment. We're talking retail value in the six-figures.
The problem we have is that the stuff is located in a rural area of California about an hour away from the nearest major city. My initial suggestion was to talk to some estate sale companies to see if they could put together a plan to sell it all, but everyone my mom talked to said they weren't interested in anything except antique furniture.
We are also looking at Craigslist, but the market in that area is pretty dry. I have considered having it all shipped to Houston because the market is much better here to get rid of it faster, but we incur shipping costs in the thousands of dollars and then storage costs. Realistically, I would have to hire someone to catalog it and list it for sale. That all eats into the money we need for my dad's care.
Ideally I would love to find someone willing to make an offer for all of it, but I don't see that happening, even if we get pennies on the dollar. We're running out of ideas, so if any of you fine people can think of something that might work, please share.
TIA
