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What And How Are Just The Beginning - Why Drives Them To Action
I am re-blogging this post for obvious reasons. Most of our sellers need  this kind of frank advice when preparing their home to go on the market.
 
Most vacation homes, just like primary residences, benefit from staging advice. Whether this advice is about reducing clutter or making a bedroom feel bigger, or creating a flow of traffic in a living room by moving furniture, staging is a necessary part of the process.
 
Sellers often take this advice personally, giving emotional or sentimental reason for rejecting input.  Yet most sellers eventually have to face the fact that ignoring such issues damages their ability to get their desired price and can lead to longer "time on market".
 
Kudos to blogger Sharon Tara for this timely and informative post!
 
 
Sometimes as a Home Stager, giving sellers advice on preparing their house for sale, I get the eye roll. Sellers expect to hear much of what I'm saying, but there's usually something that they are not expecting to hear.
Some of the things I suggest may seem minor and even silly. Certainly on their own they wouldn't make or break the deal. However, small things add up. If there are enough small things a negative impression begins to form in ... more

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