A good friend just lost her father and then moved her mother to live closer in assisted living.  After all the arrangements were made and mom settled, my friend returned to the family home to prepare it for sale.  She found some interesting things in unsuspected places, however.  Tax documents that dated back to the 1970’s… old magazines… boxes of shredding to be done.

But the biggest surprise of all was the cash she found.

It started with loose coins throughout the house which she collected and when she took them to a coin machine found several hundred dollars worth.  Then they needed to replace carpet and when they pulled the old up?  CASH!  She began searching carefully everywhere and thought she was thorough, but the estate sales team found even more and were honest enough to report it.  All in all, $15,000 was recovered.  That will help pay for assisted living!

If you are in this position… look up down and all around and then do it again!