Gary Barnett's Blog

Several weeks ago there was a flurry of activity here on SIF about the King of Real Estate.  Price is King!  No, Presentation is King!  No, Price and presentation don't matter if it's in poor condition, Condition is King!  It occurred to me that when you look at the whole picture, everyone is rig...

In my last post, I stated that my next conversation would be to ask the question of Stagers,  "How many conditions issues have you covered up lately?  I pose this question because over the last few months I have read that some believe that home staging is a conspiracy aimed at home buyers.  It ap...

I know, some of you will think that the world must be coming to an end...  Two blogs in one week, what the heck is ole Gary doing.  Well, I woke up this morning feeling compelled to talk about something on my mind so set back for a few moments and listen to me squawk.  (Lots of birds this week on...

A few days ago I was having a conversation with a pal of mine in Chicago (One of those Staging types) and eventually we got into talking about what drives people in service industries to change their philosophies and their behaviors in how they approach their business and in turn, servicing their...