karen: Ezine Article #4 - Set the Stage for Your Own Home Selling Success Story - 07/06/07 07:59 AM
Set the Stage for Your Own Home Selling Success Story is an article I wrote for Ezine Articles online magazine. Below is a summary and a link.
 
Set the Stage For Your Own Home Selling Success Story
By Karen Otto
Do you like the latest home shows on TV? Want to know how to create the same happy ending for the sale of your own house? Set the stage for your own successful sale with these tips.
 
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karen: Ezine Article #3 - The Virtual Buyer - 07/06/07 07:49 AM
The Virtual Buyer is a home selling/staging article I wrote for Ezine Articles online magazine.  Below is a summary and a link.
The Virtual Home Buyer
By Karen Otto
Today's internet savvy home buyer does not need to leave the comfort of their home to purchase a home. Make sure your property listed on the web stands out from the competition.
 
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karen: Ezine Article #2 - Selling a home? Then Company is Coming Every day - 07/06/07 07:40 AM
Selling a home? Then Company is Coming Every Day is an article I wrote for Ezine Articles online magazine.  Below is a summary and a link.
Selling a Home? Then Company Is Coming Everyday
By Karen Otto
If you're selling a home, treat your buyers as the company that comes everyday. Honor your buyers and invite them in to the comfort of THEIR new home, don't regard them as unwelcome guests in yours.
 
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karen: Ezine Articles - Hide the toilet the buyers are coming - home staging beyond the obvious - 07/06/07 06:24 AM
Hide the toilet the buyers are coming is an article I recently wrote for Ezine Articles online magazine. Below is the summary.
Hide The Toilet, The Buyers Are Coming, Home Staging - Beyond The Obvious
By Karen Otto
A Home Staging article to give helpful hints to sellers on how to better prepare certain areas of their home for sale that may be overlooked. Hide the Toilet the Buyers are Coming!
 
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karen: Selling a Home ? Then company is coming - Everyday! - 06/18/07 02:33 PM
Imagine a day where company will be showing up on your doorstep  - everyday!
I don't know about you but I wouldn't be too happy in that knowledge if I wasn't aware of my guest's arrival.  If you're like me, when I host my company I want it to be an experience, relaxing, fun, entertaining and most of all, stress free for me (well I try but once they get here I "let it go").  Now, what does this have to do with staging you ask.... Well, I'll be happy to lead you through that door... 
When selling a home buyers are … (42 comments)

karen: Designing to Sell Secret - A Staging Consultation - 05/11/07 03:35 AM
Drum roll please, imagine they're here....Clive Burns and Lisa LaPorta, the stars of HGTV's hit show , Design to Sell!
You know the drill, they start the show off with a Real Estate Professional (not the seller's agent though an independent third party) walking through the homeowner's house, the owners are "next door at a neighbor's house" watching on video the blow by blow breakdown of why this house so desperately needs to be Designed to Sell AKA - STAGED! - With horror and fear the homeowner's brace themselves for what the expert has to say.  Another version of this show … (18 comments)

karen: VACANTS - A Growing Market - 03/07/07 10:01 AM


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There have been lots of calls lately on vacant properties.  It is a growing problem for agents and sellers, but not for stagers who are prepared and able to handle the vacant housing market.  In case you've been asked by an agent or seller about vacants, I've come up with a list problems I see with vacant homes based on things I've read and personal observations and have listed them here below.  Maybe there are additional things to add to this list, feel free to share.  A vacant property is often a much harder one … (60 comments)

 
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Karen Otto

Plano Home Staging, Dallas Home Staging, www.homes

Plano, TX

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As a North Texas Home Staging Professional this blog is a collection of information, thoughts, stories and ideas on the home staging profession as I personally experience it. I welcome comments and suggestions and hope I may help the home staging and real estate community in some way by my contributions on my blog. I am passionate about educating the public and real estate community on the benefits of home staging.



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