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Plano,TX - based Home Staging Professionals featured in Dallas Morning News

This time last year ,Karen Otto of Home Star Staging along with another Plano-based home staging professional (and my good friend), Barie Pinnell, with WRE Interiors, were interviewed for an article by the Dallas Morning News . It was an article regarding...

Published Mon, Feb 02 2009 8:18 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, home, tx, plano, otto, karen, sellers, dallas, texas

Why you can't afford NOT to get your home in top selling or leasing condition in today's market

With a national financial crisis and the tales of woe and doom in the housing market many wonder how are they are ever going to get through this time if selling a property at this most uncertain time of our nation's economy? After reading this article...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2009 11:17 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, selling, home, home star staging, north texas, stager, collin county, selle

5 Secrets you SHOULD keep from buyers when selling your home

As a Professional Home Stager, home staging consulting is something I do for clients on a regular basis. In recent weeks I have been reminded that there really are some secrets sellers should be keeping from buyers while selling a home. And I’m...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 4:25 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, tx, home star staging, consultation, seller, stager, texas, buyers, secrets, house

Inspector Stager

As a Professional Home Stager I am always looking for ways to educating my clients on what I do. I've had the opportunity to use this term " aesthetic inspector " to describe in another way what we as Professional Home Stagers do. Home Stagers...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2009 2:56 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, home, home star staging, consultation, upgrades, seller, sellers, stage, updates, buyers

Designed to Sell Secret

If you're a fan of those HGTV Shows like Designed to Sell you know the drill. Generally they start the show off with a Realtor (not the seller's agent though an independent third party) walking through the home seller's house to "critique"...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2009 11:40 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, home star staging, consultation, seller, stager, sellers, stage, updates, RESA, realtors

Sellers, do you know why the first showing of your property probably won't be in your home?

Home sellers, today's home buyer is in a different league. With the Internet, virtual tours and great digital photos that are available, a buyer with access to the Internet, truly does not need to leave the comfort of their home in order to decide...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2008 7:44 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, plano, seller, north texas, stager, sellers, texas, stage, buyers

Thank you energizedseller for your sponsorship at the DFW Stage it Forward Roundtable!

On Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 I had the honor and priviledge of leading the discussion at the 2nd Dallas/Ft.Worth TX Stage it Forward Roundtable event. On a national level, professional home stagers are gathering during the month of November, which...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2008 7:44 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, home, tx, stager, dallas, RESA, ft.worth

Selling a home this holiday season? Should you decorate?

Around this time last year I wrote an article about selling a home during the holidays with a focus on the question, should you decorate? I thought it was timely enough now to bring it back again because as we approach the various holidays this season...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2008 4:51 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: selling, home, stage, holidays, decorate

A real life "Selling and home staging with kids" blog you have to read

My Google Alerts had an interesting blog post and I want to share here. The blog is written by a seller who had their Realtor stage the listing . She describes in really good (and humorous) detail the process and how it was to live like that for a very...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2008 7:01 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: staging, selling, home, tx, plano, home star staging, otto, karen, kids

What does $125 get you for Home Staging in North Texas?

ALOT! Home Staging does NOT have to be expensive . Many Professional Home Stagers provide many levels of service at different price points . Budgets are always considered when I speak to my clients and I am well aware of being cost conscious especially...

Published Wed, May 05 2008 8:08 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, price, Karen Otto, selling, home, tx, plano, home star staging, consultation

Does a home staging consultation make a difference for selling?

Below are some photos of an owner staged property after receiving a home staging consultation from Home Star Staging . Included in a home staging consultation are many, many recommendations. Below are just two of the following which highlight the purpose...

Published Wed, May 05 2008 8:01 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, tx, plano, home star staging, consultation

Selling a house? Use this FREE valuable resource to help with the successful sale

Sellers, do you want to know what is one of the most valuable things you have in terms of the successful sale of your home and it's FREE ? I'll give you some hints: It's a something we never seem to have enough of It's gone before you...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2008 8:02 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, clean

Laundry room lesson - clean, clear & clutter contained

When selling a house it's important to look at every room of your house through a buyer's eyes as they would see it upon previewing. Want a simple way to see it from their perspective ? Take a photo of it and see for yourself. It isn't always...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2008 7:48 AM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: condition, staging, Karen Otto, selling, home, clutter, laundry room, clean

Got Pets? Selling a house? One sniff could snuff a sale

Pets. We love them if we own them, they're our babies and a part of the family. However when selling, they become a different story when others will be entering and previewing your property. First and foremost , for the safety of your beloved pets...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2008 2:25 PM by Karen Otto,ASP,RESA, Home Star Staging

Filed under: animals, pets, selling, home