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Hiring others to help you sell

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Home Stager with Ski Utah Real Estate

I have come across Realtors who feel "inadequate" if they can't tell their sellers everything a stager should know. My personal opinion is that way of thinking is harming you and your business. As a licensed Realtor you are not necessarily a home stager. Your job is to list the home and come up with effective marketing to sale the home. There is nothing wrong with getting advice and opinions from others who are professionals in their area. Don't be afraid to bring on other professionals, such as home stager's or photographers to help you do your job to the highest caliber. Take pride in knowing you have time to focus on what your job is and you can delegate the rest to others. Besides isn't it nice knowing you have a professional photographer to do your photos so you know they will turn out great! The same goes for staging. There are tricks of the trade and a good professional stager has the time and the resources to get the job done and get it done right! Also, when you build relationships with other proffesionals in your area a lot of times you can get discounts on these services to pass on to your clients making you look even better and your client that much happier!BeforeAfter

 

Lori Donegan
Ready 2 Stage - Cleveland, TN

Nice kitchen transformation Bethany.  Thanks for sharing the great advice and photo.  

Jul 03, 2009 03:44 PM
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Thanks Lori! We truly had a small budget to redo the kitchen, so we opted to paint the cabinets and hardware and resurface the countertops. It cost about $1800 for labor and materials.

Jul 04, 2009 04:06 AM
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Janice Ankrett
Burlington, ON
Staging Professional

Good post Bethany! I'm finding more and more realtors are opening up to using a stager. They don't want to be the agent that doesn't have one on their team.

Jul 07, 2009 11:15 AM