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Northern New Jersey Hurdles?

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Home Stager with The Staged Advantage

I am a professional Home Staging Expert here in the Northern NJ part of the world and am still finding that there are hurdles to get over so that realtors believe that Staging is a great way - an essential way - to help their listings to show better and generate more interest.  What do you see is the hold up?

Staging is not competition for your dollars!  It should be considered an important TOOL in getting more attention focused on your homes!  It is getting the home seller on board with getting their home to sell - not just having them drop it all in your lap and expect miracles.

Realtors - how can we help you?  How can we be considered a viable part of getting your listings sold?

Susan Townsend Puglisi

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Phyllis Pafumi
ReStyled to Sell Home Staging New Jersey - Old Bridge, NJ
ReStyled to Sell Staging Homes NJ

Hey Susan

I have been speaking with a realtor from AR and he is concerned that they need to be careful about "how the sell" staging to their clients. I think that each realtor gets a specific budget for marketing their listings and they should include staging as part of their marketing plan, that could be the key

Phyllis Pafumi

May 10, 2007 01:30 PM
Susan Townsend Puglisi
The Staged Advantage - Morristown, NJ

I gave a presentation this week to an RE office and they were all very receptive to Staging and agreed that it is necessary for a lot of the listings out there, but none of them were willing to put up the $$ for the consult! 

It's really not a lot of money out of pocket for the Consult and think of that cost compared to what they'll earn at closing!  I think that Staging is a much more tangible way to see money spent than a newspaper ad that may or may not bring lookers in.  You can SEE the house has been staged!  You can SEE the difference it makes!  You HEAR the comments from the home owners!  You can SEE and HEAR the pleasure on the faces of the buyers!  REAL RESULTS!

Have realtors tried this sentence out: "I highly recommend we bring a Stager in to get the house looking its best before we post the pictures online." ??

Susan Townsend Puglisi

May 10, 2007 11:30 PM