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FAQs: Why Does it Pay for a Loan Officer to Know a Good Stager?
Ahhhh...September! Always full of opportunity, of new beginnings, new challenges, new avenues to explore, even new resolutions(!!), it's 2/3 of the way through the calendar year, *PERFECT* for focusing on new FAQs!
So yes, with all the rest of what a Loan Officer in Westchester County does, why does it pay for them to know a good Stager? Why should they even bother?
For this to make any sense, first let's all toss the notion that Staging is mostly about renting furniture. Replace it instead with the understanding that Home Staging is a personal service that eases the mind of buyers, sellers and their agents. The Refreshed Home has a two-prong approach: creating practical solutions to transition people gently out of one space, and into another, while making sure the house is fundamentally market-ready, and shows the best it can.
Lenders who get this, and share the name of a trusted Stager with their stressed clients is doing a kind thing. But in almost any buying situation, selling something else is part of it. If you can help your client sell well, they can buy, which will put money in your pocket:
For the first time buyer, looking at a vacant coop, a distressed ... more

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