Clean Your House until it sparkles and shine! You can do many things to a home to get it ready to sell but if it's not clean, I mean really clean, buyers are going to be turned off. Nobody wants to look at a dirty house much less buy one. Even if it's brand new, dust collects on counter tops...
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North Texas Home Staging Consultation $125 – Day One Return on Investment $1,000 How is that possible? Let me explain. Hiring a Professional Home Stager for an affordable home staging consultation has an excellent return on investment for anyone thinking about selling. Money is tight for everyone...
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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 (of course) Home Staging for sellers. As we all...
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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Sellers Survey for 2008 showed that: • Buyers used a variety of resources in searching for a home: 87 percent used the Internet . • Fewer buyers rely on a home book or magazine, home builders, television, billboards and relocation companies. Buyers...
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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 may be compared to home inspectors in how we...
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Wed, Jan 14 2009
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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" the place . The sellers are next door at...
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Tue, Jan 6 2009
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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 whether or not to see a property they may be interested...
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Yes, we've all heard it again and again...you only get one first impression. When trying to sell a home in a tough and competitive market, this saying can't be more true. What attributes will distinguish your home from the others on the market? What is going to get buyers to want to come inside...
With so many things to consider when selling your home, having to stress and worry about the IRS should not be one of them. The great news is that in most cases, sellers should not have to owe the Internal Revenue Service a single penny. Many sellers still do not realize that a change in the tax rules...