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2009 

Hi again, I'm so happy another home has sold due to the help of home staging from Ready Set Stage.  This cute little house sat vacant for a year.  We came in and staged it on July 13th.  The owners had 2 offers last week and accepted one on August 20th.  That is only 38 days!!!  Yeah.  Here are s...
08/23/2009
Hi all, I made a photoshow that's so fun.  I just finished another house for a wonderful client.  I put the music to our hometown hero Chris Daughtry's new song.  I love him!!! (and he lives right down the street, hee hee) I've had the pleasure of seeing him in the grocery store too.    Anyway, h...
08/18/2009
Hi Everyone, Ok, so I went to this house Thursday and took some pictures and emailed the quote to the Realtor Friday.  Well, instead of answering my quote, she called me yesterday (Saturday) at 11am and asked if I could help her do some staging for the open house TODAY (Sunday).  So....I started ...
08/16/2009
Hello, I was just browsing my local MLS listings and thought to myself, "Why are some of these photos on here?"  Many statistics have shown that most home buyers START SEARCHING ONLINE!!!  Wouldn't you want the photos to look GREAT.  In such a competitive market, you could be driving away traffic...
08/13/2009
Last month I blogged about a floor plan that had me stumped.  The living area, which is the only one in the house, had the strangest layout.  Buyers that were coming through had a very hard time invisioning how they would lay out their furniture in this space.  The Realtor convinced the builder t...
08/10/2009
  Even on a small budget, staging can make a difference.  When a potential buyer walks into a vacant home, 90% of them cannot visualize how to place furniture or the scale of the room since there is nothing in it to compare the size of the room to.  By simply placing a few pieces of furniture and...
08/08/2009
Hi all, Well I finally found a furniture company that will work with me by providing furniture from their showroom.  Barbara Mann with Remax Realty Consultants called me and asked for my help on a Brownstone that she is listing.  It has been on the market for over a year with no interest.  This e...
08/06/2009
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