This is an interesting article, but I especially liked the tips from Mark Nash’s “1001 Tips for Buying and Selling a Home” in the sidebar. He states that there are only 3 reasons why people won’t buy a home and home sellers have control over two of those things: price, condition, and location. Very insightful [...]

In addition to home staging, I’d recommend trying a 5 day round robin auction if you need to sell quickly. Here’s an article on Bill Effros’s book “How to sell your home in 5 days.” http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/24/real_estate/quick_home_sales/index.htm I have not tried this, but I plan to. If you go to the 5 day auction site, they [...]

I thought this article was very interesting because even after citing some pretty impressive statistics that home staging has helped homeowners sell quickly, the realtor in the article still remains skeptical. He said he has seen some pretty homes sit on the market while eyesores sold quickly. I’m curious if the pretty homes were staged? [...]

Interesting, brief article on how to hold a successful open house. I like the idea of inviting the neighbors to come at an earlier time, because all the nosy ones show up anyways and you don’t need the extra distractions! Click here to read the entire article. technorati tags:home+staging, real+estate, renovation, home+selling, for+sale+by+owner, curb+appeal

Steve Berges is a rehabber who wrote a book to help homeowners determine what to fix and what not to fix. It’s called, ““101 Cost-Effective Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home.” For instance, he says you should always paint and you should always replace the carpet and flooring, rather than offering a discount. [...]

Many For Sale By Owner folks and other home sellers struggle with the issue of pricing. One of the most useful tools is to compare your home to similar houses that have recently sold in your neighborhood. Here are two handy tools that I have used: http://www.homeinsight.com/fb/?GCID=MSN202&gate=msn You can enter your address and see what [...]

Having trouble selling your home? Check out these 10 tips for a metaphysical boost! Click here to read the entire article. technorati tags:home+staging, real+estate, renovation, home+selling, for+sale+by+owner, curb+appeal

This article has some great ideas for stocking your staging toolkit. I especially loved the “earthquake putty” idea, even though I’m not in California I can still think of a few ways to use this. And don’t you just love the grapes idea? Enjoy, Rebecca Click here to read the entire article. technorati tags:home+staging, real+estate, [...]