James's Blog

 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 ...

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 b...

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...

 "If you can kill a snake with it, it ain't art"                                    Orcenith Lyle Bonge [1] A couple of remarks about art; as the folk artist that I am quoting is alluding to all things that hang on a wall are not art. So what do you do when you client has an atrocious piece of an...

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...

Home staging is about creating great first impressions as well as memorable ones. Home buyers are looking at larger numbers of homes thanks to increased use of the internet. Buyers now have access to what traditionally was the domain of the Realtors only - the MLS. Now potential buyers can search...

I have an idea that I would like to test out with both Stagers and Realtors. I have this pet theory that our clients use two very different mental processes when they buy a home versus when they sell a home. I think that this can go some way toward explaining some of the phenomena we see in the r...

Does anyone have any information on a staging directory called www.stagingdirectory.com? I received an adverrt from them but when I try to find them on the web, I get nothing.

Every day home sellers lose thousands of dollars by failing to properly prepare and market their homes. They mistakenly believe that all they need to do is to list their home with a realtor, give it a good cleaning, and wait for the agent to bring the buyers. What sellers fail to do is to set the...