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Staging Secret #17 (Especially for Smaller Homes)

Better Than Mirrors** How do you make a home that may be smaller and/or have a challenging layout, feel bigger and more flowing? Pick one floor covering to use throughout. Depending on the size home, putting in a new, neutral-colored Berber carpet can cost $5,000 (or more). But, it can easily add 3x – 4x...
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“Fresh Paint?” That, Too

Realtor Freudian Slips “All-new appliances, new carpeting, fresh pain.” –Public remarks, MLS I say it with sympathy, not Schadenfreude — both for the homeowner as well as their (listing) agent. Because it’s a bummer to have a house sit on the market, unsold — plus often, a financial hardship. When that’s the case, though, and...
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“You Want Me to Paint WHAT?? WHERE?!?”

Cost-Effective (if Unorthodox) Home Prep It’s such standard real estate advice that it’s practically a cliché:  one of the best returns on investment for would-be Sellers about to put their home on the market is new paint and/or carpeting. Usually, though, that advice contemplates that the paint will go on the wall. In a Living...
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Staging Secret #18

Smart Staging How do you make a home that may be smaller and/or have a challenging layout, feel bigger and more flowing? Pick one floor covering to use throughout. Depending on the size home, putting in a new, neutral-colored Berber carpet can cost $5,000 (or more). But, it can easily add 3x – 4x to...
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