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Child's Room from Playful Clutter to Pretty n' Crisp
Child's Room from Playful...
Very sweet but very busy. Buyers want to see a room they can envision their...
Sometimes the furniture is the problem
Sometimes the furniture...
When selling a home sometimes rental (or newly purchased) furniture is...
Leaking Windows
My friends' windows are leaking. No, not in the usual sense of the...
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When is the best time to hire a home inspector? Is it advantageous to hire...
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Oct
04
Tue, Oct 4 2011
Recently, we came across an article on wikiHow describing the steps to take in order to successfully market a product. Although articles like this are generally written about marketing retail products, there are so many parallels between getting a retail...
Aug
25
Thu, Aug 25 2011
Nothing can brighten up a home and give it a more modern feel than new, updated fixtures. It is a relatively easy and affordable task that can make a real difference in the buyer’s eyes. But is it really a necessary upgrade? We have received multiple...
Aug
10
Wed, Aug 10 2011
Photos Make a Huge Difference! It is extremely important to market a home with pictures that make potential buyers actually want to buy. It is shocking how some home sellers promote their homes on the Internet thinking the quality of their photos don't...
Jul
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Sat, Jul 9 2011
Contributed by Shell Brodnax , CEO Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) The concept of real estate agents asking homeowners to tidy up when they sell their home is not new. The days of agents asking sellers to clean up, bake some cookies and set out...
Apr
28
Thu, Apr 28 2011
If you're a home seller, there is nothing more frustrating than not being able to sell your home within a reasonable amount of time. Then, to make it more frustrating, the only solution seems to be to lower the price. As the following post demonstrates...
Dec
16
Thu, Dec 16 2010
The federal Deficit Reduction Commission has put forward a plan to slash U.S. government debt by, among other things, curtailing the mortgage interest tax deduction. The National Association of Realtors, which has a long history of fighting to protect...
Dec
02
Thu, Dec 2 2010
Home buyers were very much in the market for new mortgages in mid-November, according to a survey of lenders by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) in Washington, D.C. While one week doesn't make a trend, an increase in applications for loans to...
Nov
24
Wed, Nov 24 2010
Tips for Increasing the Value of Your Home (November 18, 2010) Topics covered: Tax myth Improving a refrigerator in preparation for a sale MLS photos Clutter Holiday decorating Vacant home staging before-and-after Thanks to these Contributors: Amanda...
Nov
18
Thu, Nov 18 2010
Contrary to some widely circulated e-mail messages, the new federal health care law does NOT include a 3.8 percent transfer tax on home sales, according to Snopes.com, FactCheck.org and the National Association of Realtors. The new law created a 3.8 percent...
Oct
29
Fri, Oct 29 2010
Now is a good time for sellers to increase demand for their for-sale home Is now a good time to buy a home? That’s a crucial question for home sellers as well as buyers because selling depends on buyers’ willingness to purchase and many sellers...

I would rather turn you down …Than Let You Down because staging shouldn’t be your 1st choice.

What do you make of a professional home stager that advises some of their clients not to stage? Well, I certainly want to continue growing my business which may sound odd from someone saying they advise some clients that it is not in their best interest...
Posted to Home Matters Staging and Re-Design Blog by Linda Barnett on Thu, Dec 1 2011

Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day 2011

December 1st, as today is World AIDS Day . The theme for World AIDS Day 2011 is "Getting to Zero." After 30 years of the global fight against HIV/AIDS, this year the focus is on achieving 3 targets: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Thu, Dec 1 2011

Inside the House, How to Prepare a Home for Market

How to Effectively Prepare a Home for Market A Market-Ready Series: Inside the House In "How does the Home look from the Street?" you were instructed to begin taking a look, a serious, in-depth look, at the house you either currently have on...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Mon, Nov 28 2011

From the Front Door, How to prepare a Home for Market

How to Effectively Prepare a Home for Market A Market-Ready Series: From the Front Door In Preparing a Home for Market, Home Staging and Real Estate Part 1 you were instructed to begin taking a look, a serious, in-depth look, at the house you either currently...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Mon, Nov 28 2011

Really Take a Look, How to prepare a home for sale.

How to Effectively Prepare a Home for Market A Market-Ready Series, Really Take a Look I'll be presenting a complete series of aspects to assist you in effectively preparing a home for market. The first few Parts will be Questions to ask about the...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Mon, Nov 28 2011

The Objective, It's Not Your House!

Working with home sellers, the first step is to teach a seller, "It's not 'Your' House!" Color Sells!, Sometimes it just requires a change in the furnishings to make the color work. Working with home sellers can be a challenge, especially...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Mon, Nov 28 2011

Holiday Decorating and Home Staging, Tips for doing it Right.

Holiday Decorating and Home Staging, Tips for doing it Right. We all want to enjoy the holidays, even when we have a house up for sale. The holiday season (October through January) is a great time to add a bit of color and life to a home. But there are...
Posted to Recent Stager Blogs by StTroy on Mon, Nov 28 2011

The Next Generation of Real Estate Staging – Target Staging and Lifestyle Merchandising

Staging = Staging …. Are you sure? Staging is a relatively young industry and as other industries are evolving, also the home staging industry is changing. The blanket approach of mass marketing lies in the past of the marketing world. Home staging...
Posted to Birgit Anich Staging & Interiors Blog by Birgit Anich on Thu, Nov 17 2011

TARGET HOME STAGING AND LIFESTYLE MERCHANDISING KALAMAZOO AND BATTLE CREEK

Preparing your largest personal investment for this correcting real estate market is challenging. Professional home stagers know how to market your property to the target buyer . Professional, full time, home stagers know that demeographics play an instrumental...
Posted to StagedRight Home Staging Blog by StageRight Home Staging on Sun, Oct 23 2011

Home Staging Arcadia - A Remodeled House Comes to Life

This past week this newly remodeled Arcadia, CA home received some staging expertise. After sitting on the market for nearly a year on and off, we were glad the seller decided to stage. Even though the home had been remodeled, buyers were still wondering...
Posted to Staging the Essentials Blog by Michelle Drewry on Wed, Sep 28 2011
Aug
10
Aug 10 2011, 10:58 AM  by eseller1
EnergizedSeller is now the official consumer site of the Real Estate Staging Association ®. Dan Eason, president of EnergizedCommunities and Home Stager Business Builder, and Shell Brodnax, CEO of the Real Estate Staging Association ® made the...
Aug
10
Aug 10 2011, 09:10 AM  by eseller1
Dan Eason, president of EnergizedSeller.com and EnergizedCommunities will be presenting at the Centex RESA meeting August 7, 2011. He'll cover a wide range of marketing topics. To learn more, view the video below.
Nov
17
Nov 17 2010, 10:11 AM  by eseller1
Dan Eason, president of EnergizedSeller.com, will be a featured guest on Design Biz Radio on Wednesday November 17 at 11am CST. Be sure to listen in for a sneak peak of the information he will be presenting at the 2011 RESA Convention about how home stagers...
Sep
30
Sep 30 2010, 12:56 PM  by eseller1
After 1.5 years of the same newsletter format, we've decided to change it up a little. This week we launched a new design. In the coming weeks we'll launch additional features. Do you like the new layout? Please let us know commenting below.
Sep
30
Sep 30 2010, 12:33 PM  by eseller1
The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) will have its annual conference January 23-25, 2011 and Dan Eason, president of EnergizedSeller.com, will be a featured speaker. Dan will give a speech to hundreds of home stagers from around the U.S. and Canada...
Jun
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Jun 17 2010, 11:46 PM  by eseller1
If you haven’t noticed already, we recently added tabs to the side of EnergizedSeller.com. Our hope is that you’ll continue to use the site as a resource and will use the tabs as additional tools. We’ added our digital booklet for you...
Jun
15
Jun 15 2010, 03:29 PM  by Dan Eason
Introducing co-branded emails for professionals. If you like the email newsletters we send out weekly and would like to forward them to clients and prospective clients, but with your photo and contact information, now you can. We have started sending...
May
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May 20 2010, 10:37 AM  by eseller1
Introducing the 'Like' button on all posts Read something you like on EnergizedSeller? Then let your Facebook friends know. Did you give some advice you think others would benefit from? Then simply hit the 'Like' button Our goal is to...
Apr
15
Apr 15 2010, 11:34 AM  by eseller1
Congratulations to Seattle, Washington Realtor, LeAnne Aurand for winning a $500 gift certificate! A drawing was held recently from the first 1,000 EnergizedSeller members and her name was chosen. LeAnne was able to choose either a Home Depot or Lowe's...
Mar
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Mar 17 2010, 02:52 PM  by eseller1
Members are now able to embed their favorite home selling, how to, and before and after video on their posts. By clicking the YouTube button on the text editor tool bar it is now easy to post a YouTube video. (See images below) This is just one more way...



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