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    Home Staging Like A Pro: The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar
    Home Staging Like A Pro: The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar
    Home Staging Like A Pro: The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar
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    Home Staging Like A Pro: The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar

    By Chris V. Royster

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    Is your house going up for sale on the real estate market? Are you wondering how you can make your house as appealing as the other houses you see on the market? Chances are, the other properties that you reviewed online have been "staged."

    Hiring a professional to stage your home will cost you easily several hundreds or even thousands of dollars. The reality is, home staging is simpler and easier than most people think. A common misconception is that you need to have interior design background to do home staging. This is just not true. Another common mistake people make is to confuse home staging with home decorating. In fact, staging your home to sell is something you can do yourself and get similar results as the professionals.

    Yes you could have a better way to sell any home. It truly is possible, but you just need to know how. Just imagine being able to set up your home for a quick sale in just 7 days (or less) without becoming frustrated or wasting your time. This is what "Home Staging Like A Pro" was written for.

    Here's some of the things you will learn in "Home Staging Like A Pro":

    - How to get a great first impression to your home...

    - 3 little known, yet simple ways to creating focal points within your home...

    - 3 proven steps to understanding the layout of any home and how to make it work for you...

    - A pennies on the dollar approach to home staging; how to get great deals...

    - 2 simple keys (that are right in front of your eyes) to targeting potential buyers with home staging...

    - home staging tips to sell your home for top dollar

    - How to arrange a room for the appearance of space...

    - WARNING: 3 things you should never do when it comes to staging your home for sale...

    - You'll discover in just a few short minutes how to differentiate between home staging and home decorating...

    - 6 time tested and proven strategies to linking colors and emotions...

    - When to seek professional help when it comes to staging your home...

    - 7 everyday but often overlooked tips and tricks for using lighting to your advantage...

    - How often to show your home in order to target a buyer...

    - and much more...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLiving Plus Healthy Publishing
    Release dateMar 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301369607
    Home Staging Like A Pro: The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar

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      This book clearly explains how to stage your home yourself. I have been following the steps and my home looks 100 times better after only two days.

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    Home Staging Like A Pro - Chris V. Royster

    HOME STAGING LIKE A PRO

    The A to Z Guide on How to Stage Your Home to Sell for Top Dollar

    Chris V. Royster

    Copyright© 2014 by Chris V. Royster

    Smashwords Edition

    HOME STAGING LIKE A PRO

    Copyright© 2014. All Rights Reserved.

    Warning: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded or distributed via internet or other means, electronic or print without the author’s permission. Criminal copyright infringement without monetary gain is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000. (http://www.fbi.gov/ipr/). Please purchase only authorized electronic or print editions and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted material.

    LEGAL NOTICE

    The Publisher has strived to be as accurate and complete as possible in the creation of this book. While all attempts have been made to verify information provided in this publication, the Publisher assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation of the subject matter herein. Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations are unintentional.

    This book is not intended for use as a source of legal, business, accounting or financial advice. All readers are advised to seek services of competent professionals in the legal, business, accounting, and finance fields.

    Table of Contents

    CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS HOME STAGING

    Looking At Your Home From Buyers’ Perspective

    The G.S.C System

    Don’t Confuse Home Staging with Home Decorating

    CHAPTER 2: BENEFITS OF HOME STAGING

    Benefits for Buyers

    Benefits for Sellers

    Benefits for Real Estate Agents

    Hard Work During Staging Means More Equity

    CHAPTER 3: THE BASIC STEPS OF STAGING

    Identifying Your Target Market

    Before You Start

    Make a Lasting First Impression On Homebuyers

    Your Step-by-Step Guide to Home Staging: What to do and What not to do!

    Considering Getting A Home Inspection.

    Common Issues

    CHAPTER 4: ADVANCED HOME STAGING

    Emotions and Colors

    Lighting

    Arranging Rooms

    Renting Furniture

    CHAPTER 5: DEPERSONALIZATION

    Family Involvement

    Personal Photographs

    Art and Knick-knacks

    Religious Articles

    Books and Magazines

    Bathroom Personal Items

    CHAPTER 6: SHOWING YOUR HOME TO POTENTIONAL BUYERS

    Showing the House

    Showcasing Checklist

    Conclusion

    Chapter 1: WHAT IS HOME STAGING

    Looking At Your Home From Buyers’ Perspective

    A great way to start the process is to say to yourself: What does my home look like? This must be a very objective look. When doing this, you will have to constantly remind yourself of what your home staging goal is: to make YOUR house appear to potential buyers as if it were THEIR house.

    A good first step in the process is to go outside your home and act as if you are a buyer pulling up to your home for the first time. Have a pad of paper and pen with you and jot notes as you walk up to the house, always keeping in mind that it is not your house. Note everything you see, good and bad, from the driveways and sidewalks, the lawn and landscaping, even the front door itself. As you enter the house, do the same thing.

    Walk through the entire house, including basements and attics. Also, do not forget the back yard, shed, and patio areas. Looking at your home from the buyer’s perspective will help you appreciate and understand the need for staging it.

    Seeing your home as if it were someone else’s is one of the most challenging aspects to the entire home staging process. You need to involve the entire family (and real estate agent, if you have one). It will be necessary to sit down at a group meeting to discuss how everyone sees the house. This can be helpful from the adult’s standpoint, as well as from the children’s view.

    Selling a home is always emotionally difficult. If you decide to stage it, that can inject additional emotional concerns. So, it is absolutely necessary to stress to everyone involved that the steps involved in staging are for the short-term. That smelly, sweaty, old weight bench that you have in the den will have to go. Temporarily, go to the YMCA or to the gym! Your ancient, but smelly, old recliner may have to go, too. A temporary inconvenience, but the short-term discomfort will lead to a long-term, positive result.

    Emphasize to everyone, at every opportunity, that home staging is the best way for potential buyers to see your house as theirs. Getting the entire team to agree and accept the temporary inconveniences will make the home staging process a much

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