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I recently decided to clear out some of the old files in my basement.  The Colorado Real Estate Commission requires brokers to keep files for four years.  Mine go back to 1985.

Since I need some of that basement space for other things, I pulled out a bunch of boxes of records for transactions older than 2002 (an extra year than required, just to be overly cautious).

Now I have huge contractor bags so heavy with paper that I can hardly lift them. Now the question is not "Will the trash collectors pick up these heavy bags?"; it's "How do I dispose of 6-22 year old documents?"

The only wise answer--the one that protects my former clients' identity and my reputation--is to have them shredded.  I'm really grateful there are businesses that do just that--shred old records. 

Otherwise I would be spending days or weeks putting some 400 pounds of paper through my little office shredder.  Or, I could spend several days going through all the records and just shredding those documents with personal information (finances, social security numbers, etc.).

With identity theft such a major problem in America, you might want to invest in a small office shredder for your own personal papers that you discard.  Or if, you have 400 pounds of old records, ask me about the company I took mine to.  I'll be happy to refer you to them.

And, if you have some friends who would like the kind of service I give, you can feel secure referring them to me.  I'll take care of them just as I have my former clients.