home enhancement: Education and Consultation in Home Staging - 01/22/07 02:38 AM
 
A recent post by Debra Gould Real estate agents ask, "Why should I recommend home staging to my clients?" started me thinking about additional reasons why Realtors should consider a professional home stager vs. just giving their own advice or resorting to handing their clients a book or booklet on "staging tips". However talented a decorator the Realtor may be, there is a vast difference between giving the home seller some tips on cleaning, de-cluttering and repairing and an actual staging of the property.  How many sellers can translate that information into an action plan and then follow through on that … (5 comments)

home enhancement: Top Ten reasons NOT to professionally stage your listings: - 01/17/07 12:14 PM
1) You have become attached to the mice nesting in your lock box.
2) "For Sale" sign has become part of landscape and removal would now require heavy machinery.
3) Don't really need the commission since already wealthy beyond wildest imagination.
4) Afraid stager would suggest removal of client's beanie baby collection.
5) Afraid to upset client over cost of staging due to secretly believing Realtor commission is over-priced.
6) Confused "Staging" with "Aging" and, due to youth orientated culture, plans to avoid this like the plague.
7) Overdose on HGTV shows has caused a strange side effect of stager repulsion.
8) Secret fantasy of becoming an … (11 comments)

home enhancement: Home Staging and Realtor's Opinions - 01/17/07 02:46 AM
I was reviewing some past blogs on Active Rain. They, are, admittedly, from the ancient past as blogging goes (Dec 7, 2006) when I read one of Sheron Cardin's fine postings titled Could Realtors who have heard of HOME STAGING please raise your hands!  and it started me thinking again....I know, I know that can be a problem but it is so cold here today (0'F) that I had to do something to warm up.
Anyway, what I would like is to hear from Realtors about their fears and objections concerning professional staging. I know there are many Realtors out there who have no objections to … (17 comments)

home enhancement: Home staging techniques- adding emotional connection with flowers - 01/10/07 01:30 AM
Nothing quite adds to a home's appeal like fresh flowers. For one thing, they are special because they do not last long. That is one reason why we value them- their beauty is deep but fleeting. So traditionally, giving someone flowers coveys a certain sense that they are special enough to receive them. Fresh flowers in a home can also convey that sense of specialness. Adding fresh flowers to a staged home is just one of those finishing touches that bring it altogether.
The problem is that flowers can be an expensive prop. Most flowers these days will last longer than in … (10 comments)

 

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