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Will you tell them what needs to go?

By
Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Realty Specialists Inc.,

Yes yes, I know that you have lived here for 35 years.

Yes, I know that you marked all their heights on the door frame every birthday.
But there comes a time when you need to sell the house to get the most money out for your retirement. Will you tell Mom and Dad what they really need to hear?
Will you be objective and hide all those momentous and memorabilia. I have an easier solution.
Lets call an experienced Home Stager. Christine's Motto is Stage. Save. Sell.


Christine LeLacheur advised me that According to Canadian Business Magazine, staged homes are on the market half the time of the average home and sell for almost 5% more than the average home. With the average house price in Toronto around $385,000, staged homes can mean over $19,000 in your pocket! And, although it's been around for years, it's still considered a relatively new segment of the industry, which means that Toronto realtors and homeowners who are proactive in staging their properties are already leaps and bounds ahead of the competition! With the real estate market right now, don't you want a surefire way to keep ahead of the competition and sell faster and for more money?

Christine LeLacheur can be contacted at P: 416.485.7879 C: 416.619.5231 E: christine@thefrugalstager.com or on Twitter follow @thefrugalstager

If you are considering selling I would be pleased to interview with you. Call me at 647 218 2414 or email David@DavidPylyp.com

Comments(12)

Jeani Codrey
RE/MAX Corridor - New Braunfels, TX
Director of Opportunity & Agent Development

That is so cool!  Kudos to you for such an awesome plug for The Frugal Stager...I love that name too!  I like the way you did the video...short but meaningful!

Oct 08, 2009 07:13 AM
Michael A. Caruso
Surterre Properties - Laguna Niguel, CA

David,

Good post. I have always believed in home staging and have frequently used staging companies to get the home sold. it's a big business in Southern California. Good luck to you.

Best regards.

Michael Caruso, Broker ABR ABRM CRB CRS GREEN GRI

2007 President, Orange County Association of Realtors           

 

 

Oct 08, 2009 07:21 AM
Steve Andrascik
Lake Mead Area Realty - Boulder City, NV
Interesting information. The video is a great idea. How did we ever live without all these electronic amenities?
Oct 08, 2009 07:23 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Good info...I agree: great name!

Oct 08, 2009 07:25 AM
Troy Jowers
Pogo Realty, LLC - New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Realtor

Good post, and I veyr much believe in staging too. However, I make sure I've got my stagers back during those tough conversations. We actually had one woman start crying and took no less than 30 minutes to see that she shouldn't be taking it personally!

Oct 08, 2009 07:53 AM
David Pylyp
RE/MAX Realty Specialists Inc., - Toronto, ON

Thank you very much for all your comments and suggestions.

Troy,  OMG You made the Lady cry!  TG She was not a FSBO!  

Thank you for all your comments!

Continued Success

David Pylyp

 

Oct 08, 2009 08:29 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Good post David and thank you for supporting Staging. I've haven't made anyone cry yet .... ;) I try to tell them that I am going to change the focus of their decorating from 'living' to 'selling'. There is a completely different focus and this is where my comments are coming from.

Oct 08, 2009 11:00 AM
Brian Madigan
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON
LL.B., Broker

David,

 

Excellent post and the $19,000 comment makes it strike home.

 

Brian

Oct 11, 2009 06:41 AM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

I caught the Re/Max commercials today on HGTV. Well done.

Oct 11, 2009 02:48 PM
David Pylyp
RE/MAX Realty Specialists Inc., - Toronto, ON

Thank you Janice,

Is there a link available to the HGTV commercials?

 

Oct 11, 2009 11:57 PM
Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Sorry David, I don't know of any link. If I come across one I will let you know. The commercials were woven around a show about 20 ways to increase the value of your home.

Oct 12, 2009 05:39 AM
Monica Stanciu
Staged 2 Sell Solutions Inc. - Markham, ON
Staged 2 Sell Solutions, Markham, ON

Hi David!

I am happy to see that more and more Realtors incorporate staging in their businesses. Simply put, staging does an effective "packaging" to the product Realtors sell - properties. We are trained to deal with the "naked truth" by explaining the homesellers the reasons why we might say things that sometimes are hard to say or hear.

 

Oct 12, 2009 03:23 PM