advice for sellers: ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS: Is Home Staging Worth the Money? - 05/30/10 11:17 AM
Laurie Calhoun offers great advice for home sellers if they are wondering whether home staging is a good investment.  Don't forget to click on the photo to see Laurie's real estate show! 

Via Laurie Calhoun Seminole County FL Home Stager (Gloria Home Staging, Inc.):
Are you a frugal home seller, wondering whether home staging a good investment? We know a couple that thinks it is! They invested less than 1/2% of their home’s listing price to have Gloria Home Staging prepare their home for sale, and 8 days later, they had an offer.
An investment is defined as “something given or … (2 comments)

advice for sellers: HOME SELLING ADVICE: Using Feng Shui to Correctly Prepare Your Home for Sale - 02/27/10 11:16 PM
Kate Case offers wonderful advice on preparing your home for sale using Feng Shui.  The goal of Feng Shui is to make sure chi or energy flows smoothly.  This is very important if you are trying to sell your home.  Read Kate's tips & advice and atrract buyers to your home.    

Via Kate Case ~ Kate's Home Staging ~ RESA ~ ASHSR ~ NJ NAR Affiliate (Kates Home Staging and Redesign):
Using Feng Shui to attract more potential home buyers is a fantastic idea.  When you start to look at the Feng Shui recommendations, you will see that some of them are identical … (7 comments)

advice for sellers: ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS: Paint Color to Sell Your Home - It isn't White!! Portland Home Stager Shares Paint Color Tips - 12/22/09 05:12 AM
ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS:  Paint Color to Sell Your Home - It Isn't White! 

Via Pangaea Interior Design Home Stager - Redesign - Model Homes (Portland Oregon):
For decades, the conventional wisdom when getting ready to sell your house was to paint all the walls back to white. But that is SO yesterday!  White .... the color of snow & ice ... does absolutely nothing to warm up a house. It doesn't highlight architectural features and it doesn't enhance the colors of your wood, granite or other finishes. To sell your property today, you need to use soft warm decorator … (5 comments)

advice for sellers: ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS: You Think Your House is Worth WHAT?? Pricing Your Home to Sell - 12/04/09 01:56 PM
ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS:  Pricing Your Home To Sell!

Via Liz Moras ~Chilliwack Realtor, Chilliwack,Hope,Langley,Abbotsford (Harrison Hot Springs, Cultus Lake):
You Think Your House is Worth WHAT? Pricing Your Home to Sell
O.k., so you've looked on the Internet, you've checked the Real Estate Weekly - and you've talked to your Neighbors.  You're pretty sure you know what you WANT your home to be worth.  Next step?  You call the Realtors in.
Everyone says you should interview 3 Realtors - so that's what you do!  And sceptically you await their Verdicts!  Does the highest Bid (because that's what it often is) … (4 comments)

advice for sellers: ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS: Nine Reasons Professional Home Staging is Good For You! - 12/02/09 09:16 PM
ADVICE FOR HOME SELLERS:  Nine Reasons Professional Staging Is Good For You! 

Via Barb Hutson, Home Stager, RESA, ASHSR, SEVRAR (Staging by Sonoran Accents, Gilbert, AZ.):
Nine Reasons Professional Home Staging is Good For You!
 
You will Make More Money...  The average Home Staging investment is 1%-3% of the asking price of a   home and generates a return of 8%-10%.  
2. Your House Will Sell Faster By Using Home Staging...  This means less stress and headaches along with more $$.  The longer the house is on the market, the further the price drops from the original price.
  … (0 comments)

advice for sellers: Home Owners: New Hampshire Home Stager Reveals Secrets To Selling - Transform With Paint - 11/03/09 10:28 PM
HOME OWNERS:  Home Stager Reveals Secrets To Selling Your Home - Transform With Paint  

Via Sharon Tara New Hampshire Home Stager (Sharon Tara Transformations):
New Hampshire Home Stager reveals secrets to selling.
The biggest bang for your buck, by far, is using paint to improve your home's appearance.  Paint will make a room cleaner, fresher, brighter, and more stylish.  It gives buyers the impression that the house has been well maintained and cared for.  It makes your home more competitive with new construction. 
Paint can be used to help minimize negative features and to help showcase positive features.  It can be used to … (2 comments)

advice for sellers: HOME REPAIR TIPS & ADVICE: Foggy Glass? You May Not Need A New Window! - 11/02/09 01:24 AM
HOME REPAIR ADVICE & TIPS:  Foggy Glass?  You May Not Need A New Window 

Via Minneapolis Home Inspections - Reuben Saltzman (Structure Tech Home Inspections):
Fogged windows can be a real... nuisance (no bad puns today).   Fogged glass makes windows look constantly dirty, and some windows get so cloudy that you can't even see through them.  These windows will also have a lower insulating value, but not by much.  While replacing the window is usually most people's first instinct, this isn't always the best approach.  A couple other options would to replace just the pane or have the window serviced … (7 comments)

advice for sellers: Strategies for Selling your Home in Today's Market..... - 10/23/09 09:02 AM
STRATEGIES FOR SELLING YOUR HOME IN TODAY'S MARKET!

Via Tammy Mercado (Dressed to Market, LLC):
     "is your house Dressed to Market?"
Even though the market is slowly turning in the "right direction", it still has a LONG way to go.  Sellers are having a hard time getting enough money out of their home.  This is nothing new, we all know of this problem but some of us don't know how to deal with it when selling your house. 
It does not have to cost a lot of money to take measures to make your property more valuable, more desirable.  Bottom line, when you decide to … (3 comments)

advice for sellers: Do You Want to Know How Much Home Staging Costs...But Don't Want to Ask? - 10/23/09 08:26 AM
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH HOME STAGING COSTS.....

Via Judy Kincaid, Tampa Home Stager (Destined To Sell):
Many home stagers were taught, in their training programs, not to post staging fees on their websites.  The intended purpose was to encourage people to call for pricing and give us a chance to explain how staging would benefit them.  However, I have come to realize that many people are automatically assuming that home staging is too expensive and never making that call.  
Since many people still adhere to the old adage, "If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it anyway," I am in the process of designing a new website that will have … (13 comments)