Kathy Strader's (kathystrader) Blog

  “I Stood in Your House While People Looked At It” (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)          When leaving the grocery store I noticed a For Sale By Owner (a.k.a. FSBO) periodical.  Since it caught my attention, I thought I’d take it home and look it over.  While fli...

Whoa! What Happened Here? (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)         As you can imagine, every once in a while I walk into a house and think, “Whoa! What happened here?”  What may surprise you is that it is not the house that is full of clutter that surprises me as muc...

  Some Things you can’t Control (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)           When it comes to selling your house, there are just some things you can’t control.  Disturbing news if you’re a control freak, but you can’t very well change the location of your property, rig...

Home Staging DOES NOT Have to be Expensive (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)           I hear it all the time. “The house is too small for the Sellers to consider Home Staging.”  What!?!  I’ve never seen a house that couldn’t benefit from Home Staging.  Yes some prope...

  This Photo Will Not Sell Your Property (Perspectives on Real Estate and More from a Home Staging Pro)          Sellers often believe that after they sign the listing agreement with an Agent, they just need to sit back and wait for the Agent to sell the house.  The truth is, selling a house is a...