Podcasts about stage your home

Scott Hrabcak of the Columbus Association of Realtors

On this week's episode, we talk all things interior design and staging with Jessica Harrington of JessFinessed Homes. Jessica has built a company from the ground up, by being one of the best in the business! You all know by now that we like to start each episode with a little game or activity and todays is a must-listen! We brought HGTVs predictions for design trends on their way out for 2024 and asked Jessica to share her thoughts! Throughout the episode, Jessica shares invaluable staging and design advice for anyone considering selling!

We sit down with Brianne from BriOrganized to talk about the importance of staging your home when you're selling your home (and have to live in it) Find Bri at http://BriOrganized.com For more check out RE/MAX Ace Realty at https://AceRealtyPA.com RE/MAX ACE REALTY 4333 W Lincoln Hwy, Downingtown, PA 19335 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST AT www.ChesterCountyPodcast.com Youtube: http://livn.cc/ccre-youtube iTunes (Apple Podcasts): http://livn.cc/ccre Spotify: http://livn.cc/ccre-spotify Google Podcasts: http://livn.cc/ccre-google Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RMXAce Instagram: http://livn.cc/ccre-ig Produced by RE/MAX Ace Realty and https://Igniter.TV

In this episode, @tonyreedco discusses how to stage your home for sale on a budget. .

Do you have plants in your home? If you do or maybe you were thinking about using a few plants to stage your home, then we need to talk about how to use them for maximum impact. In this week's episode, I talk about why you should use plants, the types of plants to use and how many you should have in each room to stage your home. Mentioned in this episode: Top 10 home staging tips bit.ly/top10homestagingtips Facebook facebook.com/bluediamondstaginganddesign Instagram instagram.com/bluediamondstaginganddesign

Michael Handford-Arnold joins us again to explain what to consider when you are putting your house up for sale.  We discuss seasonality and how to make the outside area and/or street work for you (think cherry blossoms in Spring and cosy fires in Winter). Staging can start from the very basic things like cleanliness, uncluttered spaces and basic maintenance and work all the way up to getting in professionals. There are a number of excellent staging companies and decluttering services who can assist you with this. We have some personally handpicked ones listed in our experts directory to get you started. We discuss how to avoid making your space too sterile while keeping a balance between clutter, pets and children and how to show off potential furniture placement by adding in suitable options like a small desk with a printer on it for a home office space.As always we love to hear your thoughts. Let us know your experience of staging a house for sale and if there are any tips you would like to share with us. Connect via email at ask@londonproperty.co.uk or follow us your way on our social media platforms.Interviewer - Farnaz Fazaipour  | Property Investment & OwnershipInstagramTwitterYouTubeLinkedInFacebookBuzzsprout

Today Jennifer will teach you how to stage your home before you sell it! If you are planning to put your house on the market it is crucial that you stage it before you sell it. Not only can you get more people to come through the home when it is staged but you will actually sell it faster. Jennifer shares her three tips for staging, along with other tips for moving.-------------------------Do you want to get your life organized so you can focus on living out your God-given purpose? If so, I want to help YOU! Go to jenniferfordberry.com for my online coaching program along with a host of courses and resources that will help you get started on that path today!Check out my coaching program to help you get your life and home organized. Books: Organize Now! a week-by-week guide to simplify your space & your life: https://amzn.to/3AXoaB2 and Organize Now! think & live clutter-free: https://amzn.to/3j2ToAw-------------------Love the show? I would LOVE it if you would let me know!Never miss an episode: SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW or SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST PACKED WITH TONS OF ORGANIZING TIPS. Please consider leaving me a review, I promise you I truly appreciate your time! Reviews help me so much. For more detailed instructions on how to find the podcast and/or leave a review click this post.

Karen & Traci's Podcast is full of essential information.  We start with Century 21 Everest's John Ciet explaining the importance of using a local, knowledgeable, real estate expert to get the best value when buying and selling a home. Next, Scott Wilcox of EPIC Wealth Partners talks about financial planning and how it will help you reach your goals for retirement, a dream house, college for the kids whatever your future plans are, Scott helps you create a secure future while enjoying your life now, it's easier than you think!  Karen & Traci's final guest, Megan Costly of Delicious Decor, gives tips on how to make your home be it's best by creating a fresh look that potential buyers will love!  A one day set-up and one day take down is all Delicious Decor needs to help you sell your home for the best price. Let the professionals who know what buyers are looking for do the work while you relax.  Another great podcast, Girls On The Air!  Let's Go!

I run down seven reasons why you should stage your home before you sell. Should you stage your home? Every real estate agent will tell you yes, but they might not tell you why. Today I want to run through seven benefits of staging your home: 1. Functional obsolescence. This is a fancy real estate term, but it just means that you can show how flaws in your floor plan aren't really flaws. If you have a challenging floor plan that takes away from your home, staging can help buyers envision how they might use the space.  2. You can stand out from your competition. If you live in an area where most of the homes are similar, staging can make your property stand out.  “If you stage your home, you could sell quickly and for more money. ” 3. It brightens up a blank canvas. This is especially true for new construction homes. Putting furniture in an otherwise brand-new house will make it feel less sterile and more comfortable.  4. It helps with in-person and online viewings. Statistically, buyers are more likely to view a home if the photos include staging.  5. You get more showings. If your home looks great, more buyers will look at your home, and you'll receive more high-quality offers. Also, 53% of listing agents report that staged homes sell quicker. This is likely because it encourages buyers to visit your home.  6. Staging adds value for your buyers. Buyers' agents report that staging is becoming increasingly important for their clients. 7. It helps people visualize living in your property. If buyers can picture themselves living in your place, they're more likely to overlook small faults.  If you don't want to go all-in with conventional staging, my team offers another option called a staging consultation. We'll bring in a staging professional to stage your home using your furniture and décor. You'll probably have to take down personal photos and make a few changes, but this option is a great way to get the benefits of staging while you still live in your home.  If you have any questions about staging or anything else real estate-related, please call or email me or my team. We are always willing to help.  

How do you stage your home when you're empty nesters? There are different reasons to move out from your current home: new job or a growing family. But there are those whose family is getting smaller and I'm talking about empty nesters. Some empty nesters have houses that are just too difficult to maintain and they realize they need to downsize. The empty nesters have transformed their kids rooms into offices and other spaces because the adult kids aren't living there anymore. So when it comes time to sell, how should empty nesters stage their home? Let's get into some things you can do to help sell your home. Mentioned in this episode: 10 bathroom staging updates Staging Snapshot Facebook Instagram Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts "I used Kasia's Creative Home Podcast as my main guide for how to stage our home" If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my podcast. This helps me support more people to help them sell their home or decorate their new one. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars and select "write a review". Also, if you haven't done so already, follow the podcast. That way you don't miss a single episode. Follow now!

We discuss everything you need to know about staging your home to sell fast and for top dollar in Grand Forks. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buysellgrand... My zillow profile: https://www.zillow.com/profile/jbroden5 Search Grand Forks Homes For Sale: https://jonbroden.grandforksfamilyrea...

Nina Doiron, owner of iSO Design, combines her marketing expertise and eye for design to help homeowners and realtors in the Greater Toronto area attract dream buyers. If you're a new home stager, you're going to love Nina's in-depth wisdom on navigating pricing objections and not undervaluing your services.  You'll hear how hot the real estate market is in Toronto, why she opted in favor of pricing transparency on her website, an inside look at her team and the additional services she offers, and why Nina chose to not carry her own furniture inventory.  Nina is also a Certified Ultimate Stager and a member of the Professional Organizers of Canada. Her staging company is recognized for superior customer service by Houzz. Links and Resources Mentioned Learn more about our partner, 17hats: https://www.17hats.com  Join our free Monthly Staging Challenge for a chance to win a $100 Staged4More gift card. This month's theme is: KITCHEN Register for our free online workshop to learn more about how to start a new home staging business. Enroll in our comprehensive Home Staging Professional Career Certification Program.  Listen to Nina's first appearance on the podcast: Organize and Stage Your Home with Stager & Organizer Nina Doiron

On this episode I am airing an interview I did last month with my alma mater Jefferson University. They have a great online series of webinars of how-to's from some of their alumni in their speciality fields. You can check out other webinars on their website jefferson.edu. In this webinar give tips on staging your home for selling from a set decorators design eye. Very grateful that I was considered for the series and hope that it was helpful. If you would like to watch the slide show for this episode you can find it on the Jefferson University YouTube channel and soon on the Decorating Pages YouTube channel.

There is something about a home when it has that certain put-together look and that is what you want when selling your home. We talk to a professional about how they can make your home look larger, cleaner and warmer. We discuss what you can do to help keep buyers focus on the homes assets and not your personal furnishings, the different types of services home stagers can provide to you – everything from a “walk and talk” to a formal report to bringing in furniture an accent pieces as well as the difference between decorating and staging and why using a professional is important. We also share which rooms benefit the most from staging and what you can and should do to neutralize smells in your home.

On this episode I am airing an interview I did last month with my alma mater Jefferson University. They have a great online series of webinars of how-to's from some of their alumni in their speciality fields. You can check out other webinars on their website jefferson.edu. In this webinar give tips on staging your home for selling from a set decorators design eye. Very grateful that I was considered for the series and hope that it was helpful. If you would like to watch the slide show for this episode you can find it on the Jefferson University YouTube channel and soon on the Decorating Pages YouTube channel.

Welcome back to Real Estate Happenings. This week we have two very special guests...Top Producers Laura Bonck and Nikki Hohman! These two wrapped up 2020 with a crazy amount in sales and are pros when it comes to properly staging a home. They give you all the insider tips on what rooms need staging, what you SHOULDN'T do when staging, and some cost effective hacks you can do around the house to get it sold faster! Be sure to follow Laura on Instagram at @laura_bonck_homes and Nikki at @soldbynikkih!   Also be sure to follow Nan Properties on all social media and subscribe to this podcast so you never miss an upload. Thanks for listening, talk to you soon!

Whether you want to simply learn how to successfully decorate your home or stage it for sale, this episode interviews designer extraordinaire Shay Micek, Owner + Design Director of Perch Staging in Denver, CO. 

Kasia explains why you should still stage your home in a hot real estate market and shares 2 free staging webinars coming up. Feb 3 is the "Four most important rooms to stage" at 1pm EST. Sign up at https://buff.ly/3oPnPe5 and the other webinar "5 things to do now to stage your home" is Feb 18 at 9am EST. Sign up at https://buff.ly/39zuVNw

5 Ways to Stage Your Home for Any SeasonBarb many of our listeners know, you and your team are the only people I would recommend and you have been here in the market selling homes for a long time. As we go through the different holiday seasons, some people worry about whether holiday decorations are appropriate, is it ok to stage with decorations? Yes, but do not over do it! Here are some basic guidelines: Do Decorate for the Season Don’t obstruct the beautiful features of your home Keep the home Neat and Tidy Make your home Available for Showings but Minimize buyer distractions Heavy Family Photos Remove pets At a house last week that had the MOST adorable Bull Dog He was the star of the show! You want the HOUSE to be the star DO Bake Cookies but be sure to leave some Out for them with plates and napkins+ small water bottles Builders and title companies do this all the time I remember my very first Broker said: “If you smell it, you can’t sell it!” At the time we were inside a vacant home that had heavy pet urine odor. You have to be very careful with smells Some people are allergic to candles and scents These recipies make the home smell like home Banana nut bread Chocolate chip cookies Baked Bread Oatmeal Raison cookies If you have milk delivery from Royal Crest, they sell an amazing group of prepared Cookie Doughs that you just scoop it out bake it and they are better than my homemade chocolate chip cookies! You can also get pre made cookie dough at most grocery stores. One of the services we provide is Professional consultation, not just from an agent, but interior design guidance on what to do and what not to do to get your home ready for sale. If you are thinking of making a move give us a call at 719 301 3900 and we can help you get started at no up-front cost… To find out more about how to hire the best team to find your next home: call us at 719 301 3900 or contact us through our website at www.BarbHasTheBuyers.com We went for a walk last weekend and walked by a neighbors home that has the most spectacular array of flowers in the summer, then the winter comes and it just looks dull and dormant. We are talking with Barb Schlinker about the ways to stage a home in any season, what about the outside of a home? Outdoor Artificial Flowers near the front door are very inviting too: Curb appeal is huge any time of the year! Make sure during the warm days your front door has a fresh coat of paint Hang a seasonal wreath on it: Freshen up the mulch beds: Trim the bushesIf you are thinking of putting your home on the market and want to discuss how to get ready for sale as well as match my buyers up with your home give us a call at 719 301 3900. Barb, you and your team are the only company I would recommend to people out there thinking of selling their homes and downsizing to a smaller home, how can they get more information? They can call 719 301 3900 You are listening to the Real Estate Voice with Barb Schlinker of Your Home Sold Guaranteed Realty, if you are thinking of making a move Barb at 719 301 3900 or visit BarbHasTheBuyers.com When we come back, we will be discussing: What Makes Homes Fly Off the Shelf and Others NOT & Some HOT New Listings…stay tuned!

Andrew and Jane talk staging. What is staging? Why stage your home? Is it worth the cost? Our guest speaker today is Interior Designer and Home Stager Charlotte Hale.Jane Johnstonhttps://www.briarhillgroup.com/Andrew Plank https://www.andrewplank.com/Charlotte Halegeddesignco@icloud.com250-888-9513

This is part two of my interview with Tamara Glick who is a personal brand consultant. In this episode, she gives us a number of really cool tips on how to make a temporary (or permanent) home office space look more professional. If you want to look and sound good on your next Zoom meeting or virtual meeting, Tamara's tips can be very helpful.She also covers details on how to match the items staged around you within the frame of a Zoom call can add to your personal brand.Good stuff.She created a free handout with 15 video call spoilers and how to fix them. You can get this handout by going to www.tamaraglick.com/fearlesspresentationspodcast

In this episode, Steve will reveal to you the best practices when staging your house for sale by owner and give you 3 Key tips in what you want to think about when staging your home for sale. 

Raegan has a few insider tips when it comes to setting up your home to be the most appealing to buyers. After all, she sells homes for a living! If you want an advantage to the rest of the neighborhood trying to sell, this episode is a MUST. Find Raegan on Instagram @_raeganlee and ask her a real estate question today! She might just feature your topic on a future episode of Realities of Real Estate! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/realitiesofrealestate/support

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares how to stage your home for living. Episode 1502: How to Stage Your Home for Living by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on How To Simplify Your House Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/stage-your-home-for-living/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares how to stage your home for living. Episode 1502: How to Stage Your Home for Living by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on How To Simplify Your House Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/stage-your-home-for-living/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares how to stage your home for living. Episode 1502: How to Stage Your Home for Living by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on How To Simplify Your House Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here:  and in  and ! Whether you're an experienced investor or new to the game, our friends at The Motley Fool want to help you find great stocks. Visit

Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist shares how to stage your home for living. Episode 1502: How to Stage Your Home for Living by Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist on How To Simplify Your House Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits. Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/stage-your-home-for-living/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Whether you're an experienced investor or new to the game, our friends at The Motley Fool want to help you find great stocks. Visit fool.com/optimallivingdaily --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/optimal-living-daily/support

On this episode of You Have Real Estate With Attorney Justin Clark we discuss how much it costs to stage your home and is there going to be another epic real estate crash. Also, we answer listener questions during our Real Estate Round Table and discuss some beautiful properties for sale in Central Florida.

Staging is an important home-selling tool. Here’s what you need to know.Selling your DuPage home? Get a free home value reportBuying a DuPage home? Search all homes for saleStaging is an important part of the home selling process. It’s a tool that you can use to maximize the value of your home. Oftentimes, when I help a client stage their home, we’re peeling away a lot of the items that they currently have that don’t showcase the house in its best light. We want to make sure that all our pictures are appealing and that the first impression a buyer gets when walking through your door is a positive one. There are a few simple things that can be done to stage a home effectively. It’s not about renovating or remodeling your home—it's about designing on a dime to capitalize the value of your home. If you have any questions about staging or how it can add value to your home when selling, don’t hesitate to reach out and give me a call or send me an email today. I’d love to help you

Staging your home can help it sell quicker and for more money, and there are two ways you can stage it. Selling your Colorado home? Get a free home value report Buying a Colorado home? Search all homes for sale As a home seller, you should know that staging your home can help it sell quicker and for more money. In fact, NAR statistics show that staged homes sell for 17% more on average. Other studies show that staged homes sell twice as quickly as well. That being said, there are two ways a home can be staged: One is by leaving it vacant with no furniture, and the other is by having a professional stager declutter and arrange the furniture. If you list your home with our team, depending on which marketing package you use, we have a certified, professional home stager stage your home room by room. “NAR statistics show that staged homes sell for 17% more on average.” We also have a list of staging tips we give all our seller clients during our first meeting. If you'd like a copy of this list, get in touch with us and we'd be happy to send you one. You don't have to follow your home stager's advice, but the statistics don't lie—it really does make a difference. If your home is vacant and it's at or above the $400,000 to $450,000 price range, we recommend that you at least stage the kitchen, living room, and master bedroom. These are the key areas people will try to imagine where their furniture will fit, so having furniture in there will help them do this. If you'd like to know more about staging a vacant home or how to stage a home with existing furniture, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We'd be happy to help you.

Staging your home can help it sell quicker and for more money, and there are two ways you can stage it. Selling your Colorado home? Get a free home value report  Buying a Colorado home? Search all homes for saleAs a home seller, you should know that staging your home can help it sell quicker and for more money. In fact, NAR statistics show that staged homes sell for 17% more on average. Other studies show that staged homes sell twice as quickly as well. That being said, there are two ways a home can be staged: One is by leaving it vacant with no furniture, and the other is by having a professional stager declutter and arrange the furniture. If you list your home with our team, depending on which marketing package you use, we have a certified, professional home stager stage your home room by room. "NAR statistics show that staged homes sell for 17% more on average."We also have a list of staging tips we give all our seller clients during our first meeting. If you’d like a copy of this list, get in touch with us and we’d be happy to send you one. You don’t have to follow your home stager’s advice, but the statistics don’t lie—it really does make a difference. If your home is vacant and it’s at or above the $400,000 to $450,000 price range, we recommend that you at least stage the kitchen, living room, and master bedroom. These are the key areas people will try to imagine where their furniture will fit, so having furniture in there will help them do this. If you’d like to know more about staging a vacant home or how to stage a home with existing furniture, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. We’d be happy to help you.

Staging is one of the most important parts for putting your project on the market. Out of everything you can do on a project, proper staging has one of the highest return on investment. Claudia is a stager here in the Bay Area with the company ‘Let’s Stage It’. She’s staged homes all across the Bay Area and will walk us through the entire staging process. She'll tell us how to get away with minimum staging as well as tell us the current trends in paint choices that are suitable for homes in todays market. http://letsstageit.com/

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Bad photography makes a bad first impression. Here’s how to avoid it. If you want to effectively sell your home, it’s incredibly important to have it staged. However, if you have bad photography that fails to showcase the wonderful qualities of your home, people won’t exactly be lining up to see it in person.  Pictures make such a big first impression, so today we’ll be going over a list of examples that show what you should (and shouldn’t) do when taking home photos.  For your convenience, I’ve included timestamps for each area we cover in the video. Feel free to navigate to the section(s) you’re most interested in viewing: 00:47— The exterior of the home01:19— The entryway02:00— The dining room02:23— The living room02:48— The family room03:09— The powder room03:33— The kitchen03:55— The breakfast room04:45— The sunroom05:20— The pantry and laundry rooms05:35— The garage and mud room05:40— The bedrooms06:34— The basement08:26— Conclusion to today’s video I cover 21 of the best home selling strategies in my upcoming book, and photography is just one part of the process. I’m excited to share it with you in the future, and if you have any questions or need more information in the meantime, feel free to reach out to me. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Stage Your Home to Inspire a Buyer: Debbie will interview Amy Polly with Town & Country Staging about what it takes to present your home in the best light when it’s For Sale. An occupied home requires a blend of existing and new furnishings. Amy and her crew strike a perfect balance between your style and the prospective buyer’s tastes. They respect the seller’s design while enhancing the home to entice buyers to envision living in that property.

Stage Your Home to Inspire a Buyer: Debbie will interview Amy Polly with Town & Country Staging about what it takes to present your home in the best light when it’s For Sale. An occupied home requires a blend of existing and new furnishings. Amy and her crew strike a perfect balance between your style and the prospective buyer’s tastes. They respect the seller’s design while enhancing the home to entice buyers to envision living in that property.

If you really want to boost buyers’ interest in your home, you’ll want to make sure it’s staged. Here are three simple ways to make sure your home is well-staged and ready for showings: Paint in the kitchen. Stained and dated kitchen cabinets can be a turnoff for buyers. Don’t empty your wallet to have them replace; repaint them instead! Simplify the bedrooms. You want to remove things that may distract buyers, allowing them to focus on the room more easily. Take out any unneeded furniture to make the room seem more spacious and uncluttered. Clean the bathroom. Specifically, give some extra care to the showers and mirrors. More than anything else, ignoring these two areas can make a bathroom look less than stellar. “These tips won’t break the bank.” These tips won’t break the bank whatsoever, but the time you invest will pay dividends during showings. If you’d like any more information or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us. We look forward to hearing from you.   

Today I am sharing five decorating and staging tips to help maximize the value of your home.Selling your Salt Lake City home? Get a free home value reportBuying a Salt Lake City home? Search all homes for saleDid you know that 63% of buyers will actually pay more for a move-in ready home? Decorating and staging your home can improve its look and feel. To help you maximize the value of your property, I am going to share five home decorating and staging tips for you to think about.1. Make repairs to the home. There are always a couple of repairs that need to be made. I love to say “pick five.” Sometimes there’s a baseboard missing, a light is missing, or a window is cracked. Find five things that need to be fixed, because fixing them will make your home look well-maintained.2. Make sure your home is white-glove clean. Your property should be spotless, both inside and out, and free of odors, as well.3. Look at the colors in your home. People love neutral colors. Paint over the large red wall that was once a great look with a neutral color. It is going to make it feel bright and will help modernize your home. Fresh coats of paint can also help your home smell like it's brand new.“You need to make sure that your property is spotless both inside and out as well as eliminate all odors.”4. Declutter your home. After we have already done some work and added color, you need to declutter. You either want to toss it, give it, or prioritize it. If there are things that you haven't touched in the last two years, you probably aren't going to use them again and can instead get rid of them.Less is more, and the more belongings you have, the more cluttered your home will feel. When you do stage your home, think about the buyer. If your home is in an area where 90% of the buyers are going to have kids and potentially a baby, consider putting a cradle in a room. If it is going to be a business executive that might buy the home, make a room an office.5. Depersonalize the home. Get rid of the religious photos and the collections. I also think that you should get rid of the personal photographs. The reason that this is important is that while you may worship Dale Earnhardt, not everybody does. You want to make it so that every consumer that goes in there can see what the home is and not what you love.If you have any additional questions about staging or would like a full list of staging recommendations, please feel free to contact us and we can get that to you. And, as always, if you are looking to buy or sell, reach out to us by phone or email. We would be happy to help.

Today we are going to talk about the three reasons staging your home is one of the keys to getting it sold quickly and for top dollar. 1. A staged home helps you have better listing photos. The very first showing is not whenever potential buyers come into your home to look around, but instead when they look online. By having your home staged with furniture, it allows us to showcase your home better online so that buyers are more likely to come and look at it. 2. A staged home helps buyers know how they would live in the space. Buyers want to see how they would live in your home. However, they sometimes have a very tough time trying to imagine where to put their own TV and bed. By having your home staged, it allows buyers to easily see where they may be able to put their own things, which helps sell your home faster. “Buyers want to see how they would live in your home.” 3. A staged home helps you stand out from the competition. When a home is photographed while vacant, small issues like worn carpet and nicks in the wall will be more apparent. A well-staged listing is far more likely to earn top dollar than one that has been left bare. I encourage you to get your home staged. We have a wonderful vendor list for this that includes Miss Shannon Hawkins of Refresh Your Nest. You can visit her website here to learn more. If you have any additional questions about staging or are interested in buying or selling, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. I look forward to speaking with you soon.

There are a lot of things to think about when staging your home for sale. Today, I’ve got a few staging tips that can help you sell for top dollar. First of all, you need to think about curb appeal. How does the front of your home look? A few changes here and there can really set your home apart. Consider a welcome mat to make buyers feel more at home as they enter your property. Also, make sure that your yard is clean and well-kept, and that all of your exterior lights are in working order. “The goal is to showcase your home’s potential.” Another tip to consider is creating an inviting ambience in your home. This means you should think about smell, sound, and taste as well as sight. You can engage buyers beyond the visual level by leaving out cookies, playing soft, instrumental music, and having an air freshener plug-in in each room. Next, embrace floor space to make rooms appear as large as possible. Moving furniture away from the centers of rooms, and adding mirrors to smaller spaces can really open things up. Don’t forget to embrace any unusual or quirky parts of your property. Why not turn a smaller space into a reading nook? The goal is to showcase your home’s potential. Finally, play up the lifestyle surrounding your home. With our area being so near the beach, we like to play up this surf and sand lifestyle by adding beach decor to a home. If you have any other questions, would like more information, or want to know how we can offer you a professional consultation with a home stager, feel free to give me a call or send me an email.

Hey guys, welcome back to season 6 episode 5. I'm super excited to have Tracey back on the show to talk about color psychology. Tracey is an internationally recognised Australian Home Stager, Founder of Presentation Sells and former President of the Queensland Interior Decorators Association. Drawing on her extensive experience in interior decorating, home staging and property styling, Tracey has helped hundreds of home sellers maximise their sale price from $20,000 extra on occupied home styling, and up to $360,000 for vacant home presentation across her local areas of Brisbane and on Australia's Gold Coast. She's incredibly knowledgable about staging, color psychology and running a very successful home staging business. We originally had a whole interview planned on color psychology, but we actually spent a lot of time talking about building home staging businesses, so we are going to have a two-part episode. This particular one, most of it is on business building, real estate and a lot of business side of things, especially for those of you who are new to the home staging industry. On today's show, we discussed: Why color psychology is so important when it comes to selling the house What is color psychology and how it impacts people Color is a universal language but we have different responses to colors, especially influenced by cultures Why red is a celebrated color in a lot of eastern cultures Differences between eastern and western decorative tastes How real estate professionals can misunderstand buyers' decor preferences because of stereotypes How to stage your home to appeal to multiple cultures and still be on target for your demographics How to do research and understand who are you staging for Why it is so important to understand what the buyers want today Why following trends when you remodel the home can be dangerous and decrease your return on investment How colors can transcend language and culture barriers How people always pick the wrong white paint color Why 70% of Australians pick white for the wall colors How to pick colors to stage your colors for sale “The human factor” How Tracey picks colors for the house The psychology behind buying behaviors and how that impacts color selections How we leverage and create fall in love factor by using colors during home sales Colors for historical home How lights can influence the way colors look How to tell the undertone of a paint color How colors can be different for different generations and genders Universal colors that appeal to both males and females How to use red in your staging How to use green in the home for staging Neutral tones in colors How can homeowners avoid making mistakes in color selections Incorporating warm colors in staging Color psychology on Instagram How to balance the space through colors What's warmer tones and what's cooler tone The source of colors The scale of colors Using color wheels in staging Trusting your own instincts when you are putting the room together Colors can trigger emotions Color palettes of cities and neighborhoods When you are staging your own home with very little or no budget Remembers, it always comes down to the buyers when you are staging for sale Tracey's one tip when you approach staging the home yourself The job of color palette www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com If you enjoy the show, please leave a review & rating on iTunes! Every rating and review helps someone finds our show, helps us grow our show and get more awesome guests. So that's it for today's show. Happy staging!

WOOHOO! Seaon 6! Couple huge updates: We just launched a brand new website. Check it out at staged4more.com We are also selling everything in our staging warehouse. If you are in the San Francisco bay area and would like to buy some furniture and home goods, get in touch! We will also launch a new Cash in the Cushions business course for home stagers! Check it out on our website. On today's show, I'm interviewing Nina Dorian, who is a home stager and professional organizer living in Toronto, Canada. She's a professionally trained marketer and spent the majority of her career in the corporate world. 2 years ago, she decided to start her own company as it was her time pour her energy and passion into something that she truly loved. While she soul-searched, it was apparent that she loved all things home, especially decorating and entertaining. She has always been particularly tidy and organized, so iStage & Organize was born and she never looked back. Since then, she had helped numerous families to successfully sell their homes above market expectations and much more quickly than the average industry standard. She has also worked with homeowners to declutter their homes and put together organizational systems to keep them organized. On today's show, we discussed: How Nina got into real estate, staging, and professional organizing The first step in prepping homes for sale Real estate market in Toronto, Canada 2016 real estate market Vancouver real estate market Detached home and new development markets in Canada How foreign investors impact the real estate market What Nina does to help sellers to navigate the home preparation process How Nina approaches staging The importance of clearing and organizing your home before you go on the market The very first thing sellers should do when they start the home preparation process Key things to do for sellers when it comes to organizing and preparing their homes for sale What buyers always look for North American lifestyles Nina's process for decluttering and organization Remaining objective during the home selling process How to deal with overwhelm and panic when it comes to preparing your home for sale What you should do as soon as you decide to put your home on the market How clutter impacts how your home is photographed What is decluttering? Some of the trickiest areas when it comes to organizing and preparing the home for sale How Nina works with homeowners who are living in the homes while they are selling Nina's 7-day rule Capsule wardrobe How to focus yourself and combat overwhelm when you're preparing your home for sale Remove at least ___% when you're preparing your home for sale The key thing to do when you are living in a staged home while you're selling What a show-ready home should look like Common mistakes homeowners make when they stage their own homes for sale What misconception home sellers have when they sell their homes Tools and strategies Nina uses to stage homes for sale Key areas to focus on if the homeowners are short on time to prepare the homes for sale Prime areas for buyers Nina's advice on selling your home with pets and kids The benefit of a project manager How to hire contractors  Questions Nina asks when she hires contractors Current trends in homes The danger of trends when you pick finishes for the home What homeowners can do if they are thinking about selling their home Nina's one tip for homeowners to organize their homes for sale If you enjoy the show, please leave a review & rating on iTunes! Every rating and review help someone finds our show, helps us grow our show and get more awesome guests. So that's it for today's show. Happy staging!

I'm back with Patricia Ebrahimi from Show Smart Staging for part two of “The Benefits of Home Staging.” Buying a D.C. Metro home? Get a full home search Selling your D.C. Metro home? Get a free Home Price EvaluationWelcome back for part two of our staging series. Today, Patricia Ebrahimi from Show Smart Staging and I will go over the final things you need to know about staging your home for sale. When your home is staged it sells faster and you don't incur any extra costs from having it on the market longer. For example, some of Patricia's clients had their unstaged home on the market for six months, which means they were still paying for lawn care, insurance, and the mortgage. On average, staging costs about 1% of the list price if the home is vacant. Occupied staging is different in that Patricia has to see the home and see what she needs to bring in and how much of the owner's things are usable for staging. There are many variables that go into occupied staging, so it does require an initial consultation. Vacant key room staging is the process of giving every room in the home a use and highlighting the usefulness of already established rooms like the master suite or the kitchen. The goal is to get fabulous and enticing online photos. The goal is to get fabulous and enticing online photos.The return on investment for staging is incredible. The cost of having to keep your home on the market longer or having to reduce the price is far more than the cost of staging. In fact, staging is going to get you a better return than painting, floor stripping, or any other typical upgrades. More than anything else, you want to make the home look attractive, and staging will certainly do that. The actual process of staging a home usually takes an afternoon. From the time Patricia sees a home until the time she is ready to begin staging, it usually takes about 72 hours. In today's market, staging is the thing to do to get your home market ready. If you have any questions for Patricia, you can give her a call at (757-619-9789). As always, if you are looking to buy or sell a home, or if you have any other real estate questions, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you!

Just how important is staging your home when it comes time to sell? I'm joined by professional stager Patricia Ebrahimi from Show Smart Staging to help me explain.Buying a D.C. Metro home? Get a full home search Selling your D.C. Metro home? Get a free Home Price EvaluationI'm happy to be joined today by Patricia Ebrahimi with Show Smart Staging for the first of a two-part series about home staging. So why would a Realtor hire a stager? As Patricia says, Realtors simply get better and faster sales when they stage their listings because it creates wonderful photos that bring traffic to a home. The benefit is the same for homeowners; hiring a stager will help their home sell fast for top dollar. We all like that!The first step in staging your home is getting a ‘divorce,' Patricia jokes. When you sell your house, you turn it into a product for sale. Since people get so emotionally connected to their home, you need to divorce yourself from the house and turn the emotion around so that the buyer becomes emotionally connected and finds the house irresistible. Buyers want what they see on HGTV and in furniture stores because we're a display-oriented society. Over 90% of buyers look at homes online first to choose which homes they want to see in person, and the homes they want to see are always the ones with great photographs that are merchandised. Contrary to what you may have heard, staging is not just another term for interior design. In fact, it's the total opposite, Patricia says. Patricia—a certified interior designer—says being an interior designer means helping someone understand what they like and helping them get it. Staging, on the other hand, aims to neutralize the house to the extent of appealing to the widest array of potential buyers whether you as a homeowner like it or not. This goes back to what Patricia said about divorcing your home. When you get ready to sell, it's not your house anymore, so you have to back off and let it show in a way that buyers want to see. Staging makes your home irresistible to buyers.By and large, home sellers pay for staging because they're the ones seeing about 94% of the proceeds of the home sale. There are exceptions, Patricia says, but most of the time, the seller pays. The good part that many people don't realize is that staging is a tax deduction as a selling expense. If a Realtor pays for the staging, it becomes a marketing expense, not a tax write-off. Stay tuned for the second portion of our series on home staging. If you have any questions about staging your home or you're thinking about selling your house in the D.C. area, give me a call or send me an email. I'd be happy to help you!

Looking to sell your Home? Get a FREE home value reportLooking to buy a Home? Search all homes for saleI’m sure most of you have heard of the term “home staging.” If you’re looking for top dollar, it’s important to understand that the way we live in our home and the way we should sell our home are two different things.Think of it like speed dating - buyers look at several homes before they make a decision. Statistics show that it takes the average buyer six seconds to determine whether they’ll stay and look around or leave when viewing a home. Just six seconds! Wouldn’t you want a buyer to “date” your home? If so, I want to share some basic staging tips.All rooms should be clean and organized. Make sure to put things away in an organized manner, as many buyers will check out closets and cupboards. A good trick is to keep an empty bin close by as a last-minute catch-all for a laundry pile or the kids’ toys. Open your blinds. The home shows better with natural light. Make sure your windows are clean, though. Remove any personal photos. Buyers want to visualize themselves in the home, not you. Clear off your countertops. Leave only the necessary items like the coffee maker and the paper towel holder and add a colorful bowl of fruit or a vase of flowers to brighten the area.Placement of furniture is critical. Buyers must see the space of the home. Create a spacious traffic flow throughout each room and make sure the hallway is clear. Place artwork at or below eye-level. Paint should be neutral color, or pleasing to the eye. Bedrooms should be inviting. Making the beds with strategically-placed accent pillows and colorful throws, and setting out a tray with coffee cups and a bread rolls are great ways to show off a bedroom. Laundry rooms should be clean. All cleaners should be put away in the cabinets or neatly placed on shelves. Don’t leave wet clothes in the washer, as this can give the room a musty odor. The landscape should be manicured. Put some color spots on your front porch to greet your guests. Make sure the welcome mat is clean of debris. Clean off all backyard patio furniture and stage your table with some colorful placemats, napkins, and tables. Make sure the interior temperature is comfortable.Put on some soft, low-volume music. “It takes the average buyer six seconds to decide if they’ll stay or go during a viewing. ”These are just a few of the many things that can enhance a home’s presentation and bring a seller top dollar. I have a team of stagers that do amazing things by adding the perfect blend of color and texture to captivate the attention of buyers. I offer this service to my clients. I hope this information has been helpful. If you have any questions, please call or send me an email. Go out there and make it a great day!

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