Karen Hyatt, founder of Estate Pros New Mexico, presents “Property Reincarnation: Giving New Life to the ‘Stuff’ of our Lives.” This one-hour presentation features insights into how to tackle clutter and downsizing, valuation of goods and furniture, and dramatic Before and After photos of clients’ places where Estate Pros worked their magic.
Karen provides great information about getting valuations and deciding what to do with jewelry, currency, stamps, furniture, silver, books, art materials, records/DVDs, pottery, clocks, clothing, artwork, antiques, memorabilia, and collectibles. Don’t miss the John Deere tractor story! She also talks about digital ways to provide information to family members. Don’t forget to back up the information on your computers so you don’t lose information in a crash!
Estate Pros LLC offers professional and confidential assistance directly to families, beneficiaries, banking and legal professionals, and through professional organizations for the dispersal of personal possessions from a loved one due to a move, illness or death. Estate Pros develops a comprehensive strategy to carefully sort, purge, organize, package, ship, donate and sell all accumulated physical belongings. Their fully trained and compassionate staff will work with you to carefully handle all material items, including family keepsakes and valuable artifacts. Estate Pros serves northern New Mexico. Learn more at www.EstateProsNM.com.
The presentation is hosted by Gail Rubin, CT, the Doyenne of Death and coordinator of the Before I Die NM Virtual Festival. Videos of 18 Festival events plus additional panel discussions from past years, how-to videos and behind-the-scenes tours are being posted at the Festival’s video page. The videos cover topics such as new trends in funerals and cemeteries, green burial, obituary writing, estate planning, creating memorable, meaningful memorial services, life after death, preparing advance healthcare directives, medical aid-in-dying, downsizing, and New Mexico’s Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI).
2020 Festival Sponsors
Thank you to these sponsors of the 2020 Before I Die New Mexico Virtual Festival:
- A Good Goodbye – Gail Rubin puts the “fun” in funeral planning. www.AGoodGoodbye.com
- AFTR – a new way to stay connected with loved ones, anytime, anywhere. www.AFTR.live
- AquamationInfo.com – learn about alkaline hydrolysis, an eco-friendly, alternative to flame cremation.
- Compassion & Choices – offering care and choice at the end of life. www.CompassionAndChoices.org
- Daniels Family Funerals & Cremations,Fairview Memorial Park, Gabaldon Mortuary in Albuquerque,Vista Verde Memorial Park in Rio Rancho; Avista Cremation & Burial in Santa Fe; DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory in Espanola andin Taos.
- EstatePros LLC – offering professional dispersal of personal possessions due to a move, illness or death. www.EstateProsNM.com
- French Funerals & Cremations and Sunset Memorial Park in Albuquerque.
- Keeper – keeping memories alive with online tributes to preserve, celebrate and share life legacies. www.MyKeeper.com
A portion of the sponsorship proceeds and ticket sales from the Before I Die NM Virtual Festival will be donated to these 501(c)(3) charitable partners:
- Fathers Building Futures, making “caskets for a cause” (www.FathersBuildingFutures.com), and
- Albuquerque’s Historic Fairview Cemetery, established 1881 (www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org).