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What Is Your House Worth? Depends On Who You Ask...

By Sharon Tara

Home Stager with Sharon Tara Transformations

August 31, 2010 03:00 AM

What is your house worth? Well, that depends on who you ask...

Not everyone looks at your house and sees what you see. The thing about "worth" is that the answer will be different depending on who you ask...

For example:

How YOU see your house:

house

How your LENDER sees your house:

house

How your APPRAISER sees your house:

shack

How the PROPERTY TAX APPRAISER sees your house:

house

How do potential BUYERS see your house?

POTENTIAL BUYERS see what you show them, and 90% of them are incapable of imagining your house any other way. It's up to you what buyers see!

Consulting with a professional home stager prior to listing will guarantee your house appeals to buyers.

To answer the original question, What is your house worth:

Your house is worth whatever a buyer is willing to pay for it.

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Leslie Helm

Tennessee Recreational Properties - Jamestown, TN

Real Estate For Trail Riders

Hi, Sharon. Janna said EXACTLY what I was going to say, almost word for word so I'll just say "ditto!"

Aug 31, 2010 06:21 AM

Julia Maher

Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT

Connecticut Home Stager

Ditto, again! Love this post, Sharon! Hope lots of sellers see this!

Aug 31, 2010 06:44 AM

Anna Dovger

Add Value Home Staging LLC, 281-704-6607 - The Woodlands, TX

Home Staging -The Woodlands, TX

LOL, great "show and tell" and it's sooooo true about buyers.

Aug 31, 2010 06:47 AM

Shelley Roufs

Simply Staged Homes - New Ulm, MN

Fun post Sharon. You are very creative!

Aug 31, 2010 08:13 AM

Patsy Overton

Patsy Overton Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia - Duluth, GA

This is great! Are all of these your photos? You should've posted one more... "How your STAGER sees your house. Cute post.

Aug 31, 2010 08:14 AM

Donna Ross

Room Remedy Interiors, Sydney, Australia - Salton City, CA

Home Decorating, House Staging, Sydney

Great post Sharon. And it's all so true. It made me giggle too. Thanks for sharing this.

Aug 31, 2010 10:14 AM

Joan Mirantz

Homequest Real Estate - Concord, NH

Realtor, GRI, CBR, SRES - Concord New Hampshire

Great interpretation Sharon...I love the sentiments

Aug 31, 2010 11:15 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Yvette: Great minds, I guess!

Doug: I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Cathy: You are welcome, I hope the rest of your day was just as much fun, LOL!

Maureen: It's amazing how much of a difference there is when comparing these figures.

Kathy: Thank you!

Aug 31, 2010 12:04 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Sally: Actually the idea was sent to me in another form. I tweeked it a bit and added my own photos and "staging" perspective. The appraisors "house" is from a cruise I went on...a family actually lives there.

Kathie: Oh, that was you I heard laughing this morning? So glad you enjoyed it!

Janna: I'm glad you enjoyed my version of this little funny! I hope sellers do get the message.

Leslie: Well then I guess you get the same response back as I gave to Janna...

Julia: Ditto, the comment to Leslie which is a ditto of the comment to Janna, LOL!

Aug 31, 2010 12:10 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Anna: Sellers don't understand this! You and I know that buyers just walk away if they don't like what they see, unless they are one of the 10% who can visualize.

Shelley: Thank you!

Patsy: They are all my photos. One of the houses belongs to a neighbor, one I took on a cruise, one belongs to a friend, and the other was a staging client. Care to guess which is which?

Donna: I'm happy you enjoyed it!

Joan: Thank you, I had fun writing it!

Aug 31, 2010 12:15 PM

Debbie Walsh

SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY

Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

I love how you ended this post. Right on target!

Aug 31, 2010 12:18 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Debra: Thank you!

Aug 31, 2010 12:21 PM

Roger D. Mucci

Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH

Lets shake things up at your home today!

Very nicely done Sharon, love your post.........so true, everyone sees it differently.

Aug 31, 2010 03:38 PM

Scott Hayes

(512) 786-8300 - Austin, TX

Realty Austin, Broker Associate

Sharon- that is good stuff

Aug 31, 2010 05:16 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Roger: Thank you!

Scott: Glad you liked it. Thanks.

Sep 01, 2010 01:50 AM

Marian Lake Walker

Staged 2Gain - Inverness, FL

Home Stager Florida, Home Staging Central Florida

I also think you put a clever spin on this one.

As you illustrate, depending on their part in the transaction, each will have their own take on it, yet sellers and their agents can be proactive--identify the homes' selling features and effectively market them. I.e. Stage!

Thanks Sharon.

Sep 01, 2010 02:27 AM

Kathy Streib

Cypress, TX

Home Stager/Redesign

Sharon- another superb post, timely, well written, and well "Staged". Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Love the photos you used to illustrate it. Pushed the '"suggest" button.

Sep 01, 2010 03:03 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Marion: Sellers and agents do have some control over the perception that a house creates...they just need to understand how to do it. Thanks!

Kathy: Thanks for the enthusiasm! Glad you enjoyed and found it "suggest" worthy!

Sep 01, 2010 04:15 AM

Russel Ray, San Diego Business & Marketing Consultant & Photographer

Russel Ray - San Diego State University, CA

How funny. I did a home inspection last year for a lady from Italy. She had grown up in a two bedroom, one bathroom home with four siblings, maybe all of 700 SF, she said. Her home here was 1,400 SF, and when her parents came from Italy to see it, all they could comment on was how big it was and how many bedrooms and bathrooms it had.

Sep 03, 2010 12:29 PM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Russel: My husband and I lived in our first home for 26 years...we raised three children there...a small cape with two small bathrooms. As soon as we became empty nesters we built a new home with 4 bathrooms. Crazy!

Sep 03, 2010 12:45 PM