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November usually signals the beginning of the "slow season" for real estate. And of course the numbers bear that out. However, if it's YOUR house that needs to be sold right now, you don't want to hear about the "slow season" or any other excuse for your house not selling. There are always buyer...
11/10/2008
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A couple of blogs ago, I mentioned a staging project that was going to be dramatic. It is. It's an occupied property that had too much personalization. The owner left town and said "Do whatever you need to do to sell. Only don't touch the cuckoo clock." I've posted the first round of Before and...
11/06/2008
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Even staging has paperwork....and returns. The folks at Lowe's and Home Depot are always so nice and patient with me as I show up with 3 bags of odd items left over from 3 months of staging projects and 20 receipts. I often don't know what came from which store. They scan and scan and seach and s...
11/05/2008
Spent almost all day at a property near Cherrydale in Greenville. The property has been on the market for 6 months with no interest. New agent brought me in right away for a staging consultation. This is going to be one of the most dramatic make overs I've done. I can see why the house had no in...
11/01/2008
I've worked on my business model (trial and error) and have decided that what works best for everyone is a relationship with a good agent or team that understands the value that staging brings and offers a staging consultation as part of his or her marketing services. I have room for about 2 more...
10/30/2008
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I have a really dramatic staging in progress and was wondering if folks would like to see the process. I did a consultation for the agent last Friday and started some staging. There's a group of friends of the owner coming in Saturday to help with moving items and cleaning and some packing. Then ...
10/30/2008
I recently conducted a class at the Greenville Keller Williams office about staging. In Gary Keller's newest book, SHIFT, about surviving and thriving in any real estate market, he states that one of the 12 essential things agents have to do to succeed is stage their listings. "A buyer's market i...
10/27/2008
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It's been a while since I've added here. Been busy helping houses sell in Greenville. As agents have witnessed the staging process and experienced the quicker sales, they are deciding to stage all of their listings. I have never met a house that didn't need staging to some degreee. I have done ...
10/27/2008
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It's great to see how folks in this area are really opening up to staging. With so many vacants and the market being so compeititive, staging can make the difference in selling now or a lot later for less. I am working with several top agents here in Greenville and the results have been great. S...
08/14/2008
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Greetings to all!Thrilled to join the ranks at Active Rain. My business is new, but growing. I welcome any advice on how to make that happen faster. Please visit my website and offer up suggestions. I am working with a template for my site so I don't have the design freedom that I would like. A...
04/08/2007