Should I Sell My Things Before Starting as Associate? Forum

[Anonymous User]

I will be finishing a clerkship and joining a V50 firm soon in NYC. I have a lot of furniture and things to move. Should I just try to sell everything I have? Right now it is mostly IKEA stuff, but expensive IKEA stuff - like a $700 couch, and $500 armoire, and tables and stuff like that. If I sell it bit by bit over the next few months I think I can make $1000 (but might be overly optimistic). But it definitely cost me over $3,000 to acquire all my furniture over the years. I also have a rug, baby crib that cost $500, and dressers and things. Firm will compensate approved moving expenses up to $5K.

[Anonymous User]

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[papermateflair]

The firm isn't going to pay for new furniture, but they will pay for you to have your stuff moved, so unless it's all falling apart and it won't survive the move, I would keep it. I moved my Ikea stuff after law school and it's still going strong. If you're planning to replace the couch or something soon then I wouldn't bother moving it (mostly because moving it out after it's in the new place will be a hassle), but I don't see a reason to not keep it unless for some reason you want to buy expensive stuff.

[nixy]

The firm isn't going to pay for new furniture, but they will pay for you to have your stuff moved, so unless it's all falling apart and it won't survive the move, I would keep it.

Absolutely agreed. The only caveat is if you're moving from not-NYC to a much smaller NYC apartment, then selling some of it probably makes sense. But if there's nothing wrong with it and you're getting moving expenses covered (at least to some extent) there's no reason to sell it off.