STAGER NEEDED IN VAIL< CORORADO!!!! 

I need to find a stager for a friend who has a home in Vail, Colorado but is living here in Tucson. House is currently listed and needs to get it sold. He is interested in talking to someone ASAP!

Please contact me if you are in that area or know of someone in that area. Thank you.

Hello fellow AR members.... FYI, I have recently signed on as a Design Consultant

with 3Day Blinds.

Growing my business means providing homeowners and professionals, like you, with beautiful, high quality window treatments. So, I am asking for your help. Do you need window coverings at your home? Do you know others who need window coverings? You have my heartfelt appreciation for any referrals you can pass along!

For over 30 years, 3 Day Blinds custom window treatments have made life brighter for our customers. If you're moving, growing a business or upgrading an empty nest , call me for a FREE design consultation. See how easy it is to discover the perfect window treatment for your taste and lifestyle.

If you have questions about which window coverings are best for your home or office, I can send you our beautiful FREE 3 Day Blinds Style Guide and offer a FREE no obligation design consultation in the privacy of your home or office. I will bring with me our showroom of options right to your home or office and you can see samples in the light from your own windows.

I will gladly manage your project from start to finsih including quaranteed accurate measurements, custom window treatments and professional installation.

I care about people and want to always give the very best in service and quality. So, remember to call or refer family , friends and assoicates. I will take good care of them and as always I offer a 20% discount to all my referrals. You'll love the treatment!

Warmly,

Dee Vaughn

Design Consultant, Interior Designer

520-720-8694  dvaughn@3day.com         

I was given this idea to market my staging business which for the last year has been pretty much non exsistant due to lack of Realtors wanting to provide their clients with Staging.

So the idea goes like this: Contact a title company to see if they would like to partner with me in offering to local Realtors and their clients and Staging Consultation at the low cost of $50 per cleint in a group setting. The presentation or consultation would take place at the title agency, refeshments would be provided and the Realtors could bring one client with them along with photos of their home.

There would be limited seating to provide adequate time for all parties involved.

I would then present a brief presentation about staging and show before/after shots and then open it up to questions and provide suggestions according to what I see in their photos. Now, I am all about going all out with suggestions. The homeowner can decide what fits their budget.

This allows for low cost staging advice, educating the agents and sellers on the value of staging and most importantly open the door to more staging with those clients and their agents.

What do you think of this idea and do you have any suggestions to make it better?

Well everyone it is done. The staging of my brother-in-laws home in Indpendence, Or. was completed last week and placed on MLS on Monday this week. It looks great and knowone can come close to how good it looks on the internet now...Wow!

I put together a real estate show for you all to enjoy. Take a look and give praises to Margaret of Creative Concepts in Salem, Or. Her work on this project was both professional and heartfelt. Our thanks and many blessings go out to her and her husband for all their hardwork and dedication to their profession

If you know of anyone who needs a great home in this area please, pass the information on about this beautiful home.

Margaret Oscilia of Creative Concepts in Salem, Oregon has taken on a very personal staging job for me and my family. She will be staging my brother-in-laws home in Independence, Oregon on Monday.

My older sister went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly in January this year. Her husband needs/wants to sell the home to be closer to his family. His son is currently living with his grandparents about 4hrs away.

He listed the home about six months ago but has had very little to no traffic during this time and was feeling quite helpless and hopeless.

I knew I had to do somthing to help. I also knew, I could not fly up to do the staging for him, I knew he was not in the right state of mind to do the staging by phone or email. I knew he needed help locally and I knew I could find someone who would take good care of him. It is in our nature as stagers to help those who are in need.

I originally went online to Home Staging Resource, where I took my staging certification. I found a few stagers in the Portland area and contacted one of them, but they where unable to go out that far so they referred me to Margaret. I immediately recognized her name from AR, checked out her website, emailed her with some information.

Margaret said, "YES".

I then needed to talk with my brother-in-law to see if he would be on board. We talked and he was very interested. He said, " I have to do something, what I am doing is not working." He had only 3 people in six months see his home.....

I then handed him over to Margaret and she did her homework and found that the homes in his area and price range were selling! He is now listed with a New Agent, Margaret will be staging on Monday and professional photos will be taken on Tuesday.

Thanks to Margaret and the new agent, his hope is restored and he does not feel hopeless anymore. He feels like he has team on board who truly cares and wants to see him reunited with his son and soon.

Margaret and I will keep you posted. God bless.

Working with a decorating client, helps them sell their home. Who would have known....

I worked with a client to decorate her home and after a year of them working on the home they had to sell.

She called in a Realtor to look at the property and he said the place looked great! She was a little worried because we did add punches of bold colors throughout the home, but he said they are very current colors and the target market for this area is young couples.

That Realtor did not take the listing, because this couple needed to sell in less than 45days and he said it would be a waste of his time and money. He said it would never sell that fast!

Next, Realtor came on board and he too loved the house. It was well kept and he thought he wanted the challenge to sell it.

Sell he did! The first people he brought over loved it and put in an offer for the asking price.

This post is inspired by Virginia Tatseos New Group about bad MLS photos.

 I was just at a clients home the other day or maybe I should say a hopeful future client. The client wanted to know what I thought would help get people looking at his home and get it sold. I told him exactly what I thought. Yes, it was going to take some money , but very,very,very little in comparison to a price reduction!!! I wanted to tell him what I thought about the listing price also but that is not my area of expertise. I will leave that to the Realtor.

My point is, I had integrity by telling the truth. I may not get the job because of it. Oh well, but I know if those things are done it will sell alot faster and hope-full at the listing price.

I have heard from Realtors, that they are afraid to tell clients what they need to hear, because they could lose them to someone else. Is that how you want to do business? Taking a listing that is not ready to be listed, just in the hope of a miracle buyer....

So, tell your client you need to take photos of their home and give them a check list of what to do to make those photos the best. We all know the internet statistics don't we? No, dishes in the sink or on the counter, and put down the toilet seat, PLEASE! and the list goes on. And most important, inform your clients all clients up front about the wonderful stager or stagers in your community.

I know times are tough. I know very well, but be honest and let what happens happen...

I have been working on building a staging service with my business and I am woondering if maybe I would get more work if the agents new I could do more with my own inventory. My question or questions are:

1.  What do you buy? Do you start purchaseing for one style or price point and cover the major areas of the home?

2. How much is a good investment, without having so much furniture inventory it just sits there? Furniture for one home or more?

3.  How much does it cost for insurance on these items or iinventory as a whole?

4. Is it more cost effective than renting?

5. How much storage do I need to hold 2 homes worth and all those accessories?

6. Where do you store your inventory? I live on over 2 acres so I have the capasity to put a store room here.

7. Is your storage climate cnntroled?

8.  How do you transport your inventory?

WOW! Just writing out those questions makes me think that renting is a really good idea. The cost for all the above sounds crazy to me. Okay, stagers let me have it.....

Okay, I met with the builder this afternoon. It went real well. Beautiful home, but I can see pass all the things most buyers will not.

Landscaping needs work

Floors are not finished

Base boards not done

No ceiling fixtures

Otherwise the architecture and details of this home are top notch! Dark wood beams, fabulous windows with views of green pastures and mountains, quality cabinetry and lots of storage and closets!!!!!

So, I recommended doing the landscaping and finishing the floors. The concret is in excellent shape so I said to stain it, seal it and put the base boards in. Then rent the furniture for 1 month. Take great photos all around, place the NEW photos on MLS and hope for the best. Then month to month he can decide if he wants to keep the furniture, but at least the internet photos would draw them in.

I spoke with him about his carrying cost vs. the cost of staging for a few months to get it sold. The statistics support staging 100%.

I will keep you all posted as to what he decides.

Oh by the way, the Realtors staging was okay, but with the house the way it is right now I don't see doing much to change it....

What would you charge for this as a monthly rental fee?

Sofa, 2 chairs, coffeetable, 2 end tables, 2 lamps, 2 8x10 area rugs, 52" round dining table, 4 chairs, queen size bed with headboard and footboard, 2 nightstands, 2 lamps, comfortable chair with side table and floor lamp

The home is New Construction, Southwestern/spanish style architecture. Budget is very minimal...

Why am I asking? I will have to rent furniture and rent it quickly. The only place available is Arron Rents and from looking on line I can do it for about $500 a month.