melissa marro: Learn Home Staging from industry leaders Christine Rae, Melissa Marro & Linda Barnett in Indianapolis! - 10/23/09 11:55 AM
Certified Staging Professionals (CSPTM) course comes to Indianapolis, Indiana
PRLog (Press Release) - Oct 22, 2009 - CSPTM certified staging courses are cutting edge and recognized by leaders in the field of the home staging training industry. The Certified Staging Professional Organization offers a variety of specialized courses. The CSPTM … (1 comments)
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melissa marro: Are you using the right photos for your client? - 10/09/09 06:45 PM
This week I staged a luxury home in Kiawah Island and unfortunately finished after it was getting dark, leaving me with less than fabulous photos. Going back to get new photos wasn't an easy feat, however. My office is over 1.5 hrs away, the community is gated and gaining entrance isn't … (27 comments)
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melissa marro: Small changes in the bedroom can make a big improvement.... - 10/09/09 06:21 PM
As stagers a big part of our job is frequently working with what a homeowner has to keep the budgets low. Frankly it isn't always economical to rent or purchase all new, nor is it even really necessary. In this luxury home in Kiawah Island, the sellers used this home as … (6 comments)
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melissa marro: Finding the luxury in a master suite of a million dollar listing..... - 10/07/09 03:04 PM
This week my assistant and I staged a phenomenal home in the luxury Kiawah Island market. The agent, Lucie Jones of Dunes Properties, and I have worked together before. The last home we worked together on defied odds and sold in 4 months (the average DOM in this community is over a … (12 comments)
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melissa marro: Diary of a Home Renovation - Fabulous flooring! - 10/07/09 12:59 PM
While I was out of town last week perhaps the biggest change to our house to date took place... NEW FLOORS!! While the before photos of the living room look OK, to be honest the laminate flooring was gross. It obviously had gotten wet and as laminate tends to do was … (6 comments)
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melissa marro: Finding new cheese is simple - it's leaving the old cheese soon enough that's the problem - 10/05/09 09:08 PM
So I've been trying to feed my mind and not just work, work and then spend time being mom/wife/friend. My best friend always asks me why I don't read something actually interesting, but to me, the business books actually are interesting! I recently blogged about completing E-Myth Revisited and how it … (9 comments)
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melissa marro: Feeling overwhelmed, overworked and stressed out? - 10/04/09 09:43 PM
With so much travelling lately I've finally had a chance to catch up on some reading that I've been wanting to do. A couple of weeks ago, sitting in the Chicago airport, I went on Amazon and ordered a few books which had been recommended to me. I wanted reading materials for … (9 comments)
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melissa marro: StagersList Expo Indianapolis September 29th - 10/01/09 04:23 PM
Commentary provided by one of the attendees of the Indianapolis Stagers list Expo this week....
Via Carolyn Stieger, ASPM, IAHSP, CRTS, WCR, WWOCAR (We Stage Greater Detroit, Inc. ):
StagerList Expo Indianapolis - What a great experience today! The tips and tricks that were shared today were incredible. Staging is an … (3 comments)
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melissa marro: Certified Home Staging... What does it mean?? - 09/28/09 08:58 PM
A great post explaining why CSP Training is different than many others out there... We set the bar higher, where it should be!
Via Duncan Scott (The Scotts Group Inc.):
Recently I have been asked quite a bit about home staging training and what “Certification” means. At this point in … (0 comments)
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melissa marro: Diary of a Home Renovation - Prime, Paint and Cave be gone.... - 09/27/09 08:31 PM
Why is it that so many 1970s homes have wood panelling? Ok, so that was sylish back then but why do so many men still like it? Why is it that men cringe when you say you want to paint over wood? Well, if you are one of those guys who love … (13 comments)
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melissa marro: Diary of a Home Renovation - Sometimes making do is good enough.... - 09/27/09 08:17 PM
In order to close on our new home we were told a few things by our lender - the first of which was it would have to have usable flooring throughout the home. Well, somehow they let the fact that there was no carpeting slide upstairs, but the kitchen seemed to … (3 comments)
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melissa marro: Diary of a Home Renovation - Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better - 09/27/09 07:40 PM
We've been working on the new home for about 2.5 weeks now and are definately making progress. Unfortunately sometimes it's really hard to tell. A lot of what we've been doing has been ripping things apart, tearing it out or pulling it down. The good news is that this part of … (6 comments)
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melissa marro: Demystifying the Staging Process for Charleston, SC Agents - If it doesn't sell then we'll stage it... - 08/17/09 09:38 PM
If the home doesn't sell in the first month or two, then I'll stage. This philosophy, designed to save money, actually has a tendency to cost the seller more than they could possibly stand to gain - in both time and money.
MLS PHOTO BEFORE MLS PHOTO AFTER
Think … (5 comments)
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melissa marro: Demystifying the Staging Process for Charleston, SC Agents - Only High End Homes Need to Be Staged - 08/14/09 08:13 PM
After talking to past clients we've realized that often times this is because many agents just don't have enough information. In this series, we'll begin addressing some of the most common concerns.
Only High End Homes Need to Be Staged. We hear this comment from both agents and homeowners. People have … (1 comments)
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melissa marro: Demystifying the Staging Process for Charleston, SC Agents - Cost & Who Pays - 08/13/09 07:25 PM
You've seen our blogs and our success stories and still we see many homes on the market, right here in Charleston, in desperate need of staging. After talking to past clients we've realized that often times this is because many agents just don't have enough information.
Cost & Who Pays? Agents seem to … (5 comments)
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melissa marro: Motivation, Education, Helping others move on & Creating Unlimited Opportunities - 08/09/09 08:56 PM
Earlier tonight I wrote a blog My client doesn't really want to sell so how do I get them to stage? that is about how to discuss home staging with a client who needs to sell but doesn't really want to. In that blog I took a real live situation that happened … (14 comments)
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melissa marro: My client doesn't really want to sell so how do I get them to stage? - 08/09/09 06:18 PM
This weekend I had a situation where I was searching for properties on MLS. My family is moving and as usual we are looking for a dog house in a nice neighborhood to purchase. This way we can benefit for our skill sets and others who don't understand how important it … (15 comments)
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melissa marro: Technology Changes the Way Real Estate is Sold... - 07/23/09 06:02 PM
The Real Estate Industry has continued to evolve over time. With its evolution have come many new and exciting fields of technology and subsidiary business. Just 10 -15 years ago agents were an essential commodity in the business of buying and selling homes because there was almost no way of finding … (13 comments)
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melissa marro: Charleston's local statistics - Homes Staged and Sold in under 30 days! - 07/22/09 10:00 PM
So you think the market is a little stagnant in Charleston? That definately isn't what we are seeing with our staging services. Take a look at these properties that were staged and went under contract in 30 days or less!
MLS# 2904781 - Listed: 2/17/09 Owner Occupied Consultation provided prior to … (1 comments)
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melissa marro: What changes can happen when you add a rug, some plants and elbow grease! - 07/15/09 10:51 PM
This was a stunning home in John's Island, SC. I'm not sure that the home ever was a primary residence but it was fully furnished and no one was living in it at the time. The owner, during our consultation, advised that the furniture in the home was pretty much there … (6 comments)
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