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seller: North Texas Home Staging Consultation $125 - Immediate ROI $1,000 - 02/23/09 07:34 PM
How is that possible? Let me explain. 
Hiring a Professional Home Stager  for an affordable home staging consultation has an excellent return on investment for anyone thinking about selling a home.  
Money is tight for everyone. Home sellers need to know what updates and upgrades will be the best return for their dollars spent. 
As a standard part of Home Star Staging's home staging consulting services (as well as a standard practice for many home staging service providers throughout the country), we help home sellers identify where to target home improvements and updates and what will provide the best return on investment (ROI). 
Home Star Staging recently … (9 comments)

seller: Selling a Home in North Texas? Need Help? This class may be just for you! - 01/27/09 12:04 PM
Are you selling a home in North Texas in 2009 or thinking about it?
Are you a North Texas Real Estate Professional who wants to learn more about helping your sellers achieve maximum results?
Are you a Real Estate Investor who wants to know how to stage your investment properties?
Then North Texas Home Sellers, Realtors & Investors (or anyone interested in learning more about home staging) it's not too late to enroll in the fun and informative Home Staging CE Course offered by Collin College from February 2nd through February 11th, 2009.
Offered Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM … (5 comments)

seller: Looking for a few Good Stagers around the country - 12/28/08 03:42 PM
As many of you may already know I'm a big fan of energizedseller.com the website for the dedicated Home Seller and Real Estate Professional.
If you haven't checked out the site yet or joined, by all means, what are you waiting for? This is a FREE site connecting home sellers to RE Pros around the country with many great features being added daily and exposure nationally with supporters like the Dave Ramsey Show
I was recently contacted by energizedseller to see if I'd be interested in a cross promotional type offer where my company, Home Star Staging would offer a discount through their site to visitors to the site … (9 comments)

seller: Sellers, do you know why the first showing of your home may NOT be in your house? - 12/22/08 01:28 PM
When estimates in excess of 86% of buyers are shopping ONLINE on the internet for everything from CD's to furniture then consider that the first showing of your home will more than likely take place online, not in your actual house.
For more on this subject check out my blog at  
 
 
Where you'll find FREE ADVICE from Real Estate Professionals all over the country, from Realtors to home staging professionals, www.energizedseller.com is leading the way to connect home sellers to the information they need in order to sell a home in today's real estate market.
Karen Otto is professional home stager and … (4 comments)

seller: DFW Stage It Forward Roundtable a big success! - 11/22/08 02:21 AM
On Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 I had the privilege once again of leading the discussion topics for our 2nd Dallas, Ft. Worth, TX Stage It Forward Stager's Roundtable at the CORT Furniture Rental Conference Center in Irving, TX. 
 
 
Kathy LaMarr, Home Staging Support Services Representative(yes she has a new title just for the home staging segment of the company!) was again a most generous and gracious event sponsor who not only provided the venue for free but complimentary coffee, sodas and snacks to get us started that morning.  CORT also provided a really cool vase for our stager's inventory … (16 comments)

seller: Why you can't afford NOT to get your home in top condition if selling or leasing in today's market - 09/28/08 10:01 PM
With a national financial crisis and the tales of woe and doom in the housing market many wonder how are they are ever going to get through this time if selling a property at this most uncertain time of our nation's economy? 
After reading an article today on MSN.COM titled: Top 5 Things home buyers and sellers should do now, I am convinced the services of a home staging professional are even more necessary than ever.
Listed below are the top 5 tips for home sellers from the article:
Wait out the market if possible, especially if your house is located … (11 comments)

seller: Hey Mikey, they liked it! - 09/19/08 02:51 PM
This is an update to the blog I wrote "What if I don't like it?" regarding a property in Plano,TX  Home Star Staging staged last month.
Not only did the home seller 'like it', so did several others. 
The first offer came just days after staging and subsequently fell through (that's why it's so important to keep a property staged until as close to closing as possible!)and the next offer came shortly after that and closed this week, 2 days shy of one month after staging.
Initially, the property was listed in June, vacant with no offers even after a price reduction was taken it … (17 comments)

seller: Home Staging CE Course Collin College, Plano,TX - What students say - 08/03/08 08:35 PM
I recently received my evaluation reviews from the students I teach the Home Staging for Sellers and Realtors CE course for at Collin College in Plano, TX.  I was excited, honored and humbled by the comments and wanted to share some of them with you here.
1. What did you like about the course?
"Interesting content, enthusiastic instructor" "Instructor was pleasant and did not condescend as some instructors do. She showed us that though a professional, she is not the only one who can do this" "Great instructor!" "Went to great lengths to individualize her offerings according to the student's interests and objectives" … (4 comments)

seller: A blog you have to read by a seller - "Selling ( & staging ) a house with kids" - 06/04/08 12:25 PM
 
My Google Alerts had an interesting blog post in it this morning and I want to share the link here.
The blog is written by a seller who had their Realtor stage the listing.
She describes in really good (and humorous) detail the process and how it was to live like that for a very short time apparently. You'll see for yourself if you read the post Selling a house with kids
It is so spot on and true, especially when selling with children. However this family made the committment to sell and the results speak for themselves! Stagers and Realtors should … (34 comments)

seller: "Neighborhood" Open House Success Story - 03/29/08 08:56 AM
I've worked with a Real Estate Investor now on several of his properties for the better part of a year. We've developed a great working relationship and know working together often results in the successful sale of the property. I have to say he's one of my favorite clients. He gave me a chance before others did and he's just a good person and we have a good line of communication open. Occassionally, as most investors and Realtors know, the sale of a home, even if under contract, can be a dicey deal, especially in this market.
To make a long story not so … (76 comments)

seller: Collin County & Active Rain Realtor $pecial - Home Staging Consultation Coupon - 03/28/08 05:33 PM
 
Home Star Staging is pleased to offer Collin County Realtors & local Active Rain Realtor members outside of Collin County in nearby surrounding areas this April Home Staging Consultation Coupon.
I'd like to get to know you and show you how I can help you help you and your clients sell faster and for more money.
A Home Staging Consultation is a great addition to your marketing and listing package.
Call 469-964-0516 for more details.
Make YOUR listing the STAR attraction in the competitive Real Estate market!
Collin County REALTOR $pecial! BUY ONE GET ONE discount! SET YOUR LISTINGS APART FROM THE COMPETITION!!!! 2 hour comprehensive Home … (7 comments)

seller: A Most Valuable Player in a Successful Home Sale & it's FREE - 03/17/08 04:29 PM
Sellers, do you want to know what is one of the most valuable things you have in terms of the successful sale of your home and it's FREE?
I'll give you some hints:
It's a something we never seem to have enough of It's gone before you know itSometimes it seems to stand still It flies too fast when you're having funIf only we could buy moreWhere does it go?Have you figured it out yet? The clock is ticking...... 
Well some may argue that time is money and you would be correct especially when selling a home, one of the most valuable things you have in … (14 comments)

seller: Thank you John McConnell, Professional Real Estate Photographer - 02/11/08 10:57 PM
I just wanted to thank my friend and trusted business partner, John McConnell for sharing his time and talent tonight in the Collin College CE Course on Home Staging.
John voluntarily presented a wonderful Power Point presentation, answered questions and gave some great tips on how to take better Real Estate photography for your MLS listings and marketing materials. 
John will also be featured this month on Channel 8 News here in Dallas, TX for a special marketing promotional item he designed for a local Realtor who specializes in certain properties. For now it's top secret but more to come later, and … (19 comments)

seller: Collin College, Plano, TX Offers Home Staging CE Course for Sellers & Realtors - 02/06/08 08:56 AM
t's not too "latte" to enroll according to the Collin College Schedule of Continuing Education course offerings for January - April 2008. 
Although the February class is now underway there is still time to enroll for the April/May Home Staging CE course.
Proudly announcing Home Staging a new CE Course offering at Collin College. 
Home Staging is a course that is; 
 "Designed for the home owner or the professional real estate agent to prepare a home for resale. Learn the benefits of home staging and how staging a property for resale can help you achieve a faster sales time and top dollar".
Collin County Professional Home Stager, Karen Otto shares … (11 comments)

seller: Designing to Sell Secret - A Staging Consultation - 05/11/07 10:35 AM
Drum roll please, imagine they're here....Clive Burns and Lisa LaPorta, the stars of HGTV's hit show , Design to Sell!
You know the drill, they start the show off with a Real Estate Professional (not the seller's agent though an independent third party) walking through the homeowner's house, the owners are "next door at a neighbor's house" watching on video the blow by blow breakdown of why this house so desperately needs to be Designed to Sell AKA - STAGED! - With horror and fear the homeowner's brace themselves for what the expert has to say.  Another version of this show … (17 comments)

 
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