I’m Kristine. I help adult children across southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island sell a parent’s home so the equity can fund the care they need now. One trusted point of contact, start to close.
The house isn’t the burden. It’s how Mom gets cared for now.
Most families I meet are quietly running two clocks at once: the cost of care, and the equity sitting in a home that’s been loved for decades. The math is rarely as frightening as it feels.
The cost of care
~$18,600 /mo
Average private room in a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility, 2025. Assisted living and memory care vary, but the trend is the same direction.
The equity in the home
Often years of care
Sold thoughtfully, the home your parents built becomes the runway that lets them stay cared for, with options, for as long as possible.
What I actually do
One coordinator. Every moving piece, handled.
You’re already managing a parent’s care, paperwork, and probably a job and family of your own. My role is to absorb the house side of it entirely, and report back in plain English.
Sorting, donating, declutter
Decades of belongings, handled with care. We separate what the family keeps, what gets donated, what gets recycled — without anyone having to fly in for a weekend of sorting.
Estate liquidation
Furniture, china, the workbench in the basement. I bring in trusted estate specialists and we recover real dollars where it makes sense, and clear the rest cleanly.
Movers, transport, storage
Coordinating the move to the senior community, a family member’s home, or short-term storage. Background-checked crews, scheduled around the care plan.
Repairs and pre-market prep
The roof patch, the porch step, the paint touch-ups. Light, targeted work that protects value — not a renovation the family will never recoup.
The fast cash offer, or the strategic market sale.
For most families, the right answer depends on timing and care urgency. I’ll walk through both, with real numbers for your parent’s home, and we’ll choose together.
Cash offer, as-is
~$385,000
Closes in 2–3 weeks. No showings, no prep, no contingencies. Best when care needs to start now.
Strategic market sale
~$462,000
60–90 day timeline with light prep. Roughly $77,000 more in equity for care, in this example.
Example only. Actual numbers depend on the home, market, and timing.
About Kristine
I’ve sat where you’re sitting.
I’m a Senior Transition Specialist with Coldwell Banker Realty, based on the South Coast and working throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Over the last several years I’ve guided more than 100 families through the sale of a parent’s home, almost always while care was already underway.
I came to this work because I lived it with my own family. That’s why my calls sound less like a real estate pitch and more like the conversation you wish you’d had three months ago.
Coldwell Banker Realty
NAR SRES — Seniors Real Estate Specialist
Mom’s House Certified Senior Transition Specialist
Coldwell Banker Diamond Society (top 11%)
A family I worked with
“I was in Atlanta. Mom was in Westport. Kristine became the person on the ground who could actually walk through the house, meet the movers, and tell me the truth about what the place was worth. She made it possible for me to keep my job and still get my mother safely settled.”
Daughter of a client · Atlanta, GA
Start the conversation, on your timing.
A 20-minute call, no homework, no sales pitch. We’ll talk through where things stand and what the first calm step would look like.
