Staged is the Rage...
When it comes to selling your house, there’s no better way to turn your house into a home than to STAGE IT. What is Staging? In real estate lingo, it means furnishing. From sofas and beds to framed pictures and mirrors, this is what turns an empty box into the home of someone’s imagination and dreams—a home that someone really wants to buy.
Click here to visit the photo gallery of rooms before and after staging
Wallpaper Blues...
What’s covering the walls of that house you need to sell? Paint? Good. Wallpaper? Bad. Wallpaper is as personal to every homeowner as the art that hangs on their walls. And one person’s art could be another person’s turn-off! It’s always better to just remove any wallpaper and paint the walls a neutral color.
Carpeting Blues...
What’s covering your floors? Carpeting with a color that dominates the room? Not good. Strong colors jump up and shout—especially on the web. The last thing you want is for prospective buyers checking out your house online only to get distracted by strong colors! So if your carpeting is a strong color, staging the rooms with furniture to offset that distraction is a must.
Let There Be Light!
Don’t show your house dark and dreary—you want people to love your house, not be depressed by it! So don’t skimp on the light bulbs or a little extra cost to keep a few lights on. You want people to come in and smile. You want them to see a bright, cheery house and say to themselves, “This is nice and bright. I could live here.”
Agents Are Like Belly Buttons—Everyone Has One!
Too many people spend less time picking a real estate agent than they spend deciding where to eat lunch! Everybody knows or works with or is related to, plays tennis with, goes to the movies, lives with—even sleeps with—a real estate agent! The first cousin of a friend of the lady who does your hair or your uncle’s boss’s daughter of his golf buddy is not someone to hire just because of those relationships. Your home—or the home you’re planning on buying—might be the biggest asset you have, and the person you hire to entrust that asset to should be interviewed and carefully selected.
Location, Location, Location—On the Web!
It’s estimated that in today’s world, more than 85% of real estate sales begin with someone checking out the property on their computer. A real estate agent without a digital camera is like a bicycle without wheels. Does the agent create virtual brochures for your home? Without that online movie, your chances of competing with all the other listings on the web go way down. And can the agent place your listing on multiple websites? The customer service I provide guarantees the virtual brochure and listings to a range of websites, including Realtor.com, my own site, my blog site, Coldwell’s sites, YouTube, Yahoo Video, Google Video, and Aol Uncut!
Now that’s WWW Location!