selling a home: How can I get the most money for my house?
- 10/18/10 09:18 AM
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!
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. "Curb Appeal, Staging and PRICING IT RIGHT!" Not the "magic potion" this Seller was … (10 comments)
selling a home: Why Some Houses Sit And Other Houses Sell
- 09/04/10 04:07 AM
Jay Papasan, a VP at Keller Williams Realty, does a brilliant job of explaining why some houses sell and other houses languish without selling. This information is valuable if you are trying to sell your own home or trying to sell a listing. In a nutshell: If you are getting a lot of showings but no offers, you have a value problem - the price of your home is not supported by the condition. You should consider, at the very least, bringing in an experienced professional home stager for a home staging consultation. The best home stagers will be able to … (20 comments)
selling a home: Important Facts To Help Sell Your Los Angeles Home
- 05/17/10 11:56 AM
Here's some important facts to help sell your Los Angeles home: This weekend I went to a real estate conference (RainCamp) at Loyola Marymount University and I learned the following: 87% home buyers are using Internet to search for homes 94% of 24-44 year olds are using Internet in their home buying process 37% of home buyers found their home on the Internet How can you use these home buying statistics to help sell your home in Los Angeles? List your home with an internet and social media savvy real estate agent. Have your home professionally staged so it looks … (6 comments)
There is nothing more disheartening to a home buyer or seller than to have a dispute arise right before closing about what is actually included in the sale of a house. Usually, this comes up during the final walk through when the buyer discovers that an item they thought was part of the contract has been removed by the seller. Most sellers are not trying to be underhanded when they move out of a home, but … (5 comments)
selling a home: 11 Steps For Getting Your Home Sold - Even In This Market!
- 05/08/10 01:42 AM
11 Steps For Getting Your Home Sold - Even in this market. I first wrote this post a little more than a year and a half ago. I've updated it and added another important step. The real estate market has gotten even more challenging since then. But despite the challenges, many of our Los Angeles staged homes are selling very quickly, sometimes with multiple offers and sometimes over asking price. A few other experienced Los Angeles home stagers are having the same experience. Want to know what those home sellers are doing to help their homes get sold? Here are … (15 comments)
selling a home: Think I'm Only A Home Stager? I'm Also A Source Of Clients!
- 04/23/10 04:57 AM
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.
Because I put a lot of effort in reaching out to Los Angeles home sellers as my potential clients, I am contacted by people getting ready to put their home on the market on a daily basis. Some of them already have a real estate agent, and some of them don't. Inevitably, I am asked if I can recommend a good Los Angeles, Pasadena or Arcadia … (6 comments)
As you can see, there are piles of papers yelling "Pay attention to me" and "Look at all the work you have to do before you can relax". Not the message you want potential buyers to get when touring your home. Yes, the homeowners could have just cleaned the papers off the desk and the place would have looked a whole lot … (27 comments)
selling a home: Home Staging For Seniors
- 10/25/08 02:42 PM
Home staging for Seniors This past Thursday, I was invited along with Annie Pinsker-Brown and Karen Ann Thornton to do a presentation on home staging for Los Angeles seniors. There were 90 audience members. I didn't know Karen prior to the event, but I do know Annie from a few Round Tables and Active Rain. It was an incredible event, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Karen and I sent Annie examples of what we would each be speaking about, and Annie kindly compiled the whole into a PowerPoint presentation. Karen spoke about painting, repairs and landscape issues as … (50 comments)
selling a home: Getting Your Home Sold In This Market - 10 Steps To Success
- 10/13/08 03:42 AM
Want to get your home sold in this difficult market? Here's 10 steps for moving your home from "for sale" to "SOLD!". I'm here to tell you that homes are selling, some very quickly, even in this market. Most of the Los Angeles homes we stage are selling in less than 30 days, some with multiple offers. Want to know what those home sellers are doing to help their homes get sold?
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selling a home: Home Staging: Choosing the Cheapest Home Stager is a Bad Idea
- 09/09/08 10:09 AM
Choosing a home stager based upon price alone can be a big mistake. Today, I called a home owner for whom I had done a bid last week to see if they had decided to proceed with staging their home. Very politely, she told me that, while my company, Moving Mountains Design Home Staging, was their first choice, they had signed a contract with another stager because her bid was cheaper. I asked her the name of the other stager, whom I had never heard of, thanked her for time and wished her good luck selling her home. About an … (57 comments)
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