I agree with Jerry. I've had to liquidate several estates over the last few years, yes we have some regrets of things we let go, or let go too quickly without enough thought, but the clean break was the best for us in the long run.
Some years back I bought out my brother for our moms house since I didn't own a home and my brother already did. 12 years and many renovations later I sold it and moved to a bigger place. My brother then wanted half of the money I made off it even though I put 12 years of my money and sweat equity into it. So you can see, it never goes away.
Couple years back I took charge of my FIL's estate and told them I'd do everything I could to maximize the amount we got for it, had a few bumps along the way but in the end everyone was very pleased with the amount we got for the place. Some wanted a quick sell, but I knew by putting in just a little bit of time and money it would drive up the value well over what I put in.
It also gave us time to sort through the stuff, the quick sell would have been a mass dump which will leave you with regrets of lost personal stuff.
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