With home staging becoming more and more popular across the country there is an overwhelming consensus within the Home Staging Industry to unite to share and develop ideas the will benefit home sellers, Realtors and home stagers. Starting last November, through the month of February 2008, 27 roun
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08/19/2008
I frequently have Realtors in the Atlanta area comment that home sellers often do not understand or grasp the value of home staging. Selling the concept of home staging then becomes a real challenge for the Realtor. I think it can simply be expressed by clarifing the What, Why, When, and How M
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08/07/2008
I recently had the pleasure of assisting a Realtor, Leigh Steele with Prudential Georgia Realty in preparing a model home in Walton County, Georgia for an MLS video. I found the construction and attention to detail quite impressive; not to mention the prices. These incredible homes are starting
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07/30/2008
Atlanta has so many quaint neighborhoods that feature small older homes offering nostalgic appeal. Of course, the main draw for many of these neighborhoods, however, is location, location, location! Whether or not a home should be home staged really isn't about the price point of the home, nor i
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07/28/2008
"Applause, please now, for stage it forward on active rain! Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Everyone, please take a seat . . . " "We are all gathered here today to give honor to this glorious home staging industry that is about to explode. This week in review that you are about to
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07/28/2008
I was asked today to submit some before and after photos of an occupied home for a press release. The press release is being done by a local community school that is offering a home staging course I will be teaching. The class participants are to bring a photo of a room they would like to redes
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07/21/2008
I started down this "tippy" path today as a result of staging and de-staging vacant homes. The tipping can really add up. So then I got to thinking about it - everything has rules; so tipping must, I am sure. I know it does for restaurant service obviously, but what about other services . . .
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07/15/2008
____________________________________________________________________________ Sometimes reality is best described with a little fantasy that circles back around to reality. The Real Estate Show is so fun to do! But I think it is important to make a really good point with it! Something worth watch
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07/07/2008
WOW! I have been reading and hearing so much about the "government stimulus check" and ways to spend that extra cash! It is mind boggling, and the ads on the radio and TV are endless! Get a new car, or take a vacation, new appliances, a luxury mattress; it goes on and on . . . So it occurred to
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06/29/2008
So it's time to move! Time to sell the old homestead! Wow, maybe you sensed it was coming. Obviously the home is now too small for your growing family. Or, maybe it is too big now that the kids have grown up and moved out. Or maybe it is too small because the kids have grown up, moved out, ha
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06/27/2008
