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home staging: Home Staging Benefits Real Estate Investors - 01/19/12 01:02 PM
Moving Mountains Designs works with real estate investors, bank asset managers and mortgage asset managers to sell their real estate assets or property. We will stage your assets cost-effectively to make them appealing to the greatest number of buyers. Staged homes sell faster and for a higher price. In addition, staging may help lower carrying costs – the less time your assets are on the market, the less you will have to spend on monthly maintenance, property taxes, insurance and utilities.We are experienced working with investors, property managers, asset managers and banks. Call Michelle Minch today (626)385-8852 to learn how we … (10 comments)
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home staging: A Great Professional Home Stager Is Like A Swiss Army Knife™ - 08/16/11 01:11 PM
An experienced house stager has a lot in common with a fully-loaded Swiss Army Knife™.
Since WWII, the trusty Swiss Army Knife™ has been the go-to tool for soldiers, campers, fishermen, construction workers, even Hollywood Bowl goers (mainly for the corkscrew and for slicing cheese:o). I even have a Swiss Army Knife™ in my home staging tool kit! The Swiss Champ™ has 35 tools or "features" and there's not a lot you can't fix or attend to with a Swiss Champ™in your pocket.
The more experienced the home stager, the more tools she is likely to have at her disposal. … (22 comments)
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home staging: 10 Things Agents Say That Destroy Client Confidence - 08/11/11 06:39 PM
Brilliant post by Clint Miller on how NOT to get the job.
Sadly, I know some stagers are still using "We are the lowest price in town" or "we'll meet or beat the other stagers' prices". Whenever a service provider or sales person tells me that, my first thought is "they must be desperate" and my second thought is "why should I pay their current price since they're obviously willing to go lower?".
Via Clint Miller (Real Estate Pipeline, Inc.):
Seems to me that regardless of how often Brokers or Sales Managers say not to do it, there are certain phrases that … (9 comments)
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home staging: Home Staging A Seller' Secret Weapon - CBS Sunday Morning - 05/22/11 01:50 PM
Home Staging - A Seller's Secret Weapon - CBS Sunday Morning
Watching CBS Sunday Morning is a part of my Sunday ritual...every Sunday. Today there was a segement on home staging as a seller's secret weapon.
While I don't agree with everything that was said, I do agree with the large majority of it. Home staging is a home seller's not-so-secret-weapon for getting their home sold faster and for a higher price. And if its on CBS Sunday Morning, well, it must be true!
There were some statements made during the piece that didn't ring true for me, … (34 comments)
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home staging: You Really Think Buyers Will Use Their Imaginations When They See Your Cluttered, Unstaged House? - 03/29/11 11:53 AM
Here's the perspective of a very experienced real estate agent, Patricia Kennedy, regarding home staging. As Pat points out, neither vacant or occupied un-staged homes show as well as a staged home. She has motivated buyers, but they are having a hard time falling in love with a house.
Via Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors):
You really think buyers will use their imaginations when they see your cluttered or unstaged house?
Well, some might. In fact, there are some buyers who actually seek out these diamonds in the rough. They are usually shrewd professionals looking for something to buy … (5 comments)
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home staging: Home Staging Tip - Don't Make Home Buyers Guess - 03/19/11 11:19 AM
Here's an important home staging tip: Don't make home buyers guess if their furniture will fit in your home. Its very difficult to judge the how much furniture will fit in an empty room. Empty rooms look smaller than rooms that have a few pieces of well-chosen furniture. The furniture gives the room scale and lets buyers know that, yes, you can have a queen bed and there will still be room to walk around it.
Looking at this photo, you wouldn't know what size bed could fit in this room - full? queen? king? Actually, the room … (16 comments)
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home staging: I'm Not Just A Home Stager - I'm Also A Qualified Referral Machine! - 02/27/11 02:48 PM
Think I'm only a home stager? Think again...I'm also a source of referrals & listings. Many professional home stagers are - especially the home stagers that are good at marketing their services to consumers.
I first wrote about this in April 2010 Think I'm Only A Home Stager? I'm Also A Source Of Clients! In light of recent negative blog posts and comments about home stagers here on AR, I wanted to let you know that professional home stagers can also be a source of business for real estate agents. Here's one way home stagers can work hand-in-hand with their real … (41 comments)
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home staging: Is Your Home Stager Insured? - 01/11/11 11:16 AM
Is your home stager insured?
Not all home stagers are created equal and not all home stagers carry home staging liability insurance. Whether you are staging a vacant home, staging an occupied home, staging a model home, or staging a real estate investment property, hiring someone who is properly insured is very important. Its important you make sure that the Los Angeles home stager you hire carries current home staging business liability insurance. And you should also make sure that any employees of the home staging company are covered by Workers Comp Insurance. Accidents happen, and you want to make sure … (30 comments)
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home staging: Home Staging Inventory Management With My Darby™ - 01/08/11 07:00 PM
Home Staging Inventory Management with My Darby™.
This past week I signed up to use My Darby inventory management software to manage my very extensive stock of home staging accessories, artwork, linens, throw pillows and silk plants. I had been using iMagic for a number of years, but iMagic did not work the way I needed a home staging inventory management program to work. I stuck with it because I couldn't find any other program that worked any better or didn't cost an arm and a leg (I'm talking thousands of dollars). That, and I was daunted by the thought … (20 comments)
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home staging: Get Your Home Ready To Sell: Home Buyers Want A Move In Ready House - 12/17/10 11:59 AM
Home buyers in the Los Angeles real estate market want a house that is move in ready. Home buyers don't want an allowance to repair the roof, replace the carpet or repaint. Allowances are for teenagers. They want a well priced home, in a decent location, that they can move right in to without spending another dime.
Its a big fallacy that home buyers want to choose their own carpet or paint colors. If you choose a nice, neutral color carpet and nice neutral color wall paint (both things the best home stagers can help you with) most home buyers will … (72 comments)
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home staging: RESA's Holiday Gift - 12/04/10 11:41 AM
Would you like to become a RESA member at a reduced cost? Would you like to renew your RESA membership at a a reduced cost? You've got until Dec. 31 to take advantage of this great offer!
Via Kathy Nielsen Atlanta Georgia Home Stager (Georgia Interior Solutions, LLC):
With the holidays fast approaching and with oodles of “things to do”, “people to see” and “hearts to warm”- we want to spend a moment to recognize YOU.
RESA, as the trade association for the home staging industry, understands best the commitment you’ve made throughout the year to … (2 comments)
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home staging: My First Home Staging Job 2001 - 11/13/10 09:06 PM
I'm often asked by home stagers just starting out, how I started my home staging business. My first home staging job was in April 2001. Of course, I didn't call it home staging. I had never even heard of home staging. But looking back, that's exactly what it was.
My husband and I were living in Denver, Colorado at the time. He is a pilot for United Airlines and he had the opportunity to upgrade to the Captain's seat flying 737s out of LAX (Los Angeles). I jumped at the chance to move back to Los Angeles and so we had … (12 comments)
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home staging: How can I get the most money for my house? - 10/18/10 04:18 PM
Tish Lloyd, NC real estate agent, is one smart cookie. Her first 2 points have everything to do with staging - make sure your home looks good on the internet and make sure it looks good when they drive up to the front of the house.
Thanks, Tish, for telling it like it is!
Via Tish Lloyd Real Estate Agent Wrightsville Beach, NC (Prudential Laney Real Estate 910.547.1446):
I was recently asked, "How can I get the most money for my house?" Now, this is not a new question for REALTORS® and frankly, the answer is not a new one either. … (10 comments)
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home staging: Who Pays for Home Staging? Agents or Home Sellers? - 06/09/10 11:28 AM
Interested in learning about who pays for home staging from a home stager's perspective? This is a great post by Oregon home stager Margaret Oscilla with some facts and statistics about home staging and how to address the cost with your clients.
As a professional home stager in Los Angeles I feel the homeowner should pay for staging, however we have been seeing more and more listing agents offer to pay for staging in order to get the listing and make sure the home sells quickly and at a higher price. I always recommend that the listing agent structure the … (10 comments)
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home staging: A Great Resource For Home Stagers, Real Estate Agents, Flippers & Remodelers - 05/12/10 03:19 PM
If you are a home stager, real estate agent, remodeler or flipper, and you don't know about Van Dyke's Restorers you should.
Its available as a print catalog or an online catalog here.
Why is this such a valuable resource for Los Angeles home stagers, real estate agents and remodelers? They have pretty much everything you could possibly need to handle missing parts and pieces for a vintage or older home.
Home stagers and listing agents are often asked to repair or replace missing cabinet and drawer pulls, switch plates or light fixtures from the older homes they stage or … (2 comments)
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home staging: Got Toilet Paper? - 04/17/10 02:12 PM
At Moving Mountains Design, we provide certain comfort items in all our vacant staged homes, regardless of price point.
One of those items is a fresh roll of toilet paper. We do this, in part, out of self defense. There's not much worse than having to "go" when you're staging, with not a square of toilet paper in sight.
Another reason we provide 1 roll of toilet paper is that I like to control which bathrooms get used and which ones are "for display purposes only". No, I'm not a control freak. I feel that by channeling all open house … (94 comments)
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home staging: Yes, The Bowling Trophies Have To Go! Home Staging Advice - 03/08/10 04:51 PM
"Yes, I'm so sorry, but the bowling trophies have to go."
"Yes, I understand you're really proud of them."
"You have a lot of them and they are displayed in every room of your house. "
"No, you don't have to throw them away. You can pack them up to display in your next home."
"Really, potential buyers won't be interested in how good a bowler you are. The trophies will just be a distraction."
"Not everyone loves bowling as much as you do. Advertising that a semi-almost-couldhavebeen-a professional bowler lives in this house is not a good marketing … (19 comments)
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home staging: A Video Interview With Pasadena Real Estate Agent Irina Netchaev - 02/26/10 11:36 PM
I was fortunate to have lunch with Pasadena real estate agent Irina Netchaev yesterday. Irina is an agent at Keller Williams Real Estate on Fair Oaks Ave. in Pasadena. Irina is something of a blogging and real estate website superstar, so I asked Irina if she would like to discuss the importance of a strong internet presence and why it's important for Pasadena home sellers.
Irina just returned from the Keller Williams Convention in New Orleans. At the conference she learned that now 90% of home buyers search on the internet before going out to look at homes. If your home … (7 comments)
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home staging: A Real Estate Agent Gets Xtra Real About Home Staging (Video) - 02/26/10 11:45 AM
A Real Estate Agent Gets Real About Home Staging (Video). In this Xtranormal.com video I created, a real estate agent discusses home staging for an occupied home. The homeowner has staged the home herself after watching home staging programs on television.
I'm not sure why the home owner is carrying around a bottle of champagne. That's one of the joys (and great mysteries) of using XtraNormal text to video.
©2010 Copyright Michelle Minch & Moving Mountains Design. Copyright includes video, script of video and contents. Be original, don't copy.
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home staging: Its Official! Vacant Homes That Are Staged Sell 78% Faster Than Unstaged Homes! - 02/25/10 10:28 PM
The Real Estate Staging Association has just released their Real Estate Staging Statistics Report 2010. Professional home stagers from across the US and Canada submitted statistics from their staging projects and the verdict is:
Vacant homes that were staged sold, on average, in 63 days after staging, after having sat on the market for an average of 277 days unstaged.
Occupied homes that were staged sold, on average, in 53 days after staging, after having sat on the market for 233 days unstaged.
The report offers evidence that home sellers stand to save thousands of dollars in holding costs (mortgage, … (12 comments)
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