Make Moving Easier: Pack It Up – Don’t Pack It In
If you could make thousands on the sale of your home, simply by packing away personal possessions for a few months, would it be worth it? Committing to a move means sooner or later you will have to pack up all your belongings. Choosing sooner, will make moving easier...A Spirit of Volunteering: Making a House a Home
Church volunteers share their time, efforts, and talent to welcome a new pastor to her first house. A new pastor triggers a whole house update. To save money, volunteers sand, prime, paint, and clean this 2,500 square-foot 1930s Cape. Below is just one example of this...Bedroom Staging: Name that Room
Bedroom staging reclaims child’s room for intended purpose at minimal cost. As a general rule, a home with four bedrooms should have at least three staged as bedrooms. The fourth can be staged as an office, gym, or hobby room. In this Mahopac, NY, home, the third...
Who Pays for Home Staging?
Who Pays for Home Staging? Who pays for home staging? It’s a good question and one asked by both Realtors and home sellers. Here we suggest five options. Option 1 – Home Seller Pays Home sellers who understand the value of home staging will gladly make the...Our Most Popular Articles
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See how you don’t need to do “big” things to get “big” results when decorating your home to sell (or dwell).
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It’s said that a confused mind never buys. Follow these 5 simple rules to give prospects the clarity they need to become buyers.
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Home Staging for Real Homes Like Yours
Keep your home from looking and feeling like every other staged home on the market with this extremely economical and practical approach to staging.
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Selling an Inherited Home: What You Need to Know
Having purchased, staged, and viewed so many homes and estates over the years, I’ve compiled a few lessons learned to help you when selling an inherited home.
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Decorating Your Home to Dwell or to Sell
Can a home be decorated to either dwell or sell in just a day? The answer is, start with what you already have.
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The Science of Home Staging: Solid Proof That Will Help You Sell Faster
So when I first heard that staged homes sell faster than unstaged homes, it seemed to make sense, but I still wondered, How do they really know?
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How Home Staging Can Help You Avoid a Price Reduction
Home staging will transform your home into the one that buyers can’t resist. For a competitive advantage, stage your home to sell.
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Adopt the “Big Bang Theory” of Home Staging
It is always better to delay the listing of your home than to try to trickle out fixes and updates while the home is on the market.
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An Inconvenient Truth about Selling Your Home
4 tips to minimize the stress and inconvenience that come with selling your home.
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How Much Does Home Staging Cost?
First let’s answer the fundamental question, Can Home Staging help me sell my home faster and for more money?
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Everything I Know About Home Staging I Learned From My Mother
Discover how a mother-knows-best approach to home decorating can lead to quick and lucrative home sales.
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New Year’s Resolution: Commit to Home Improvement
If you had to sell your home tomorrow, would you be ready?
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It All “Boyles” Down to This: Looks Count
Singer Susan Boyle proves that first impressions and looks count—probably more than we like to admit.
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Going for the Gold: Why Staging Your Home to Sell Is Like Training for the Olympics
Selling your home is a competition, but it doesn’t have to be as challenging as the Olympics if you employ these 5 simple steps.
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