prepare your home before the photos: 20 Ways To Improve Your Home's Appearance Before You List It - 07/01/16 04:01 AM
Sharon Tara has put together a list of suggestions that every seller should take to heart. No matter what size of home or where you live this list applies. 
As a professional Home Stager it's my job to improve appearance, to create appeal, to highlight potential. Most people are living busy and stressful lives and their homes reflect it. Our homes are set up for our convenience and for our comfort....not to impress others.
Maybe it's been several years since you made any changes and your home needs some updating.
Maybe your hobbies and collections have gotten out of hand and … (3 comments)

prepare your home before the photos: Much of the marketing of a home is done before listing. - 07/20/11 07:51 AM
I had a conversation with a Realtor client recently about how so much of the marketing of a home is done before the home goes on the market.
He gets it!
Step one - get a staging consult done so the home is prepared properly. Once the consult is done, the seller can follow through by doing the work themselves or having the Stager come in to do the work for them. If the seller decides to do the work themselves they can opt to have the Stager come back and tweak their work.
Step two - use a professional photographer … (15 comments)

prepare your home before the photos: Put a 'Face' on that propery description. - 02/04/11 02:35 AM
The first place your home will likely be seen is on the Internet.
Those MLS photos will be available to Realtors and the public. They help them decide if your house is one of the ones they will visit.
These photos put a 'Face' on the property description of room sizes, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, special features etc.
To draw the Buyers to your home those picture need to show an appealing home.

 
  Don't show the buyer a blank face.
                                                                                                     Show the buyer a room that they can relate to.

 
 
 
 
 
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Janice Ankrett,   Staging Professional

Janice Ankrett

Staging Professional

Burlington, ON

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Home Staging tips and advice offered to help sellers. Worked in Burlington Ont. and surrounding areas Janice Ankrett helped sellers prepare their homes for sale. Janice worked with real estate agents and owners to help the home sell as quickly as possible for the best possible price.


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