PLEASE do not use this image without permission of the artist. Thank you very much!!

I was just gonna ask about the lovely painting..you have tremendous talent and I for one wouldnt argue with you! :-)

Michele, I would like to introduce you to my daughter Sara's work. She is a very talented young lady, and I love her to pieces!

Thanks for commenting, I'll pass on your compliment. 

That is an excellent piece of art.  Now your daughter has options...follow in her mom's footsteps, or hang paintings in a gallery!

Thank you Kaushik, I'll pass on your compliment too! 

Hi Sue - I'm checking in on my fellow associates and here you are with a brilliant post. Your on fire!!! Turn Key properties are hot in the upper end market and if, for some reason the home doesn't sell, the sellers can also offer it as a vacation rental and make 4 times the mortgage. You are really thinking outside the box and I really like that about you...limitless! I can't wait to waddle in the puddles later this week...!

Stage it forward!

I was just contemplating offering this to a client & here it comes in your blog.  Now I am going for it & there will be no arguing out of me.

Great suggestion, and FAB artist! I wish I could buy the Paris at sunset painting...alas, I'm broke at the moment.

I'll be adding you as an associate, to help me remember where to find your daughter's work!

Boy this must have been on the Staging mind waves. I was just thinking about doing something like this.  Thanks Sue. I will implement this now with confidence.

They won't argue with me either :)

Oh, and the picture that your daughter did is just beautiful :)

Sue,

What a tremendous concept!  Talk about thinking 'outside the box' - this is one for the books!  Love the idea - thanks for sharing it with us!

VAL

Sheron, there you are...haven't seen you lately. Thanks for stopping by Ms Cardin. 

Dane, "Paris At Sunset" is for sale? Bummer, thought that one was mine...

Kathleen, yes DO it, your client will be happy. Now don't Argue with me, mmkay?

Lori Kim, thanks for stopping by twice to say hello! Great staging minds think alike, hmm?

Val, you've been busy lately too! Sharing the news helps us all.

Sue,

I always wondered the "why" behind the occasional listing I would see that looked so perfect and was "For Sale" furniture included. Now I know!

I can see why that could really catch on!

Your daughters work is wonderful...as is the web site. The portrait of you says so much...and she looks like you!

That "Marsh Storm" scene reminds me of those long stretches when you're in the car and the water and houses are so far away its surreal!

Very nicely done here Ms. Argue thank you for your insight into putting this list together.  Your daughter's art is awesome too - but she is YOUR daughter - (you don't have to tell her I said that unless you want to)

Good post Sue and "Thank You" so much for telling the sellers to listen to me their Realtor...LOL.  I hope all is continuing well for you.  I spoke to a local stager last week and encouraged her to sign up for Active Rain which she did.  We are meeting this Friday morning and I am going to try and encourage some sellers of mine to give this young lady a try.  Wish me luck :-)

Sue, this is wonderful. Our daughter and her husband in Tennessee build 3 cabins, put 2 on the market and set up the third as a rental. They have quite a few rentals now. They are working very hard and doing very well. I had already checked out your daughters art from one of your previous posts. (Didn't know she was your daughter but figured she was related. There is just something about that name.) I love her gentle touch.

Good points Sue.  I'm working that angle right now.  Sellers don't want to spend anymore money, but I told the realtor that staging will probably be the only way they can get a buyer.  Purchase the furniture then offer it to the buyer.  My thinking is, the house is on the market for almost a million.  Don't you think the seller can afford a couple thousand in furniture, even if they don't make the money back?  People are penny wise and pound foolish.  Had they not been so foolish to begin with they wouldn't be stuck with a milliion dollar white elephant!

Terry Haugen - STAGE it RIGHT!

Congratulations to you and to your daughter.  This painting is wonderful -- and creativity is much needed in this industry.  You can make a property come to life!  I'm ready to find that perfect staged vacation home.

Sue - I often just purchase furniture for home owners also.  A lot of the time it is less expensive than rental furniture.  I have a Court Rental Furniture outlet and nearby.  They sell a LR DR MBR package for $1299 including lamps, mattresses and end tables.  You cannot rent furniture for less.  If the clients do not want to sell the home furnished they can sell it or donate it to a local charity and take the tax right off.  Even if they hall it all to the curb they still are paying less than using rental furn.  

Your daughter's work is fantastic.   

Sue,
Should you or any Stager need or like Ocean Art have them check out www.rncohencom  A good friend with a great talent..  He would love your daughter's work. Have her take a look at his...

Kathy Holbrook

CT Realty Staging

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Thanks all for reading...I can't keep up with comments...but I love you all!!

Are you saying that the buyers will buy the house with the furniture?? I think I am missing something

Phyllis Pafumii

Sorry Sue...

www.rncohen.com

Kathy

Phyllis, yes, the type of buyers listed above buy the vacation/rental house furnished.