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Stay safe during showings
Note:  I wrote this blog several weeks ago, before the tragic death of Beverly Carter,  a Little Rock Arkansas Real Estate Agent.  Our team at Home Matters  would like to extend our deepest sympathies to Beverly's family and friends and dedicate this post to her memory.  This is a reminder to our Realtor partners and their clients as well as our Home Staging colleagues  to please practice safety first, Always.
 
Though stagers do not often talk about it, another reason it is important to depersonalize your space while you show your home is for your own safety. When you leave your prized possessions out for everyone to see, remember you may also be inviting trouble later on. I would like to tell you that I have never heard of a robbery happening after an open house, an agent never being attacked by butcher block knives or any other horror stories too awful to mention, but I have. While they are a rare occurrence to be sure they are also a powerful reminder to be safe rather than sorry.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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