luxury real estate: Prepare Your "House For Sell" in NJ with Staging ~ Part 5 Family Rooms - 08/22/09 09:56 AM
[Disclaimer - "House for Sell" is being used as an experiment. According to keyword research, that phrase get 3x the traffic that House for Sale does. No idea why, but thought I'd try it for this challenge.]
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This post is the 5th in my 7 part series illustrating … (13 comments)
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Juliet Johnson Staging provides home staging and online marketing services to the luxury real … (2 comments)
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Juliet Johnson Staging provides home staging and online marketing services to the luxury real … (1 comments)
Victoria Carter, ERA-Burgdorff's #1 agent nationwide, joined me to talk about the real local story in Short Hills Real Estate today. Despite the national story of sales being down and prices slipping by 9.9%, Short Hills prices have risen by 7.9%! What makes this small, New York City … (0 comments)
luxury real estate: Staging ROI is 378% in my zip code. What's it in yours? - 09/22/08 07:43 AM
The web never ceases to amaze me. This morning, I discover a tool that will tell you the average Return on Investment of home improvements... by ZIP CODE!!! And in my zip code, it turns out that money returned on staging is 378%. Let me repeat that -
378% … (22 comments)
luxury real estate: Great 10Tips on Social Media Marketing... - 09/14/08 07:48 AM
...There's a terrific blog post written about how to make your social media marketing strategies work for long term success as opposed to sizzling short term SEO ranking that quickly fizzles. (yup! the letter of the day is indeed "z"!)
Here's the link - http://www.clicknewz.com/1689/how-to-use-social-media-successfully/#more-1689 - I really recommend it. … (16 comments)
Yesterday, my husband shared an article from ‘The Bottom Line’, where they had … (15 comments)
luxury real estate: Sold in 23 days for full asking price! Woot! - 07/29/08 01:30 PM
Catching up with photos, slide shows, general marketing, etc.
This was "the little house that did!" Trading promptly in 23 days, for full asking price. Realtor was so pleased; homeowners are delightful people who deserved this win. All this in July, which is our quietest month for home staging, second only to December!! … (11 comments)
luxury real estate: PB Trends -- More Summer this Fall it seems! - 07/07/08 09:06 AM
In the North East/Midlantic region, our most universally appealing home staging style is Pottery Barn. We do Potter Barn with a Neiman Marcus twist for high end, and PB as interpreted by Walmart for less expensive properties. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we all take advantage of the pervasive and expensive … (14 comments)
I have to confess (sticking with a theme here) that while I don't understand the technology, and barely grasp the scope and potential of social media I do wonder if we shouldn't be pushing out the boundaries some … (14 comments)
luxury real estate: McMansion Trends from New Jersey! - 06/02/08 02:53 PM
I know, you'd think that Jersey would be the LAST possible placed you'd find anything hip - other than a new fuel, highway improvement, or port processing tool. However, we are in close proximity to a large economic center and periodically become exposed to state of the art trends....
So, here's … (15 comments)
I believe you can click the picture for the show... If not, here's a link: - http://tinyurl.com/6xkxmx. I'd put it into an RES, but there are so many pictures and each one is fun to pour over. I haven't tagged the photos with explanations nor done the … (7 comments)
luxury real estate: Leverage Your Success - tell then SELL your story! - 04/22/08 07:31 AM
As you think about expanding your business - There's raising fees - hiring another person - doing more jobs to make it up in volume - How you can duplicate yourself? How to expand your income producing activity without adding days of the week, hours in the day, or simply cloning? (After all, … (1 comments)
luxury real estate: Trends - Kitchen Cabinets - 08/31/07 08:14 AM
I'm noticing a distinct change in the choice of kitchen cabinets in new-builds around here. Since this is Metropolitan New York I thought I'd share and see if you all are seeing it proliferate across the country? I'm also wondering if design trends start here or in California or Colorado or … (28 comments)
luxury real estate: Best Value in Brayton School District, Summit, NJ - 08/25/07 09:21 PM
It's completely renovated and in move-in condition. It's walking distance to the town, train and well-respected Summit hospital, Overlook. The kitchen has been completely redone and the two upstairs bathrooms as well. In fact, there are over $200,000 worth of upgrades in this home. Well worth a look if this is … (0 comments)
luxury real estate: Real Bird adds category for Feng Shui Pracitioners - 08/25/07 12:49 PM
Hi Folks, At Carole's request, the folks at http://www.realbird.com/ have added a category specifically for those people that offer FEng Shui related services. Currently, they have it worded as Home Stagers - Feng Shui. However, that can be changed at any time. Our contact over there is Zoltan Szendry. (zoli@realbird.com.) Here's how they describe their … (2 comments)
luxury real estate: RealBird adds Home Stager Category for us! - 08/24/07 07:33 AM
Thanks to a really superb blog by David Childress "I Put my listings on Real Bird last night: so should you" - http://activerain.com/blogsview/179796/I-Put-My-Listings - I went looking for Realbird. http://www.realbird.com/ It's a tremendous resource. It's capabilities seem infinite. You post a listing (or a staging) on Realbird and they submit it to Craigslist, … (51 comments)
luxury real estate: All that matters is the pictures, right? - 08/23/07 09:55 AM
"Well, art is certainly one of many tactics we deploy to maximize your home's potential" "No, I mean, you just have to do key areas in each room so that the photos of the space look good. Once the people get here, it doesn't matter what the rest of the room looks … (11 comments)
luxury real estate: Gem about to disappear in Chatham! - 08/21/07 02:26 PM
A truly speducioushouse in Chatham is in the throes of being negotiated out. If you were ever on the fence about when and what to buy in this delightful, rural suburb of New York City, then this is the house and NOW is the time to get involved. As you can imagine, … (2 comments)
Once a Manhattan realtor, I have bought and sold 12 homes in 19 years in 4 countries. That, and 7 years of staging homes for sale in New Jersey adds up to a lot of experience. If any of it can help another, I have served my purpose. Thank you, AR members, for your own generous sharing.
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[Disclaimer - "House for Sell" is being used as an experiment. According to keyword research, that phrase get 3x the traffic that House for Sale does. No idea why, but thought I'd try it for this challenge.]
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