As the year winds down, many of us are in planning mode for 2008. Today, I took a step toward bringing plans for the future to fruition, and I wanted to share it with both the Active Rain and Long Island communities. This is a bit unusual, but I've always been one to try and do things a little differently.
If you're an Active Rain member, you have probably established relationships with other Active Rain members throughout the country, although it's quite likely that you've met very few (if any) members face-to-face. Today, I had my first-ever face-to-face meeting with another Active Rain member, nearly five months after joining the community.
Most times these meetings between Active Rain members are written about, but they are usually written as "members only" posts, since the meeting wouldn't necessarily be of interest to the general public. I decided to make this post public because there will be benefits to Long Islanders in the near future as a result of this meeting.
Many people have heard the term "staging," but may not fully understand what it's all about. If you've watched shows like "Sell This House" or "Designed To Sell", then you know what staging is, even if you didn't know the term for it. On Long Island, staging is still in its infancy, so it stands to reason that many home sellers are unaware of what staging can do for them to help them sell their home.
As a Long Island REALTOR®, it is in my best interest to help educate Long Islanders on the benefits of staging their home before putting it on the market. However, until recently, I did not know any stagers personally, so it made the process of selling the benefits of staging a bit difficult. Today's meeting with Kathy Passarette of Creative Home Expressions was an important step in my quest to heighten awareness about the benefits of staging to Long Islanders.
Based on the relationship that Kathy and I have built both on Active Rain, and in our phone conversations, I had no doubt that our face-to-face meeting would be very productive. Before we knew it, our cup of coffee turned into a two-and-half hour meeting about working together in the future. A lot of great ideas were exchanged, and it won't be long before Kathy and I team up with other professionals involved in typical real estate transactions to present seminars to homeowners that are thinking about selling their home on Long Island.
It was great to finally have a face-to-face meeting with one of my new friends. If you're an Active Rain member, I would highly recommend trying to get together with other members of the community whenever possible. Because of Active Rain, I have been able to fill a very important role on the team of professionals that I work with on real estate transactions. This team will be hitting the road in 2008 together to do our part to educate the Long Island community about the home selling process.
Whether you are an Active Rain member or a Long Island homeowner, I would definitely recommend that you check out Kathy's blog for helpful hints about home staging and things to do on Long Island.
About The AuthorAdam Waldman is a Long Island Residential Real Estate and Relocation Specialist that can assist you with the purchase and/or sale of real estate on Long Island or any place else in the country by connecting you with a relocation professional in your destination of choice. Many Long Islanders have chosen to relocate to other parts of the country, but often times they don't have anyone to turn to for assistance. Realizing that this was an underserved market, Adam Waldman has created a team of professionals throughout the country to ensure that relocating Long Islanders enjoy a smooth transition to their new area. These professionals are experts in the field of relocation and can serve many purposes beyond a simple home search. Please visit www.TheLIReloGuy.com for your relocation needs and www.AdamWaldman.com for your local needs.
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I'm happy to report I've met many AR friends and it certainly DOES pay off to get together as often as possible. We're like the Free Masons of the new century!