Month: October 2019

It is true that sometimes we dont see the potential of our homes, simply because we identify with every aspect of it. Bring in a home staging experts, and you will find your property transformed into something spectacular; which is exactly what you need when you are putting your home on the market.

When you are dealing with a competitive market a home that is staged is easier to sell. It brings more attention to the house and reduces the time frame in which you are able to close a deal. You may be unsure of the benefits, but the bottom-line is that you may be losing out on a chance to push your home at a better rate, if you choose to opt out of staging.

Home Feng Shue is an aspect that several new home owners are looking into. If you already have the basics of the concept present in your home, all your staging expert has to do is highlight them. If however, you are doing this for the first time, then there are few things you should keep in mind, especially if you are to supervise the work of your expert the right way.

The concept of feng shui in home staging Long Beach is to promote the well-being of a home, but working on its chi or energy. There are several ways in which this is done. These are some feng shui tips you can implement while having your home staged.

Every property that goes on sale will have a “For Sale” placed before it. Make sure that this is placed to the right side of your house, because this is the first place that people will look at when they arrive. The next is to make sure that you get rid of all the dead greenery around you and your property. Anything that is blocking the view or the route to your home should be removed. This gives prospective buyers a clear view and gives energy an unobstructed freedom to move.

When you know you have prospective buyers coming along, get two dark blue planters and place in them robust, healthy green plants. It creates a positive vibe when you are greeting them. Clean your front door, give it a fresh quote of paint and refresh its look. The white is a clean colour and promotes good energy.

These are just some of the ways in which you can enhance the feng shui elements of your home and prep it up for a good sale.

The current competitive real estate housing market any type of advantage can make a difference in marketing your house faster. If you wish to prevent going through the pricing battles with other home owners who are selling their houses like you, you have to ensure that you’re adding worth to your house and make it more desirable to buyers in manners no other homeowners can pull off.

You will want purchasers to feel warmth from your house. You could do that by eliminating yourself from the picture and let the house sell by itself. The very best approach to achieve this is to employ several interior home staging strategies which will definitely give your home an edge over the competition.

One of the least expensive solutions to improve a home is to give it fresh coat paint in contemporary shades. Updating paint makes a very huge difference. Buyers see themselves in your home rather than seeing the work that still has to be carried out. This is a must for any interior home staging which must be completed. Another important task is to get rid of all the unnecessary mess. Ensure that the shelves, cabinets, closet and counters are all clear. This permits your purchasers to imagine that their own assets are in the home rather than yours. This likewise makes it appear bigger.

As for furniture just utilize comfortable items for cool weather as well as couple of home furniture throughout the hot, summer months. You will desire to tap into the buyer’s emotional side. Each time a purchaser sees your home as a place away from all the harsh and busy elements of the world, you’re certain to sell that house.

Interior home staging can likewise be employed to the back yard so as to aid sell your home. All you have to carry out is ensure that the inside of the house is coordinated with the shades externally of the home. Add in a touch of flowers and plants to match the season.

Always remember to put into mind the emotional needs of your marketplace. Buyers who have families, big or small, need shelter and security without sacrificing the warmth of a true home. After you have spruced up your house, add a few meticulously selected props to motivate buyers that the house you’re promoting is the house that they’re truly searching for. Keep in mind, a house is extremely distinct from a home. Applying these simple interior home staging strategies will spell the difference between a house and a home, and will pay back faster and with a greater pay check.

When I first started staging, I was an active real estate investor, so my first client was me! I really did not know what I was doing, but I knew that I had to fill my homes for the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time, and I thought the best way to do that was by making my house look better than any other similar homes.

It worked! Before I knew it, I had my own home staging company; Simple Appeal, LLC and was speaking on home staging, curb appeal and home sales from platforms all over the world. My area of expertise was investor homes, what I refer to as -Bread and Butter- homes. They usually have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a 2 car garage but this can vary slightly. Normally these are great properties that use multiple exit strategies, are a little less than perfect but generally appeal to those starting out (and sometimes, starting out-again!).

As more and more investors asked me to stage their homes, I started to develop a system, which is today, my APSD 6 Step Home Staging Pyramid (you can learn more about it at www.APSDmembers.com and get a free home staging CD there as well). This was a proven home staging system that yielded me amazing results! I was the Queen of Staging for Investment Properties! What I did not realize at the time though, was that people were investing in other types of homes as well. (Yes, sometimes it takes me time to catch on! ?). Pretty soon, someone asked me to stage their million dollar home. I of course, jumped at the chance and when I was finished, they called me to tell me to take everything out and give them their money back (even then, I guaranteed my work-which is a -golden nugget,- for you!). With tears streaming down my cheeks, I picked everything up and put their check back on the counter, locked the home and left.

I had about a 2 hour ride home and during that time, once I pulled up my big girl panties and decided I needed to clear my head, I started to think why it didn’t work-it always had in the past. That is when I had my -A-Ha- moment. It didn’t work because I deviated from my proven APSD 6 step Home Staging Pyramid. I realized that the system works every time, it is just the items that change!!! This was a defining moment in my home staging career (I still stage by the way, and at APSD, we are one of the only companies in the Home Staging Industry that still does what we teach). But, despite what I had learned, I still needed to figure out why I got booked in the first place when I had previously only been going after -bread and butter- homes. Here is what I came up with-

1) My results. The owner of this home had booked me simply because she heard about my results. My results were achieved by a proven model of success, the APSD 6 step Home Staging pyramid (get a free CD on this 6 step system at www.APSDmembers.com). In order to get what you want, get the results your clients are looking for. All of our APSD certified Home Stagers and beyond fully realize this. 2) Put your -brag- on. Once you have achieved these great home staging results, start bragging about it everywhere you can. Talk about it, put it on your flyers, print it on your business cards, post it on your website-where ever people will see it or hear it, you want to have your results. 3) Dress for success. This one probably comes as a surprise to you but it works every time. I know that you are often tired when you show up to network at a meeting, bid on a home staging job or even pick up your home dcor items from a previous staging. But these are opportunities for you to show others that you are a successful business owner. Make sure you dress for success! If you are in a business environment, always dress one step above the others. IF they are business casual, you should be in a business suit. If they are in jeans, you are business casual. I could write an entire article on this, and shall in future but today, take advantage of all the great sales and get yourself 3 professional outfits and wear them every time you have a chance to meet others that could use your home staging services. 4) Use a proven system. I always talk about the APSD 6 step home staging pyramid (www.APSDmembers.com) because that is what I use and what I teach our APSD home staging members in 7 countries. It works, plain and simple. And because I am so familiar with this, and I know the results it yields, I can clearly speak about it with confidence. I find this to be key in securing a high end home staging job because your client wants to know that you know what you are talking about.

5) This leads me to my final point, confidence. With proven results, a great system, and a confident look, you should adjust your attitude to be in line with your presence. Everyone wants to work with someone that exudes confidence as it in turns instills confidence in them, and the results they hope to receive. After every ASPD Certified Stager Pro course I teach, the resounding feeling that the entire group has is confidence. They just spent 3 intense days, in the field, working with me, hand in hand, doing some of the toughest staging jobs they will ever tackle and trust me when I tell you, they are amazed at their results. Suddenly, they have more confidence in their home staging business, their home staging marketing and themselves. So, when you put this all together, your results, bragging about them to anyone that will listen, your -dress for success- look, a proven system like the APSD 6 step Home Staging pyramid, and your rock and roll new found home staging confidence, you have a successful formula to easily secure those high end home staging jobs! Let me know if you have some other ideas or thoughts about this, I would love to hear them and share them with our World Class APSD Home Staging Professionals!

To your home staging success,

Karen Schaefer Founder/Creative Director; APSD The Association of Property Scene Designers The World Leader in Home Staging Training and Certification www.APSDmembers.com

Making an attractive offer to the seller take a lot of amount of careful thoughts. You need to make sure that you do not just write an offer especially, if the area is experiencing a seller’s market. You can use the same methods that you use when there is a buyer’s market, however, you need to bear in mind that competition is really stiff, knowing that there are only few properties on the market. for example you are looking at Hinsdale real estate. You need to make sure and put a lot of thought on your offer that will catch the eye of the seller, even as early as browsing Hinsdale homes for sale. Here are a few tips in order to create a good offer:

1) Proof that you can push through wih the sale – Many people have accepted the fact that attaching a preapproved letter is something that is welcomed by the seller. It does sends the message that you are serious on buying the property and yur credit history has been checked. Letting the seller know that you have a good credit history means that you ae telling the seller that you really have what it takes to push through with the sale. However, if you want to up the notch a bit, what you can do is present a proof of funds. You just need to black out all the private and sensitive information. This will give you offer the edge it needs as it sends a stronger message to the seller that you have the funds ready to begin the purchasing process immediately.

2) Handsome earnest money – Carefuly check your finances and write a good amount as an earnest money. This will definitely catch the eye of th seller because you are putting a lot on the table which means that you will not waste the seller’s time and really want to buy the house.

3) Shorten length of time for inspection – A lot of seller have problems with buyers that are also serious in buying the property about the amount of time they ask for home inspection. This do not mean that you will skip and will not have a complete home inspection. This only means that you will arrange the schedule of each home inspector as close as possible in order for the whole home inspection to finish early. If you can find one company that can accomodate all types of home inspection then it would be better for you. This way, you only need to coordinate with one company in order to arrange an optimized inspection schedule and process.

4) Attaching a personal letter on your offer – If you have done your research about the seller, then you can make a good impression on the letter which you can attach on your offer. For example if you know that the seller cannot move out right away, then it would not hurt and be a bit personal and let the seller know that you can adjust your move in date.

5) Re-checking and reconsider your contingencies – Since it’s a sellr’s market, it would be hard to push a lot of the contingencies you have in mind. Just retain all the reasonable and vital contingencies and remove the other contingencies. Just make sure you do not compromise your investment and again all the important contingencies are in place.

You are ready to sell your San Bernardino home, but you are not sure how to make your home staging a success. Your home staging, or open house, can help you to find a buyer for your property much sooner than not, provided that you take the time to prepare your home properly.

Tip One: Clean, clean, clean, and then clean again. The way that you keep your house normally and the way that it needs to be cleaned for your San Bernardino home staging are two very different things, no matter how neat and meticulous you are. Every surface should shine, every broken cabinet knob should be repaired, every dead plant replaced.

Those laundry baskets full of clutter and clothes in your hallway. They need to go, and not just into the closet, either. Do not fool yourself into thinking that no one will look in your medicine cabinets, under your sinks, under your beds, and just about everywhere else, because they will. So what to do. Clean the house top to bottom, have the rugs professionally shampooed, and then bring in professional house cleaners to give it another once over. Then, each day, take twenty to thirty minutes to clean, and your house will look its best on the day of your staging.

Tip Two: Set the mood. Pick soft music, classical is best, to play in the background during your home staging. It should be loud enough to be audible, but not loud enough to drown out conversation. If you can, set vases of fresh flowers and or small plants in each room, as well as any tabletop fountains or other accent pieces that you may have. Consider the olfactory senses as well, and place small air fresheners in each room. You should also open the windows, weather permitting, in order to let in light and fresh air, particularly in small rooms, which tend to look dingy and cramped in low lighting, particularly during the day.

Tip Three: Accentuate the positive. During your San Bernardino home staging, you want potential buyers to visualize themselves and their belongings in your home. So if your home has unique features, or architecture, be sure to emphasize them with proper lighting, and if your walls look a little dull and cheerless, a few neutral decorating scheme accent pieces can go a long way. Do not leave up cluttered groups of family photos, however, since again, you want potential buyers to visualize themselves and their furniture, in your home.

These three tips will help to make your San Bernardino home staging a success.