Look around. Do you have rooms filled with things you don’t use? Maybe the kids have headed off to college and their furniture has become a breeding ground for dust? Toying with the idea of simplifying your life and moving into smaller digs? Do your parents need to pare down their homes as they transition to smaller spaces?

Consider this: about 10,000 Americans turn 65 each year, 2.4 million will pass away, 876,000 couples will divorce and another 800,000 others will file for bankruptcy. The estate liquidation service industry was built on these hardships. They are known in the industry as the four “D’s”: downsizing, death, divorce and debt.