Selling a house in a difficult location? Have you considered other ways to market the property besides reducing the price? While we cannot change the location of a property we can improve the appeal to buyers if the property is indeed in good condition. There are always buyers looking in certain
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07/24/2008
Just finished watching "The Stagers" on HGTV and wanted to give a quick review on what I must say was a pretty fair representation of what we do and go through as professional home stagers although for many of us, on a much smaller scale. I don't know how many of you work on properties in the pri
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07/20/2008
Want to freshen the look of a dated or worn window treatment in your kitchen? It's really simple! Purchase color coordinated cotton napkins that work with the colors of your kitchen.I found the ones in the photo at Pier 1 on sale for around $1.28 each. Remove old window treatment Fold napkins on
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07/17/2008
This summer we've been doing some improvements on our own house. It had been about 6 years since we did the last major improvements and we were ready to tackle a few more. As a professional home stager I understand the value of improving ones home before even thinking about selling. Far too ofte
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07/17/2008
It's a "Neighborhood Open House" Join Sarah Nguyen of Janus Real Estate Group and myself, Karen Otto of Home Star Staging at 740 Mustang Ridge Drive, Murphy, TX, 75094 When: Sunday, July 20, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 4:00 PM It's a neighborhood open house and our friends and neighbors here at Active Ra
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07/14/2008
Real estate professional? Selling a home? Or just interested in learning more about Home Staging? Check out the schedule of Continuing Education courses offerings at Collin College Home Staging is a course that is; "Designed for the home owner or the professional real estate agent to prep
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07/06/2008
The Sunday, July 6th Dallas Morning News reports that Forbes magazine has ranked Collin County, TX one of the best places to live in the US! According to the article, Collin County was the ONLY county in the State of Texas to make the list. WAY TO GO COLLIN COUNTY! To read the full article by col
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07/06/2008
Let me first say, we are not moving. At least not this month. But we are re carpeting our 2nd floor and replacing our white wooden stair balusters for our enjoyment as well as the future return on investment. Why did we really want to do this? Heck, we want to enjoy the upgrades now while we liv
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07/05/2008
