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    <title>Fernando's Home Staging Blog </title>
    <link>http://activerain.com/blogs/fernandor561</link>
    <description>ECLECTIC HOME STAGING OF THE PALM BEACHES Staging Palm Beach County Homes for sale.
STAGE IT !!! SELL IT</description>
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:40:45 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>What must Stagers do in this town to get a job? </title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Impressions Of A Rainy Day Stock Photography" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/impressions-of-a-rainy-day-thumb273502.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="Impressions Of A Rainy Day Stock Photography"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As &lt;/strong&gt;I sit here, in my office, looking out the window and &lt;em&gt;watching the rain come down&lt;/em&gt; nursing a cup of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;cuban cafe con leche&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ; and&amp;nbsp;I was thinking&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;that there are agents that will call 4 and even five stagers to get a quote for them, have them compete in price and in many instances even showing the stager their lowest bid and asking them to lower it and they will give them the job.&amp;nbsp; This has caused for Staging prices to go down in our area "BIG TIME".&amp;nbsp; I went to destage the &lt;em&gt;3 million dollar estate&lt;/em&gt; that just sold and I noticed in one of the &lt;strong&gt;For Sale&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;estate neighbors&amp;nbsp;that also said &lt;strong&gt;Staged&lt;/strong&gt; on the sign.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; went in and the stager did a beautiful job! , although the house was mediterranean style on the outside, the furniture used was contemporary, I have to say all together looked good, so I mentioned to the owner of the estate I was destaging and he told me that the stager had no room in her warehouse and offer them a free staging fee&amp;nbsp;with a 500 dollars monthly&amp;nbsp;rental, thats why the owner did it! &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;WOW&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; , and I thought to myself.....Is this stager doing the right thing? &amp;nbsp;Or is it better to have the attitude of "In business everything is valid, everyone to themself".&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Bad Business Choice Stock Image" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/bad-business-choice-thumb8234011.jpg" border="0" alt="Bad Business Choice Stock Image"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Question is????&lt;/span&gt; Is it&amp;nbsp; okay to do this in a downtime Staging Season here in South Florida? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share your thoughts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:14:11 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1171105/what-must-stagers-do-in-this-town-to-get-a-job-</link>
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      <title>Wordless Wednesday ................my house</title>
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:12:27 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1154038/wordless-wednesday-my-house</link>
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      <title>Cover your clients hole when de-staging</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Red Hole With Copyspace Royalty Free Stock Image" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/red-hole-with-copyspace-thumb9648816.jpg" border="0" alt="Red Hole With Copyspace Royalty Free Stock Image"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Were stagers, we hammer, screw and display lots of different forms of art on the walls of our clients&lt;/strong&gt;. We do make it look picture perfect!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; long time ago I wrote about this but I recently had an experience I want to share with everyone. Every time I do a contract for a staging I make sure I word that the Property will be staged until it sells or client gives &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a15 day notice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Well, this client informed me that he was going to keep half of the monthly rental until we destaged their property they would give other half.&amp;nbsp; I got really upset and called the client and expressed that what he was holding back the monthly rental fee. Make a long story short we got into it and we screamed back and forth.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Destaging this 3 million dollar home took 6 people and 2 days !&lt;/em&gt; I made sure that while the entire crew was loading the truck i was taking all nails out and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;covered the holes !!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; I honestly did not think I was going to see the rest of the money but to my surprise the client came when we were almost done. He was very nice and pleasant and even mentioned as he handed me the check for the remainder balance that we did a great job. He then asked me "If you owned this estate would you have held part of the payment just in case there was any damage to the house?. You did great&amp;nbsp; and even covered all the holes on the walls!"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In conclusion... I realized maybe I would have done the same.&amp;nbsp; So never argue with your client theres an old saying that says "customer is always right"&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:59:40 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1152644/cover-your-clients-hole-when-de-staging</link>
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      <title>10 Top Reasons why you should sell a STAGED HOME</title>
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&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt; the property has been on the market for over 1 year with no positive results......&lt;em&gt;something's wrong with that picture&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt; Staging is an Investment and it is tax deductible.........&lt;em&gt;Hello !!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt; 85%&lt;/em&gt; of the people cannot envision how they could be living in those spaces when theyre vacant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; you want your home to sell quicker than the comparable competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; according to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;StagedHomes.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the National average of selling a Staged Home is 37 days or less.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt; buyers are asking more and more to see Staged Homes to their realtors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt; you need to move soon and you can't do it until you sell.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; BECAUSE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your things are not for sale your house is.....&lt;em&gt;we de-clutter and de-personalize the home making it neutral and pleasant to&amp;nbsp;the buyers eyes when you live in the selling property.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;You want to maximize your equity by having the house look like a model home .... &lt;em&gt;.............immaculate, Q-Tip clean and pleasant to the eye.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10. &lt;strong&gt;BECAUSE&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;if you are in South Florida you need to call &lt;a href="http://www.EclecticHomeStagingofthePalmBeaches.com"&gt;www.EclecticHomeStagingofthePalmBeaches.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; and we will help you sell the home faster. Let Fernando personally take care of all your Staging needs&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:33 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1148509/10-top-reasons-why-you-should-sell-a-staged-home</link>
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      <title>Sellers don't understand they cannot sell today at yesteryear  rates</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Some sellers&amp;nbsp; are wondering why their house dont sell even if it has been staged &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;for 22 months!!!!!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Staging alone will &lt;strong&gt;NOT SELL A HOME &lt;/strong&gt;,it is a combination of patience, showing it ,open houses It has to be priced right. Have your realtor do the homework and get comparable homes in your area and what they are selling for. Be Realistic! If you get greety &lt;strong&gt;YOU WILL NOT SELL.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Home staging has become the way the entire nation is selling homes successfully.&lt;/strong&gt; If you are the type that thinks that home staging is a waste of time&amp;nbsp; and you are a realtor, then Im sorry&amp;nbsp; your not doing your job rigth. As you know, what we stagers do is package beautifully a home so that it sells at the highest price possible and staging should be reccomended from the beggining to the seller. Is the best weapon agents have to help them get their commission quick! so thats why&amp;nbsp; a stgaging company that you trust should be part of their marketing strategy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Staged Homes.com&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; has the national average for a sale of&amp;nbsp; staged homes which is 37 days or less.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:09:13 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1148441/sellers-don-t-understand-they-cannot-sell-today-at-yesteryear-rates</link>
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      <title>Gorgeous Townhome for sale in Palm Beach Gardens in Gated community</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Built in 1998.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Living sq.Footage under air: 1,294,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 car garage with laundry area with washer &amp;amp; dryer hook-ups. Also, one car paved driveway &lt;br&gt;Bedrooms: 3 , third bedroom is a loft &lt;br&gt;Bathrooms: 2 &lt;br&gt;stories: 2 &lt;br&gt;Gated: Yes &lt;br&gt;Community: Woodbine,PBG&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8 minutes away from the PGA National, 3 minutes to I-95, 13 minutes from downtown Gardens, Gardens Mall and Legacy Place. Also minutes from Mid-Town gardens and PGA commons, shooping, living,dining! &lt;br&gt;Newly-remodeled kitchen with European Granite countertops,ceiling fan,brand new SS dishwasher, microwave and stove.Cabinets finished with SS hardware.refrigerator not included. Many upgrades, only model with private 8 foot ficus hedge patio, screen porch, Master Bedroom and bathroom located on first floor. &lt;br&gt;This is an artists model it has some faux finishes on some walls. Chandeliers in Family Room and Dining Room and other beautiful light fixtures are included, Also all window treatments are included. Custom - made Rolling Plantation shutters on the sliding doors that take you to a screen porch, where you will enjoy the privacy of the patio. Corner Unit Most desirable Jacaranda model. The only one of this model For Sale. Will not last!! &lt;br&gt;Asking Price $259,000. &lt;br&gt;HOA $475 quarterly &lt;br&gt;2008 property taxes $2,021.00 &lt;br&gt;e-mail &lt;a href="mailto:SANDUNGER@aol.com"&gt;SANDUNGER@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;cats are OK - purrr &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;dogs are OK - wooof &lt;/li&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Artists Model Townhouse for SALE in Palm Beach Gardens</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/6/0/6/2/ar124509178426065.jpg" height="600" alt="" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Built in 1998. Living sq.Footage under air 1,294, plus 1 car garage with laundry area with washer &amp;amp; dryer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;hook-ups. Also, one car paved driveway &lt;br&gt;Bedrooms: 3 , third bedroom is a loft &lt;br&gt;Bathrooms: 2 &lt;br&gt;stories: 2 &lt;br&gt;Gated: Yes &lt;br&gt;Community: Woodbine,PBG , 8 minutes away from the PGA National, 3 minutes to I-95, 13 minutes from downtown Gardens, Gardens Mall and Legacy Place. Also minutes from Mid-Town gardens and PGA commons, shooping, living,dining! &lt;br&gt;Freshly painted. Newly-remodeled kitchen with European Granite countertops,grasscloth on walls,ceiling fan,brand new SS dishwasher, microwave and stove.Cabinets finished with SS hardware.refrigerator not included. Many upgrades, only model with private 8 foot ficus hedge patio, screen porch, Master Bedroom and bathroom located on first floor. &lt;br&gt;This is an artists model it has some faux finishes on some walls. Chandeliers in Family Room and Dining Room and other beautiful light fixtures are included, Also all window treatments are included. Custom - made Rolling Plantation shutters on the sliding doors that take you to a screen porch, where you will enjoy the privacy of the patio. Corner Unit Most desirable Jacaranda model. The only one of this model For Sale. Will not last!! &lt;br&gt;Asking Price $259,000. &lt;br&gt;HOA $475 quarterly &lt;br&gt;2008 property taxes $2,021.00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Sale By Owners&lt;br&gt;More Info e-mail at &lt;a href="mailto:SANDUNGER@aol.com"&gt;SANDUNGER@aol.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;cats are OK - purrr&amp;nbsp; / dogs are OK - wooof&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Location: Palm Beach Gardens &lt;/li&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:00:23 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1116206/artists-model-townhouse-for-sale-in-palm-beach-gardens</link>
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      <title>It's SPRING and Home Stagers are blooming all over......OMG</title>
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Im writing this refering to the South Florida Home Stagers situation. When I first started Staging a bit shy of 3 years ago, clients would call ask for quote and then staged with us. I have noticed that has changed drastically during the past year in my market. Now clients are getting 3-4 quotes for stagings&amp;nbsp;, they take the lowest one and have another stager&amp;nbsp; see it and they ask to improve it to give them the job. This has caused the staging fees to go down considerably!!! .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You know how we all google for stagers in your area to see were&amp;nbsp;we come up? .... Well, I recently did that and to my surprise there are now 5 stagers I never saw before, all in my area of work.&amp;nbsp;Some are accredited, others just call themselves stagers. Makes me wonder will staging become my main source of income??? . Honestly, I can tell you that I could not just&amp;nbsp; depend on Stagings in my area.&amp;nbsp; With the economy the way it is people are not willing to spend more than 700 dollars for the monthly rentals, and I can understand that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;I left my 25 year Executive Chef carrer almost 3 years ago to go into this Home Staging adventure, but I realized I am a chef with good taste and a great decorator. As I am returning to what I know best which is cheffing! I can only say this has been a great ride, and don't think I will not be staging in my spear time cause you'd be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:20:47 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1109695/it-s-spring-and-home-stagers-are-blooming-all-over-omg</link>
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      <title>Looking for the Best Home Staging Company in South Florida ?</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...STOP your search you found us !!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/649413/Home-Stager-in-West-Palm-Beach-Fernando-from-Eclectic-Home-Staging-of-the-Palm-Beaches" rel="bookmark"&gt;Home Stager in West Palm Beach Fernando from Eclectic Home Staging of the Palm Beaches&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/8/2/5/ar122626145752834.jpg" height="413" alt="" width="526"&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/fernandor561"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fernando Rosado,Accredited Staging Professional&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;President International Association of Home Staging Professionals,&amp;nbsp;West Palm Beach&amp;nbsp;Chapter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CEO &amp;amp; Founder of &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ECLECTIC HOME STAGING OF THE PALM BEACHES &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREATIVITY IS OUR MIDDLE NAME&lt;/strong&gt;... If you are thinking of selling ,and are serious about it,we can help you get the most money out of your home. Hello my name is Fernando Rosado CEO &amp;amp; Founder of Eclectic Home Staging of the Palm Beaches. Allow myself and my Team of Professionals to stage your home...It's the smartest move you could do prior to selling!!! As seen on 20/20 &amp;amp; other major networks. All your friends will want to follow your smart steps when they are ready to sell their homes. We help you get the MOST $$$ Money for your property !&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THIS IS HOW WE WORK... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STAGING SERVICES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; The Consultation is a standard Fixed fee of $375.00 up to 2000 sq. ft. homes.(Exclusive Detailed Property Report) This is a complete, detailed analysis of your home's interior and exterior, including numerous photos. Recommended changes to enhance the best features of your home, techniques to minimize detractions, and tips for showing are included in this report, given to the client within 3 days after the consultation. Our goal is to make your home stand out from the competition. Consultations are prepared for: Homeowners in preparation of placing their home on the market. Realtors who, as a commitment to their client, realize that the small investment in bringing an A.S.P on their team will result in large returns. While Realtors assists the homeowner with pricing and marketing, the A.S.P. will assist with preparing the house so it appeals to the widest range of buyers. HANDS-ON-STAGING to complete the preparations for selling your home using the recommendations from the Exclusive Detailed Property Report, this personalized and professional service transfers the recommendations into action ! The homeowner's furniture and accessories are repositioned to focus on the outstanding features of the house. In the case the property is Vacant, we would suggest Staging it ,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;VACANT HOMES DO NOT SELL !!! And remember, Staging bids on vacant homes are free of charge .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALWAYS FREE ESTIMATES ON VACANT PROPERTIES &lt;/strong&gt;(In Palm Beach County, small fee aplies to other counties)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/3/1/3/2/ar122626236923134.jpg" height="499" alt="" width="567"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src="http://stagedhomes.com/featured/images/ASPLogo.gif" height="100" alt="" width="100"&gt; WHAT SHOULD YOU THE SELLER EXPECT FROM US...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Fernando Rosado, ASP,IAHSP, is committed to serving our clients with the most up-to-date knowledge and techniques for selling their homes for the most money and in the shortest time. Fernando brings attention to the smallest detail and brings it to a new height. In order to better serve our clients Fernando has completed extensive training and has been awarded the designation of Accredited Staging Professional.Also has a certificate of Continuing Education. He also is the founder and President of the International Association of Staging Professionals (IAHSP) , West Palm Beach County. This designation is the standard and benchmark of excellence in the Staging Industry, providing gradutes of this training following the guidelines, skills, talents and knowledge to be able to prepare a home for sale in the best way possible and at the most reasonable cost. Bi-Lingual in both English &amp;amp; Spanish. So, let me plan the procedure and execute the necessary steps&amp;nbsp;to bring about the most successful home-selling experience and get you, the seller &lt;strong&gt;,TOP DOLLAR&lt;/strong&gt; for your property!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;BENEFITS OF HOME STAGING &lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Top 10 Benefits of Home Staging&amp;reg;: 1.Faster Sales Time&amp;nbsp;2.Higher Sales Price 3.Great Listing Tool 4.Distinct Marketing Advantage over non-Staged&amp;reg; Homes 5.Attract a Broader Range of Buyers -Staged&amp;reg; Homes are more appealing and are Recognized as the best properties to see. 6.Buyers view Staged&amp;reg; Homes as well cared for Properties 7.Building Inspectors view Staged homes as cared for Properties 8.Appraisers are more likely to appraise Staged Homes at Full Value 9.Professional Image-Staged&amp;reg; Homes look better in print and internet advertising 10.Buyers will see your house and the potential by having it staged by an Accredited Staging Professional(ASP)who will present a quality product to the market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;To learn more about the value of a Staged Home and learn about all our services log on to :&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eclectichomestagingofthepalmbeaches.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WWW.ECLECTICHOMESTAGINGOFTHEPALMBEACHES.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:50:07 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Curb appeal starts on the Internet</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which one of these would you want to see?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Would you be interested in seeing both or just one?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img title="Deserted House For Sale Stock Photography" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/deserted-house-for-sale-thumb1274782.jpg" border="0" alt="Deserted House For Sale Stock Photography"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img title="Beautiful Landscaping Outside An Old House Stock Photos" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/beautiful-landscaping-outside-an-old-house-thumb9048383.jpg" border="0" alt="Beautiful Landscaping Outside An Old House Stock Photos"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Curb Appeal starts on the Internet&lt;/span&gt;. Most people dont think about&amp;nbsp; it when posting pictures. You know how they say that you only have one chance to make a first impression ? Well the pictures you post on the Internet &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ARE the First Impression&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and it will be&amp;nbsp;what will motivate the prospect buyer to be interested in seeing that property.&amp;nbsp; Checking the MLS I have found very scary pictures of properties that have been for sale for more than 2 years and they don't understnd why???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I would suggest to hire a professional Home Stager , we share the pictures once we stage your home , that way that first impression will be a &lt;strong&gt;WOW !&amp;nbsp; instead of an EEWWW !&lt;/strong&gt; That shows you how powerful the pictures are.&amp;nbsp; You do not need to stage the entire house. The stager will give a makeover to&amp;nbsp;the entire property even if we dont put furniture in there, we will advice through a consultation what to do with the curb appeal and suggest paint colors for inside. So pretty much Stagers can do as much or as little as you want but in this market I reccomend highly the addition to your marketing strategy of a Home Stager you can trust. And very important to know that Home Staging is TAX DEDUCTIBLE. And don't be scared about not having money to do it.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;All stagers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; adjust to the times and we can always reach an &lt;strong&gt;agreement.&lt;/strong&gt; There are many creative ways to do that.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:18:08 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1057090/curb-appeal-starts-on-the-internet</link>
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      <title>Need a lift of MOOD ?  Here ..feel good!</title>
      <description>Totally unexpected! You will luv !
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:57:43 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1047192/need-a-lift-of-mood-here-feel-good-</link>
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      <title>Is Florida Realt Estate Market and Staging always behind ??? Here is a Recipe</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;I don't understand why are the Staging phones not ringing???&lt;img title="Ringing phone" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/ringing-phone-thumb7466392.jpg" border="0" alt="Ringing phone"&gt; ...as much as they are in other states??? &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is Florida always behind ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; It is pathetic at this stage to try to &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONVINCE &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;realtors, agents and sellers that by staging that vacant property or the cluttered house they are trying to sell.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Obviously Staging works when done the right way.&amp;nbsp; what I mean by that is that &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;STAGING alone will not sell that property&lt;/span&gt; . Staging is not a magic pill that "POOF" gets it sold&lt;strong&gt; NO , ITS NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL !!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The competition of Foreclosures has begun. So , what separates one house from another? &lt;strong&gt;THE STAGING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;it is like a recipe where you will need all the ingredients to have a successful &lt;strong&gt;SALE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Making Pasta - Online Recipe" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/making-pasta---online-recipe-thumb3193430.jpg" border="0" alt="Making Pasta - Online Recipe"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ingredients &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 house or condo for sale vacant or lived in &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Great Staging Company (us)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 Right Price.. this must be the most important ingdt.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;dash of location&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you mix all these ingredients you will bake a&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;GREAT SUCCESSFUL SALE&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;So, Florida let's hop on the bus that most of the Nation is on and let's get this Real Estate Market move forward. We're all in this together Wildcats&amp;nbsp; !!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:40:16 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1042290/is-florida-realt-estate-market-and-staging-always-behind-here-is-a-recipe</link>
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      <title>I want to Stage but Im broke! and my credit cards are maxed out!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img title="No money" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/no-money-thumb651587.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="No money"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Got a call early in the morning on a Sunday.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; "good morning , oh, Im sorry I thought you were closed today and called to leave a message, the gentleman said startled!. I replied by saying we usually do office work on Sundays to catch up with things that I procrastinated on during the week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The gentleman was calling for information. He was worried , because he has had his vacant property for sale for over 2 years. His entire family moved that time thinking they would sell the house quick. 2 years have gone by and he called for advice. I asked him if he wanted to meet that afternoon. He then said &lt;strong&gt;"I want to Stage but Im broke! and my credit cards are maxed out!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;Can we come up with a creative way to do this ? . We then meet at the property and it has a lot of potential.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is what idea I came up with. I suggested that he at least had to give $1000 down payment and the rest when property sold, maintaining the house staged until it sold.&amp;nbsp; Client was pretty satisfied with that answer and asked me to give him a couple of weeks to get the down payment and then we could sign the contract. I even offered him he could pay it in instalments and we could stage once its paid, to give him another option. He understands that by staging the vacant property he will improve the chance of selling it quicker. I loved when he told me &lt;em&gt;"I totally get it, The Staging , I totally do"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lesson learned:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; In this economy with more and more people getting creative as they loose their jobs, I see a lot of services home -based businessess. I for one own Eclectic Home Staging of the Palm Beaches and also created Palm Beach CupCakes, we have to do whatever we can to survive.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:41:44 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1039061/i-want-to-stage-but-im-broke-and-my-credit-cards-are-maxed-out-</link>
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This left me wordless!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQCkizx4UI"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQCkizx4UI&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:54:34 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Hey Our little Ask a Home Stager group is Growing !!!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT Q's and A's&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;in this Home Staging group, I reccomend if you haven't to join! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.dreamstime.com/thank-you-card---restaurant-thumb4411512.jpg" border="0" alt="Thank You Card - Restaurant"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASK A HOME STAGER is GROWING !!&lt;/strong&gt; Im very happy to see the group getting bigger day by day ! It is a great forum were Stagers or Agents get all questions answered about Staging. All the How's when's If's are posted in this forum. I'd like to invite you If have not joined yet, to do so! We get many interesting posts that we can all learn from.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To join go to this link&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://activerain.com/groups/askahomestager"&gt;http://activerain.com/groups/askahomestager&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:20:19 -0700</pubDate>
      <link>http://activerain.com/blogsview/1026701/hey-our-little-ask-a-home-stager-group-is-growing-</link>
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      <title>Wordless Wednesday</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEDNESDAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:23:46 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Palm Beach Cupcakes, Palm Beach Cup Cakes</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/1005706/Palm-Beach-Cupcakes" rel="bookmark"&gt;Palm Beach Cupcakes!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.comhttp://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/2/2/6/0/ar123817962506229.jpg" height="266" alt="" width="500"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We recently had our StagersLIST Expo in the Orlando area and were treated to &lt;a href="http://ehomestaging.homestead.com/Palm_Beach_Cup_Cakes.html" target="_blank"&gt;Palm Beach Cupcakes&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; Not only are these delicious, they are gorgeous.&amp;nbsp; Right now delivery is free within 15 miles of Palm Beach Gardens, with a delivery fee outside that area.&amp;nbsp; SOON there will be a shipping option so we can enjoy these beauties all over the country.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The cupcakes are available in regular and mini size and would be wonderful for just about any occasion.&amp;nbsp; Displays for the cupcakes can be rented as well.&amp;nbsp; Cupcakes are offered in the following flavors:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Chocolate chip &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cookie dough n spice &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Double swiss chocolate n chocolate mousse with fudge &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Key lime - orange n macadamia nut &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Carribean coconut and pineapple medley &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Passion fruit n cranberry surprise &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Red velvet madness with cheesecake &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vanilla bean &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and more!&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Cupcakes are made to order and the sky is the limit as far as customization! Perfect for baby showers, birthday parties, weddings, even a dinner party.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you live in the area, I'm jealous because I have to wait until I return to Florida or until these cupcakes are available for shipment to have another one!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&amp;nbsp; Our good friend &lt;a href="http://activerain.com/fernandor561" title="Fernando Rosado!" target="_blank"&gt;Fernando Rosado&lt;/a&gt; created these cupcakes.&amp;nbsp; In addition to being a talented ASP home stager, Fernando is also a chef.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stagerslistwebsites.com/" title="StagersLISTWebsites.com!" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="StagersLISTWebsites.com!" src="http://www.terrylyn.addr.com/ChrisSignature.jpg" height="72" alt="StagersLISTWebsites.com!" width="202"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Going Green ??? Use BAGUA ??    What are all these things   ???</title>
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;AR UNIVERSITY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Every now and then when I have the time to sit down to read a few of my peers blogs make me realize I have been missing a lot of lessons here in ActiveRain ! or as I refer to it " AR UNIVERSITY" . Here is where I get the scoop on what green is and how important it is to know about it. Every day more buyers are savvy about these things and they want to use green products in their homes. I just learned that theres a recycled glass top named&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Vetrazzo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which looks to the old &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;terrazo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; counter or floorings. I grew up with terrazo floors. The vetrazzo come in so many different colors and I absolutely adore these!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/8/9/1/6/ar12388700761988.jpg" height="128" alt="" width="157"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ok so I have heard the word before&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; "bagua"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; but do I even know what it means. &lt;strong&gt;NO !&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thank God for&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt; Carole Provenzale&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and her Feng-Shui New York blog that talked about it in her last blog.&amp;nbsp; So I went to Wikipedia to find out a bit more and this is what I got&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Ba gua&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language"&gt;Chinese&lt;/a&gt;: &amp;#20843;&amp;#21350;; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin"&gt;pinyin&lt;/a&gt;: b&amp;#257; gu&amp;agrave;; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Giles" title="Wade-Giles"&gt;Wade-Giles&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;pa kua&lt;/strong&gt;; literally "eight symbols") are eight diagrams used in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist" title="Taoist"&gt;Taoist&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology"&gt;cosmology&lt;/a&gt; to represent a range of interrelated concepts. Each consists of three lines, each either "broken" or "unbroken," representing a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang" title="Yin and yang"&gt;yin&lt;/a&gt; line or a yang line, respectively. Due to their tripartite structure, they are often referred to as "trigrams" in English.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The trigrams are related to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji" title="Taiji"&gt;Taiji&lt;/a&gt; philosophy and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing" title="Wu Xing"&gt;Wu Xing&lt;/a&gt;. The ancient Chinese classic &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching" title="I Ching"&gt;I Ching&lt;/a&gt; consists of the 64 pairs of trigrams (called "hexagrams") and commentary on them. The interrelationships among the trigrams are represented in two arrangements, the &lt;em&gt;Primordial&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;#20808;&amp;#22825;&amp;#20843;&amp;#21350;), "Earlier Heaven" or "Fuxi" bagua (&amp;#20239;&amp;#32690;&amp;#20843;&amp;#21350;), and the &lt;em&gt;Manifested&lt;/em&gt; (&amp;#24460;&amp;#22825;&amp;#20843;&amp;#21350;), "Later Heaven," or "King Wen" bagua. The trigrams have correspondences in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy"&gt;astronomy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology"&gt;astrology&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography" title="Geography"&gt;geography&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomancy" title="Geomancy"&gt;geomancy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy" title="Anatomy"&gt;anatomy&lt;/a&gt;, the family, and elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The eight trigrams are: Qian &amp;#22825;, "Heaven;" Xun &amp;#39080;, "Wind;" Kan &amp;#27700;, "Water;" Gen &amp;#23665;, "Mountain;" Kun &amp;#22320;, "Earth," Zhen &amp;#38647; "Thunder," Li&amp;#28779;, "Fire;" and Dui &amp;#27901;, "Lake."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The five elements of feng shui are air, fire, earth, wood, and water.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So as you see I cannot stay too far from the AR U, because you learn something new everyday that could enhance, yourself, your business and your client's knowledge !&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:03 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>WORDLESS WEDNESDAY .... I GOT MY NEW LOGO FOR MY OTHER ADVENTURE</title>
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:05:14 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Are your listing's windows so dirty they are obstructing the view to a SALE ?</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Window washer" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/window-washer-thumb2391988.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="Window washer"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I had the pleasure of working with a family that is selling their own property. Prior to my staging&amp;nbsp; I gave them a list of to do things. They only complied with half of the list. One of the most important things on that list was cleaning all windows..&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I meant Q-Tip clean&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Something that really needed to be done.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Cotton swabs with faces" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/cotton-swabs-with-faces-thumb7739220.jpg" border="0" height="145" alt="Cotton swabs with faces" width="236"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I mean imagine wearing glasses to be able to see everything, but if the glasses are dirty&amp;nbsp; everything looks, blurry, blah!&amp;nbsp; But when those glasses are clean its an entire different perspective. Are the windows in your house so clean you can tell the difference if there is a window or not ?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Grungy Eyeglasses" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/grungy-eyeglasses-thumb1278241.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" height="149" alt="Grungy Eyeglasses" width="243"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Are you aware that blurry, dirty windows could even&amp;nbsp;get you in a &amp;nbsp;depression?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Its an old &lt;strong&gt;Feng-Shui&lt;/strong&gt; principle&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Water drops" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/water-drops-thumb5023123.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" height="219" alt="Water drops" width="212"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;When the windows are &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;crystal clear&lt;/span&gt; on your listing property and the views&amp;nbsp;are uninterrupted by smudge and appear clear ,&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;it could help seal that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DEAL !!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Real Estate Icon Set -- Premium Series" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/real-estate-icon-set----premium-series-thumb7474387.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" height="257" alt="Real Estate Icon Set -- Premium Series" width="234"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;The house is staged now and it looks great...but the beautiful view is distorted by the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;really dirty windows.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Lesson Learned:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Staging is key component of a recipe to sell a house...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;But not the ONLY ingredient To complete the recipe seller must be on the same page as stager to make the investment of staging a successful experience !!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:00:32 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>wordless Wednesday Space shuttle taking off !</title>
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      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:43:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Did you just Stage because you saw  Home Staging on HGTV !!!</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Hurray! First Million! Success!" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/hurray-first-million-success-thumb142750.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="Hurray! First Million! Success!"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mr XYZ&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; was so excited on the planning the staging of his gated senior community 2 bedroom ,2 bathroom townhouse&amp;nbsp;. His mother an law who previously lived there passed away.&amp;nbsp;The property&amp;nbsp;looked great on the outside... but inside it was like going back in time to a wall paper world. The space had great potential. to remove all walllpaper and paint in a real estate taupe. Client was really into it ! the entire process. &amp;nbsp;He was always there for each step to help on whatever he could.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; We finally staged the place and it came out great him and his wife had tears of joy when they saw what they were selling .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Theyve had no luck on their open houses. They keep saying, But on HGTV&amp;nbsp; they get multiple offers on each showing. I had to explain to them the Home Staging is NOT a magic pill that will sell it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Businessman looking desperate" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/businessman-looking-desperate-thumb60506.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="Businessman looking desperate"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;Home Staging&amp;nbsp; + good location + price realistycally = Sale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mr XYZ&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; decided to lower his price a little and Though they were dissapointed&amp;nbsp;before on the fourth open house they had a good offer and they accepted . That took&amp;nbsp; the right combination&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;STAGE IT !!!...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; SELL IT !!!...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Real Estate Agent Jumping -Sold Home!" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/real-estate-agent-jumping--sold-home-thumb812898.jpg" border="0" id="myimage" alt="Real Estate Agent Jumping -Sold Home!"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eclectichomestagingofthepalmbeaches.com"&gt;www.eclectichomestagingofthepalmbeaches.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:24:49 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Home Sellers.... Have I got a scoop for YOU ...by Eclectic Home Staging of the Palm Beaches</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img title="Home and Money" src="http://www.dreamstime.com/home-and-money-thumb7022323.jpg" border="0" alt="Home and Money"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;If you are in&lt;strong&gt; Palm Beach County&lt;/strong&gt; you are in LUCK . &lt;a href="http://www.Eclectichomestagingofthepalmbeaches.com"&gt;WWW.Eclectichomestagingofthepalmbeaches.com&lt;/a&gt; has teamed up with Jean Alicea, Licensed Real estate Broker,&amp;nbsp;when you give her your listing , not only she will do open houses weekly,the first one catered by&amp;nbsp;Eclecti HS, &amp;nbsp;she will persevere with patience until that listing sells. The best part is that &lt;strong&gt;You&lt;/strong&gt; , the seller, &amp;nbsp;will pay for the Investment of Staging the home but at closing &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jean will re-emburse you for it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can you not take the advantage of this opportunity !!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You only get &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;one chance&lt;/span&gt; for a &lt;strong&gt;first impression&lt;/strong&gt; so what would you rather show&amp;nbsp; ???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THIS?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/9/1/4/5/2/ar123768383825419.jpg" height="480" alt="" width="640"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR THIS ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/5/9/5/3/2/ar123768410923595.JPG" height="600" alt="" width="800"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You do the math&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:16:50 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>I didn't even know that the Space shuttle was taking off this day</title>
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&lt;p&gt;I was in Orlando for a Home Staging seminar and I was at thehotel just chilling in the pool when all of a sudden everyoneat the hotel gathered and started looking up. I was asking whats going on ....until someone said the space shuttle just took off. By the time I ran to the room and got my camera....This is what I got !! it was something else!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;very proud of this mission , particularly because it has the first puertorican astronaut to go to space.....&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <dc:creator>Fernando Rosado  561-906-0050 or 561-840-8950</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:05:28 -0700</pubDate>
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