orlando fl home stager: Don’t Be Average!
- 11/16/08 07:11 AM
The average home here in the Orlando, Florida, region is on the market for 111 days before it sells. That means that the average home seller goes through nearly 3 months of showings and stress before someone finally buys the home. But why be average? Why not be one who sells your home sooner than others? Average means normal, common, middling, ordinary, run-of-the-mill. Does anyone out there set out to buy themselves an average home? People may sometimes settle for an average home, but most keep looking until they find one that stands out. One … (9 comments)
orlando fl home stager: True Confessions
- 11/11/08 08:28 AM
I admit it. It’s true. We home stagers do very often express frustration that so few people seem to really “get” the idea of home staging. We write blog after blog trying to explain the benefits of staging, and discussing how hard it is to get Realtors and home sellers to see how practical and beneficial home staging is for all concerned. Sometimes I wonder what Realtors and home sellers think when they read those blogs. Are they mystified? Irritated? Bored? Do they ever notice how often we speak of home staging as more than a business or a marketing strategy? … (6 comments)
orlando fl home stager: “Let go! You’re moving!” Staging helps sellers come to grips with reality.
- 10/08/08 12:38 PM
My poor friend! She loved her home. She and her husband had built it, and she had finally gotten it decorated the way they wanted it. It was lovely and colorful, and reflected her and her family's personalities beautifully. She loved their community and the children's school. Then they decided to accept a job transfer to Orlando, Florida. They just had the summer to sell the home so that the children could start school at the beginning of August. The rush was on! They quickly got it on the market, deciding to sell it as it was. But week after week, … (2 comments)
orlando fl home stager: The Obvious Obviously isn’t Obvious
- 09/22/08 02:14 AM
Yesterday I was talking with a friend about how my home staging business, Gloria Home Staging, Inc., is going. I told her that my partner and I had done a proposal to stage a lovely vacant home in Winter Park, Florida, and that the owner was deciding about it. He is considering trying to sell it vacant for a month, and then seeing about staging. My friend (who has no particular real estate expertise, but is an extremely practical person) said, "Well, then he's just not ready to sell it!" Obviously! If he's not doing whatever he can to market his … (11 comments)
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