home staging: If I Stage my Matthews-Mint Hill Home will you guarantee me it will sell?
- 11/15/11 05:12 AM
If I Stage my Matthews-Mint Hill Home, will you guarantee me it will sell? I get asked that question a lot on listing appointments. The short answer - no I cannot guarantee you if you stage your Matthews-Mint Hill Home that it will sell. The long answer, home staging is just one ingredient in the recipe that makes for a successful transaction of your Matthews home for sale or your Mint Hill home for sale. Home Staging alone does not guarantee a sale.
However, there are some things I can guarantee you. If you stage your Matthews-Mint Hill home and do not price it appropriately, I can almost guarantee you … (22 comments)
home staging: Charlotte Homestagers Give back to Cabarrus County Habitat For Humanity
- 11/04/11 07:53 AM
Charlotte Homestagers Give back to Cabarrus County Habitat for Humanity. As part of StagedHomes.com initiative to give back to the communities our home stagers work in, The Charlotte Chapter of International Accredited Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP)took on the corporate office of Cabarrus County Habitat for Humanity this year as their pet project during Worldwide Staging Service Week. Every year the chapter participates in the annual Worldwide Staging Service Week (WWSSW) which allows the Charlotte IAHSP® chapter to give back to worthy charities, groups, or individuals through the IAHSP® Foundation. The IAHSP® Foundation schedules this annual event to give back joy, time, dollars … (10 comments)
home staging: Staging your Home to Sell in Davidson, NC
- 07/14/11 08:47 AM
Staging your home to sell in Davidson, NC. Home Staging can turn the unsaleable into saleable. With the current economic conditions and state of the current real estate market you can't just be good, you have to be better than good. This has been a hard lesson learned for some sellers in this market. This blog post tells the story a Davidson,NC family struggling to get their home sold in this market. Over a year ago these Davidson, NC home seller's had home staging recommended to them prior to listing the home. The seller’s originally declined because they did not want … (10 comments)
home staging: Preparing your Home for Sale Part 5
- 05/18/11 12:08 PM
Preparing your Home for Sale Part 5, Accessorizing. You may have read my series of posts 1-4, this will be the last one for now imparting my wisdom for anyone looking for some quick tips to help them prepare their home for sale. Accessorizing can be fun, it can be overwhelming and it is where many homeowners think they know what they are doing, but usually over do it. As a home stager we are taught to edit and eliminate what is not necessary or doesn't add value. Too much accessorizing can become clutter. It can also be a sensitive issue … (3 comments)
home staging: CharlotteHomeStagers.com
- 05/17/11 07:17 AM
CharlotteHomeStagers.com is the newest web address for the Charlotte Chapter of International Association of Home Staging Professionals. That makes it even easier to locate a certified accredited home stager in the Charlotte, NC area. Did you know that the Accredited Staging Professional and Accredited Staging Professional Master designation from StagedHomes.com are the only home staging designations recognized by the National Association of Realtors? If you want to hire a true professional look for the ASP or ASPM designations, like Realtors we adhere to a strict code of ethics, are licensed and insured, participate in continuing education and are active in many … (2 comments)
home staging: Preparing your Home for Sale Part 4
- 05/15/11 10:45 AM
Preparing your Home for Sale Part 4 - curb appeal. It's been a few days since I posted Preparing your home for Sale Part 3, no I did not run out of stuff to write, I had a few local events I wrote about and would love for you to check out those posts too. Now if you have been following the series you may be thinking seriously, I have to do all this stuff just to sell my house. My answer is yes, especially in today's market. Curb appeal is very important because it is the first thing people notice … (0 comments)
home staging: Preparing your Home for Sale Part 2
- 05/11/11 02:30 PM
Peparing your Home for Sale Part 2 de-cluttering. I started this blog yesterday with Preparing your Home for Sale Part 1. In an effort to help sellers and agents alike understand the basics of what I do when I work with a client to prepare their home for sale. Now to some people this stuff is common sense, to others traumatic. I promise no one has ever been harmed or needed therapy from home staging (We track this sort of stuff, LOL). Besides if I bring you an offer today, you are going to have to pack up this stuff anyway. … (3 comments)
home staging: Preparing your Home for Sale Part 1
- 05/10/11 06:38 AM
Preparing your Home for Sale Part 1. I am a home stager as well as a real estate broker and many people ask me what is home staging or what do I do as a stager. In general, home staging is preparing a home for sale. I have written posts about this before in a general way and tried to hit alot of points without getting to bogged down. I have decided to write this blog in steps to hopefully educate consumers and brokers alike. Preparing your Home for Sale Part 1 starts with cleaning. Yes, cleaning. I know this sounds … (6 comments)
home staging: A Big Thank You to everyone that Stopped by the Staging Booths at the Realtor Expo
- 05/04/11 11:39 AM
I want to send out a Big Thank You to everyone that Stopped by the Staging Booths at the Realtor Expo today! There was great turnout and a huge interest in home staging at today's Realtor Expo in Charlotte, NC. Many agents indicated that they had never seen so many stagers at the Expo before and they were right. www.StagedHomes.com , our local chapter and ASP was all over the convention floor. Last year only the Charlotte Chapter of International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP) had a booth. This year we had two and several of our members had their … (0 comments)
home staging: What Buyers look for in a Home?
- 05/03/11 03:05 AM
What Buyers look for in a Home, here in Charlotte, NC is probably similar to other areas As a listing agent and a home stager it is important to know what buyers look for in a home. Being an agent gives me insight on many levels and contributes to what I recommend sellers do when they are preparing their home for the market. How does being an agent help me as a home stager? For starters I have shown several thousand houses to dozens of buyers since I have been in real estate. Trust me when I tell you my job … (3 comments)
home staging: Home Staging front and center at the Realtor Expo-Charlotte, NC May 4, 2011
- 05/01/11 08:21 AM
The Realtor Expo-Charlotte, NC May 4, 2011 is this Wednesday at the Blake Hotel in downtown Charlotte. This is our local "convention" if you will, put on by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association and this year promises a great turnout with lots of exhibitors and speakers promoting the latest and greatest real estate industry info. This year I will be on the Expo floor with the Charlotte Chapter of International Association of Home Staging Professionals offering information to Realtors on the benefits of Home Staging along with tips and tricks to prepare your home for sale. We will have two booths … (0 comments)
home staging: Charlotte Home Stagers Participate in Realtors Care Day, April 8, 2011 Charlotte NC
- 04/14/11 07:24 AM
Realtors Care Day, April 8, 2011 in Charlotte NC was a great success. This year the Charlotte Chapter, International Association of Home Staging Professionals was a site sponsor and we spent the day with a very grateful homeowner and lots of Realtors fixing up their home. What is Realtors Care Day? Every year Realtors from Metro Charlotte join together to make exterior repairs for homeowner's in need. Realtors Care Day is an initiative from the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association and its charitable arm, the Housing Opportunity Foundation who has a commitment to sustaining affordable housing.
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home staging: Does Staging your home for sale mean it will sell faster and for more money?
- 01/22/11 08:48 AM
Does Staging your home for sale mean it will sell faster and for more money? Yes, No, Maybe. I have read several blog posts and their responses recently from Lenn Harley, Karen Bernetti and Julea Joseph about home staging, stagers, their value to the sales process (as well as their credibility) that have inspired me to write a post that offers my two cents. There is much debate between agents and stagers over the value of staging. The responses from those debates has led me to believe that we have not done a good job at educating each other on what … (14 comments)
home staging: What do stagers do when they prepare a home for sale in Charlotte, NC?
- 01/10/11 10:47 AM
What do stagers do when they prepare a home for sale? That is a question I get asked all the time when I meet people for the first time and tell them that I am a home stager. The short answer is I prepare a house for sale, (regardless of price or location) to appeal to the broadest range of buyers. I also tell people when sellers make the decision to stage their home it gives them a competitive edge against other similar homes in our current buyer's market so they can beat out competing listings and sell quicker (that competition … (1 comments)
home staging: Staging your home to sell in Metro Charlotte NC, guidelines for selling your home in today's market.
- 09/28/10 08:02 AM
Staging your home to sell in Metro Charlotte, NC, guidelines for selling your home in today's market. I am sure you have all heard by now that we are experiencing a buyer's market. I have met with many prospective sellers that are still in denial about this and think their home is in a bubble and the laws of economics don't apply to them. For the rest of you that are serious about getting your home sold and understand that the condition of your home is just as important as the price, I have put together some guidelines for selling your … (2 comments)
If I Stage my Matthews-Mint Hill Home, will you guarantee me it will sell? I get asked that question a lot on listing appointments. The short answer - no I cannot guarantee you if you stage your Matthews-Mint Hill Home that it will sell. The long answer, home staging is just one ingredient in the recipe that makes for a successful transaction of your Matthews home for sale or your Mint Hill home for sale. Home Staging alone does not guarantee a sale. 
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