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Home Stager with Room By Room

Three homes on my street went up for sale last week.  I have not seen any action at any of the properties so far.  In today's market it is simply not enough to put a sign on the front lawn.  Not one of these home owners have paid attention to curb appeal.  Let's face it you have to get buyers in the front door.  That means getting their attention at the curb.  Most buyers at least do a drive by before even suggesting to their agent that they want to look inside.  I have bought 12 homes in the last 20 years and my heart bought them outside before even walking thru the front door.  Home stagers are aware of what curb appeal means in grabbing a buyers attention.  It is so important to highlight every aspect of your home during the selling process.  

Real estate agents should think of Home Stagers as the best tool they have  to use at their disposal.  We want to work together with real estate agents for the home owner to get them top dollar as quickly as possible.  We can have a home presentation ready from the curb to a fully staged home on the inside in a rrelatively short amount of time.   Remember a staged home sells faster than an unstaged home and for more money.  Wouldn't it be wonderful for an agent to just have to unlock the door and know that a home is picture perfect before they get there to show a potential buyer. 

Let's work together agents and Home Stagers to do what's best for home owners to sell homes faster and for top dollar! 

 

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Gillian Ramkalawon
Gillian's Creative Home Staging - Beacon, NY

I agree with this.  I'm finding however that many real estate agents think that they can do staging themselves.  I don't think that they have the time to really stage a home like a home stager would.  You would think that they would be baning down our doors to stage home for them or at least try to be more convincing to the homeowners about staging.

Jul 20, 2010 01:21 PM
David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation
Colorado Real Estate Advisers LLC - Colorado Springs, CO
Relocation, Luxury & Lifestyle residential

Karen why would agents want to try to stage a house on their own dime (and do it poorly) when they have pro’s to do it. I want a stagers help, my listing will sell faster. I offer a commission discount if the sellers will use a professional stager.

Sep 04, 2011 02:06 PM
Kathy Strader
Memorial Staged Homes - Houston, TX
ASP

Karen, I too wish that more agents saw us as a part of their team.  The really smart agents that I work with call me in because they do not have time to stage.  They are busy selling houses.  They also know that having a Home Stager on their team adds cache to their listing presentation.

Jan 04, 2012 07:23 AM
Paul Gapski
Berkshire Hathaway / Prudential Ca Realty - El Cajon, CA
619-504-8999,#1 Resource SD Relo
 

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Feb 02, 2012 04:01 AM