I just read the March 2008 Consumer Reports on interior paints and was pleasantly surprised to see that the best quality paints are also some of the cheapest! The best overall paints were: Kilz Casual Colors from Wal-Mart, Behr Premium Plus Enamel from Home Depot and Dutch Boy Home from Wal-Mart. Of course, they had [...]

Okay, many of you have been eagerly awaiting the release of my Color Palette Selection Guide. The Guide focuses on a 5 step plan to help you choose your own custom color palette with the end goal of successfully home staging your house to sell. It also contains 9 interior palettes with 2-3 neutral wall [...]

This article has some great home staging tips if you are preparing a house for sale: Read more here. If you’d like more detailed information on how to stage a house for sale quickly, check out the Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Kit at: http://home-staging-secrets.com It has 97 pages worth of step-by-step instructions on when to stage [...]

The housing market is definitely slowing, which makes home staging all the more essential! This house sat on the market for 50 days, but rather than selling, he staged it and it sold for full list price two weeks later. This article makes an excellent point that staging typically costs LESS than that first price [...]

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 [...]

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

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