Not Again! - 09/30/09 09:02 PM
One of my add on services is cleaning.

 
I've owned a cleaning business for 5 years, so when I started my staging business it only made sense to use this business as a add on service. Most of the homes that I bid on need cleaning...so why not me?
This summer I was called to do a bid on a small home for staging. After viewing the home I called the out-of-town owner to tell him first the home needed to be cleaned. This home had been on the market for 12 months. We did the cleaning and was going to … (19 comments)

Arkansas Real Estate Professionals Help Activerain Grow In Our State! - 09/28/09 09:18 PM
Come on Arkansas let's get it together and help Activerain grow in our state!
I was asked last week what type of online resources I use for my business. I mentioned Activerain among some others, the reply....oh they've been around for a while. Yeah....I wanted to ask why aren't you a ACTIVE member?
Benefits that I have personally received:
1) I have made a lot of new friends. Does this help my business grow? Of course it does!
2) It has helped me show up on the FIRST PAGE OF GOOGLE!
3) I have received numerous contacts from out-of-state owners that have property in … (3 comments)

Presentations Paying Off - 09/22/09 09:46 PM
As some of you know from my posts here on AR and FB, I was invited by the Arkansas Institute of Real Estate to be a monthly guest speaker for CE classes for Realtors.
I was very excited to be able to have an hour before agents each month to do a presentation on Home Staging.
I've only done two so far, doing another this Friday. But what I feel is already paying off is that last week I saw the instructor of these classes and he told me that since my last presentation that he had been contacted by two … (6 comments)

Now I Know Where It All Started...Thanks Tinker - 09/22/09 09:05 PM
Thanks to  Tinker Hulsey Century 21 Indian Realty Jonesboro Ark  and her post DOLL HOUSE DOOR PRIZE CRAIGHEAD COUNTY FAIR JONESBORO ARKANSAS  Now I know where it all started!

I loved doll houses as a young girl. I would play in my little doll house for hours. I would even make my own furniture out of everyday household items. Is this where I learned how to work with what you have? Did I learn to stage houses from my little doll house as a young girl?
Thanks Tinker, this explains a lot about where I am today.
I also guess this … (4 comments)

Dear Mr. Seller, I TRIED to Help You, but ... - 09/16/09 09:36 PM
 
Via Maureen Bray ~ Home Stager Portland OR ~ Room Solutions Staging (Staging that Sells Portland Homes):
Dear Mr. Seller,
You contacted my company 3 months ago and requested a staging proposal for your home.  It's in a premier Portland neighborhood and you said you knew it needed some help before listing. You'd already bought another home and were packing up your things to move out in a few days.
When I arrived to view your home, it was surprising to see a huge pool table in your dining room!  We laughed together about that and also the long heavy dark … (3 comments)

Knack for decorating and "fluffing"-NOT! - 09/16/09 09:34 PM
 

Via Terrylynn Fisher, Realtor, CRS,CSP,SRES, EcoBroker,LGLS CP,RCS-Divorce,DRE#615420 (Diablo Realty - BuyStageSell.com):
Knack for decorating and Fluffing-NOT!
You've heard of home staging which has been around for years and embraced by some Realtors as a marketing tool and is now almost a household word.  However, the fluffing of 8 years ago, has evolved into a systematic and sophisticated marketing tool, taking a home, and reinventing it as a product with the lifestyle and target buyer demographic utilitized as the starting point.  The putting a chair cover on a plastic chair or table and greenery on every surface is no longer utilized … (0 comments)

OREO... Not The Cookie - 09/15/09 09:50 PM
 OREO...Other Real Estate Owned

This is what most banks refer to for their Other Real Estate Owned...Foreclosures!
Ready, Set, Stage! has been trying to break into this market for months, knowing we can help our local banks with their OREO's.
What happened this week! We have received two calls from Realtors that said the bank has requested bids for Home Staging!
I'm not getting to excited yet, but this is a positive sign that Northwest Arkansas banks are looking into a great marketing tool!
Kudos to any bank that is exploring Home Staging. Unlike the OREO cookie (being so sweet, your OREO's … (13 comments)

Beautiful Home, 4902 Ridge Mont Road, Bentonville, AR - 09/15/09 08:18 PM
 
Ready, Set, Stage! had the privilege of working on this beautiful home located at 4902 Ridge Mont Road, Bentonville, AR.
This home is listed by Tara Cummings-Limbird www.TaraCummings.com
MLS#585157 Listed for $319,900.00, 2550 s.f. 4 bedrooms and 3 baths, fantastic family neighborhood!
 


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