James's Blog

 This tag line can, of course, be read at several levels. First it is a metaphor for risk and effort. In the case of our own efforts, it says Go For It. What ever you decide to do, do it with passion-don't do it halfway. Make the leap-if you fail, at least you know you gave it everything. Sometim...

 I know that I am not the first to blog on this subject but in light of a recent article I discovered and an experience I had this week I want to risk revisiting the subject.I just found a quote by the President of Realtor.com, Errol Samuelson, that listings with six or more photos get viewed 300...

I am not sure if all of you are aware of this, and since it took me some time before I discovered it, I thought I would send out a heads up on the official active rain blog for all of the newcomers. It can be found here The Official ActiveRain Blog  Nice title don't you think?Check it out it has ...

 As some of you know I am always looking for great articles that are both from inside the staging industry and great articles about staging that are from "outsiders." I just ran across an article in the Business Week magazine (March 26, 2007). The title of the article is "How to Make A Deal Bloom...

As part of the normal stager's inquiries that I receive a number of them are, of course,  people trying to find out about the staging business itself. These are pretty easy to figure out by the types of questions they ask. Usually one of the first questions they ask is "What do you Charge?" Now I...

With spring just around the corner my thoughts naturally turn to the outdoors. As a home stager, I am of course concerned with the exterior of the homes I am staging, after all this is the "First Impression Point" and therefore critical. Without curb appeal buyers will just drive on by. In my par...

?If you were being interviewed by a newspaper or magazine reporter what is the one question you would want to be asked so that you could better educate the public about either buying or selling real estate or the real estate profession? It is my belief that the more information the public has abo...

 One situation that home stagers and Realtors frequently see is the person or family that can't seem to let go of anything. Their homes become filled with stuff. It would seem to be a simple thing really-just tell them why the stuff needs to go and once they get the logic of it they will get busy...

 Sometimes people out side the home staging industry can say things a certain way that, perhaps, we "insiders" may not because it is obvious that we are, shall we say, a bit biased. But when ever I see home staging justified by others I try to make note of it. My latest find comes from the book t...

No I am not referring to Shakespeare as my literary skills do not extend to the Elizabethan world of the Bard.... Recently, a number of post have ask the question: To Stage or Not to Stage and looked at this question from different angles. I wish to offer another angle. I personally think that ev...