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By Melissa Marro

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team

June 25, 2008 10:50 AM

June Staging Successes in Charleston!

We've been staging the Charleston market for going on three years now. We continue to grow because of great agents like YOU! Check out some of our successes this month!

(click on the highlighted MLS numbers below to view our real estate show)

3011 Baywood Drive

MLS# 2706960

$1,275,000

Listed 02/20/2007

Staged 05/16/2008

Under Contract 06/09/2008

24 Days later!

This Simonini home was under contract within 24 days with nearly every piece of furniture, art & accessory also purchased by the buyers - solidifying the fact that the staging was an integral part of this sale!

28 Sowell Street

MLS# 2807572

$595,000

Listed 3/05/2008

Staged 4/10/2008

Under Contract 6/02/2008

54 Days later!

Closed 6/16/2008

68 days after staging!

This home was originally listed on 10/16/2006. It was withdrawn on 2/25/2008, then relisted on 3/5/2008. Within 60 days after staging it was under contract and the buyers agent commented that the staging helped sell the home!

3556 Walter Drive

MLS# 1816164

$305,000

Listed 05/12/2008

Staged 05/10/2008

Under Contract 06/12/2008

32 days later!

This home had also been on the market prior to this with another Listing Agent. The original list date was 10/18/2006! (Nearly 2 years of DOM prior to staging!)

324 Pageland Drive

MLS# 2817493

$245,000

Listed 6/04/2008

Staged 5/31/2008

Under Contract 6/23/2008

20 Days Later!

This newly renovated home was staged prior to being listed. Just 20 days after putting the home on MLS, it went under contract and is scheduled to close before July 15th - not even 2 months on the market!

2157 Stonewood Drive

MLS# 2811359

$219,000
Listed 4/07/2008

Staged 5/02/2008

Under Contract 6/25/2008

54 days later!

After several showings and no offers in the first month on the market, the homeowner decided to stage this property. 54 days later, he had a ratified contract!

238 Two Pond Loop

MLS#2723816

$149,900

Listed 06/29/07

Consult 05/05/08

Under Contract 06/05/08

30 days later!

This home just needed some minor changes. Less than 30 days after recommendations were made and implimented, the home was under contract after receiving multiple offers.

Are you sitting with a stagnant listing? Do you want to make more money by selling your listings faster with higher final sales prices & get more referrals in the process? Call or email us today!

We also wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all the agents who joined us at 94 N. Shelmore for the agent open house/progressive luncheon this past Wednesday afternoon! It was a huge success with over 50 agents in attendance. We appreciate your support & enjoyed the opportunity to meet you!

Sincerely,

Melissa Marro, Bevin Harmon Googer & the entire First Impressions Team!
First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign
843.822.2622 & 843.425.0138

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Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Thanks Connie! We are very excited about them!

Jun 25, 2008 12:42 PM

Kathy Riggle

STAGING SMART N SOLD - Houston, TX

Houston Home Staging

Great to see your and Bevin's work AND the fabulous quick results.

Jun 26, 2008 11:06 AM

Abby Roselli

ALR Home Staging and Showcasing, LLC - Staten Island, NY

Staten Island Home Stager

Wow!!! That's absolutely amazing, Melissa. Fantastic statistics!!!!! You ladies are rockin over there in SC! =)

Jun 26, 2008 01:28 PM

Tori Lynn Wallitsch

Prudential Ambassador / Ross Designs, LLC - Omaha, NE

I love this piece! Very impressive the way you designed it and of course your stats are fantastic.

Jun 26, 2008 02:58 PM

Michele Hess

Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL

Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Melissa, Great promotional piece. Congrats on your success!!

Jun 26, 2008 11:33 PM

Gary Barnett

Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN

Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Yep, now those are stats. I noticed that you do your stats just like Linda does in that she provides MLS numbers and addresses so that everything she (and you) claim in your stats can be verified. We have noticed that many stagers are real bashful about providing this info and would rather just say "My average is XXXX" with no supporting facts. I think providing all of the info, good and bad, lends credibility to a stagers claims. We certainly don't want to hide the most powerful thing we have going for ourselves, "Results". And these are very nice results.

Jun 27, 2008 01:00 AM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Kathy - Thanks! We've been pretty darned excited about that lately too!

Abby - That's what we like to do ROCK IT!

Tori Lynn - good old constant contact... by the way we got 5 calls/emails from agents yesterday after this came out!

Jun 27, 2008 01:10 AM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Michele - Thanks! As Gary said in the next comment, the best thing we have going for us is stats. We need to get them out there when we can....

Gary - You are absolutely right! Actually one of those properties was under contract in 19 days (the one that says 32 days), but the agent didn't change the status in MLS right away..... we could have claimed the 19 days because it was true, but we would rather fall back to what shows in MLS. Better to show more conservative that they can verify than what we knew but couldn't prove!

Jun 27, 2008 01:14 AM

Gary Barnett

Home Matters - Indianapolis, IN

Home Matters Property Stylist Group, Indianapolis

Melissa, I forgot to ask, do you keep a document that lists all of your closed properties and the stats? I'm thinking you probably do,,,, How do you use this document for marketing?

Jun 27, 2008 01:34 AM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Gary - actually we don't. We had planned to start one at the beginning of the year, but it never happened. Bevin actually started compliling one yesterday because one of the agents she provided a bid for asked the question, "How many homes have you staged this year and how many have sold?".....

Jun 27, 2008 01:35 AM

Beth Lester

Beth Lester Designs - Torrance, CA

Home Staging & Interior Decorating

I made a simple Excel spreadsheet where I list all of my jobs and the essential information - Realtor or Client name, address, job performed, results, how much I charged, any amounts of rental or purchase, and where they got my name.

Jun 27, 2008 03:18 AM

No Longer Active in Staging. No Longer Staging

Hickory, NC

Melissa - You hit a home run again !! I got this newsletter - great news !!! God bless,

Jun 27, 2008 04:55 AM

Anonymous

Michelle Finnamore CSP Advantage Staging

Melissa, love, love, love the way you presented the image, info and click thru. Definitley another idea I hope to incorporate in to the redsign of my website this summer. Thanks again for sharing your excellent ideas.

You really are a star in the Staging world.

Jun 27, 2008 05:44 AM

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Kim Dillon

Creative Eye Home Staging - West Chester, PA

What a great presentation and even greater stats! Congratulations!

Kim Dillon, Creative Eye Home Staging

Jun 27, 2008 05:49 AM

Juliet Johnson

Vizzitopia - St Johns, FL

Jacksonville Photography & Digital Marketing

Simply superb!!! You're a whiz, you lot. Enviably so! But... back to a practical question, how did you get the post to have 3 columns in it, with photos, clickable links, etc.??

Pleeez?

Jun 27, 2008 06:03 AM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Beth - Thank you for letting us know what you do!

Cheryl - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Michelle - Thank you!

Jun 27, 2008 02:49 PM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Kim - Thank you. We are always excited to share our results....

Juliet - It is a different constant contact template (promotions - classic). With the new wizard you can add links anywhere you like! Maybe I should do a tutorial?

Jun 27, 2008 02:53 PM

Beth Lester

Beth Lester Designs - Torrance, CA

Home Staging & Interior Decorating

Yes - please do a tutorial! That would be helpful.

Jun 27, 2008 03:57 PM

Melissa Marro

Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL

Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Juliet & Beth - Here you go.... Constant Contact - Newsletter Tutorial

Jun 27, 2008 04:00 PM

Lisa Roy