The house has 50 years of stuff in it. Do I have to clean it out myself?

No. Coordinating the cleanout is one of the services Roger provides as part of his full-service family-transition representation — there's no separate fee for it.

Here's what that actually looks like in practice. Roger walks the home and identifies what stays (items the family wants to keep), what gets donated, what goes to an estate sale, and what gets hauled. He has a vetted East Bay network for each: estate sale companies that handle the appraisal and weekend sale, donation pickup services, junk haulers, and document recovery specialists who go through paperwork to flag birth certificates, insurance policies, deeds, military records, and items of family significance before anything moves.

Many of his clients are out-of-state adult children. The work continues without them physically present — Roger sends photos, video walkthroughs, and lists of what's going where for sign-off. Estate sale proceeds typically offset most of the cleanout costs; what remains is paid from sale proceeds at closing, not out of pocket.

This is a starting point, not the complete answer. Real estate decisions depend on details that don't fit in an FAQ — your numbers, your timeline, your family situation. Call (510) 504-0402 during the day, text or call (406) 205-9003 anytime, or email roger@grubb.net. I'll walk you through it personally.