As a professional home staging company in Vaughan and Toronto, Michelle Finnamore Interiors is asked by real estate agents to assist house flippers when they are ready sell. The services that we offer make hiring a staging company affordable and profitable for the investors. Finishes... we select what is popular with buyers, nothing trendy. It is very easy to get carried away at the supplier and choose what you like personally instead of what buyers want. We keep you on track and on budget. Paint colours...the right neutral colours that work with the rental furniture and accessories that will be brought in to stage the property. Too often we see a neutral colour selected that has a pink undertone and that is one of the least popular with buyers. It is also very difficult to find rental ... 02/24/2013

"There are far too many agents out there who don't specialize, who do just two or three deals a year. Would you use a part-time lawyer or a part-time dentist? We need to raise the bar." So says a high-profile executive of a prominent Toronto real estate firm, and I agree with him. More than 1,000 real estate agents and brokers gathered Monday for a general meeting of the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). They came to discuss the current market conditions and to brainstorm. The executive was one of several speakers, but his words hit home. Last year in Canada, there were close to 100,000 Realtors, up from 77,000 in 1987. This is simply way too many. And the majority of these newcomers are part-timers. Some time ago, TREB asked the province to restrict real estate licenses for part-timer... 11/12/2008