Home Staging Consultation: Secret to Success
I recently ran a workshop for a group of local Realtors. Early in the discussion, and before I have a chance to say it, the manager tells attendees: “There isn’t a home out there that couldn’t benefit from a 2-hour home staging consultation.” Agents are...Susan Atwell Home Stager: Making News
Former writer for The Advocate in Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut, Nadia Lerner, interviews Susan Atwell home stager about her successful home staging business in this article, previously published online, at the now discontinued Suite101.com site. Home...Photos Expose Equity-Killing Clutter
A picture paints a thousand words – or is that dollars? Use photographs to expose equity-killing clutter. Have you heard the phrase, “clutter kills equity” or “clutter eats equity?” But how can you recognize the clutter in your own home? Try taking...Listing Pictures: Put a Lid on It
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