home selling advice: Complete Home Staging Packages - Only $299 - Includes "Hands-on" Staging - 12/16/09 12:47 AM
According to Home Gain's latest survey of 1,000 Realtors (November 2009), home staging has a 586% return on investment. Home staging was listed as the second home improvement item that Realtors recommend for home sellers. In other words, if a home sellers spends $300 - $400 on professional home staging, their home will sell for $1,500 - $2,000 more.
Home staging is the process of de-personalizing a home and making it "buyer ready" so it appeals to the largest potential buyer audience possible using proven design techniques that highlight the home's best architectural features.
Home staging, also know as real estate … (0 comments)

home selling advice: Staging Your Entry Way and Front Yard Using Feng Shui - Let's Get the Chi Moving! - 11/22/09 09:11 AM
External curb appeal and your entry way are the two items that create a buyer's all important first impression of your home.  A potential home buyer will make up their mind about your home in under one minute.
What first impression would your home leave a buyer?

The goal of using Feng Shui to stage your home is to balance all five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) in and around your property. (We are only going to look at external curb appeal and your entry way in this post.)
For a Feng Shui Cheat Sheet on the Five Elements, … (14 comments)

home selling advice: Realtors, Home Stagers, Mortgage Brokers - Are You Targeting The Correct Demographic? - 11/19/09 07:10 AM
With home prices being at their lowest level in eight year and the foreclosure mess appearing to take longer than anyone expected to rebound, who is actually purchasing a home in this market?
Well, HGTV will have you believe that every potential home buyer wants a home that is perfect and "move-in" ready.  HGTV will also have you believe that you can transform a severely decrepit home in two days for under $2,000.  Well, HGTV is not completely wrong but preparing and marketing a home does take a bit more work.
According to the National Association of Realtor's Profile of Home … (7 comments)

home selling advice: Home Staging Secrets to Sell Your Home - 11/04/09 12:55 AM
Even wonder why some homes draw in tons of buyers, while other homes just sit on the market for months, even years? There are several factors that will sell a home in today's difficult market, the price of your home needs to be competitve, your home's location, and your home's appearance (the inside and the outside).In order to make all your rooms appear large and inviting, all additional furniture and clutter must be removed from every room before you place your home on the market.  A potential buyer will even look in your master bedroom closet, bathroom vanity, and kitchen pantry. … (3 comments)

home selling advice: Home Staging Secrets to Sell Your Home - 11/03/09 08:25 AM
Even wonder why some homes draw in tons of buyers, while other homes just sit on the market for months, even years? There are several factors that will sell a home in today's difficult market, the price of your home needs to be competitve, your home's location, and your home's appearance (the inside and the outside).In order to make all your rooms appear large and inviting, all additional furniture and clutter must be removed from every room before you place your home on the market.  A potential buyer will even look in your master bedroom closet, bathroom vanity, and kitchen pantry. … (2 comments)

home selling advice: Using Feng Shui to Correctly Prepare Your Home for Sale - 11/01/09 07:20 AM
Using Feng Shui to attract more potential home buyers is a fantastic idea.  When you start to look at the Feng Shui recommendations, you will see that some of them are identical to what you may be doing already to prepare your client's homes for sale.  Feng Shui does recommend de-cluttering, depersonalizing, cleaning, repairing, and then implementing the 5 elements (water, wood, fire, earth, and metal).
Here is a Feng Shui 5 Element Cheat Sheet for preparing your homes for sale:
Approximately 75-80% of the home's front door will enter through the Career center. The Helpful People room will be the room … (17 comments)

home selling advice: A Good Internet MLS Will Help Sell Your Home - 10/07/09 01:02 PM
Homes for sale that have 20 or more pictures on the Internet get the most traffic from potential buyers. Virtual shows are also very attractive to potential buyers. The Internet is how we attract the buyers into your home in today's technology driven market.
It is extremely important the you prepare your home before you take your MLS pictures that will get posted on the Internet for everyone to see.  The home with the best Internet pictures will most likely get the most buyer traffic to its' front door.
Here is a quick list of what you should do:
1.   Clean … (2 comments)

home selling advice: A Good Internet MLS Presence Will Help Sell Your Home - 10/07/09 12:54 PM
Homes for sale that have 20 or more pictures on the Internet get the most traffic from potential buyers. Virtual shows are also very attractive to potential buyers. The Internet is how we attract the buyers into your home in today's technology driven market.
It is extremely important the you prepare your home before you take your MLS pictures that will get posted on the Internet for everyone to see.  The home with the best Internet pictures will most likely get the most buyer traffic to its' front door.
Here is a quick list of what you should do:
1.   Clean … (3 comments)

home selling advice: A Good Internet MLS Presence Will Sell Your Home - 10/07/09 12:51 PM
Homes for sale that have 20 or more pictures on the Internet get the most traffic from potential buyers. Virtual shows are also very attractive to potential buyers. The Internet is how we attract the buyers into your home in today's technology driven market.
It is extremely important the you prepare your home before you take your MLS pictures that will get posted on the Internet for everyone to see.  The home with the best Internet pictures will most likely get the most buyer traffic to its' front door.
Here is a quick list of what you should do:
1.   Clean … (1 comments)

home selling advice: A Good Internet MLS Presence Will Sell Your Home - 10/07/09 12:46 PM
Homes for sale that have 20 or more pictures on the Internet get the most traffic from potential buyers. Virtual shows are also very attractive to potential buyers. The Internet is how we attract the buyers into your home in today's technology driven market.
It is extremely important the you prepare your home before you take your MLS pictures that will get posted on the Internet for everyone to see.  The home with the best Internet pictures will most likely get the most buyer traffic to its' front door.
Here is a quick list of what you should do:
1.   Clean … (2 comments)

home selling advice: FREE VIRTUAL SHOWS WITH HOME STAGING SERVICES - 10/04/09 09:02 AM
Kate's Home Staging and Redesignis offering a new service to all of their clients. In addition to home staging, vacant home staging, interior redesign, color consultations, custom wood signs and molding, amazing vendor discounts, and organization services, Kate's Home Staging and Redesign is now offering Full Digital Styling Servicesto sell your home quickly.
In other words, we will bring in the accessories, we will stage your home, we will re-take all the digital pictures, and then we will load these pictures into a virtual show to help sell your home.  The virtual show is being offered to all our clients FREE … (2 comments)

home selling advice: FREE VIRTUAL SHOWS WITH HOME STAGING SERVICES - 10/04/09 09:00 AM
Kate's Home Staging and Redesignis offering a new service to all of their clients. In addition to home staging, vacant home staging, interior redesign, color consultations, custom wood signs and molding, amazing vendor discounts, and organization services, Kate's Home Staging and Redesign is now offering Full Digital Styling Servicesto sell your home quickly.
In other words, we will bring in the accessories, we will stage your home, we will re-take all the digital pictures, and then we will load these pictures into a virtual show to help sell your home.  The virtual show is being offered to all our clients FREE … (2 comments)

 
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