This week in SIF, we had a lot of posts that point to the do's and don'ts of real estate staging. It also became quite apparent that not all things are black or white. Many things must be considered on a case by case basis. This is where you show your true colors.ON HOME STAGING IN PRACTICE:THE
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03/09/2008
Today, I read a blog by Kathy Somers entitled Are you running your Home Staging Business "The correct way" ??? . I was very inspired by what she had to say and - in my usual tradition of blatant transparency - decided to share with all of you what is happening in my business and life right now.J
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03/06/2008
I got that phone call AGAIN today. This time it was a builder rather an agent, but the context of the phone call was the same.You know that phone call- the one where the person on the other end who has never met you, seen your portfolio, visited your website, or read your blog, but wants to help
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02/26/2008
This week at SIF was great one to moderate. It was a week of stellar posts - really, I saw a distinct increase in the number of quality posts and it has been very difficult to decide who and what to feature.One thing I did notice is that we saw a lot of repeat topics. Many of you wrote a blog,
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02/24/2008
There has been a whole lot of discussion on AR about wide angle cameras and/or lenses and the advantage they give you when shooting real estate photos. After looking at all of the wide angle camera shots, I was convinced that I was not giving my agents the best photos I could....well, I was with
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02/19/2008
For many years now, the general concensus of color when selling a house was that one should employ the 'neutral' shades known as Real Estate Beige and Builder white. However, it is obvious (to me, at least) that such a sweeping generalization causes more harm that good. Should one spend even the
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02/18/2008
There are many lurkers out there, hesitating to jump into blogging themselves, because they think they cannot blog about anything new. Well, take heart because you don't have to. I can give you two reasons why that is true: 1. Your perspective and experiences will be different - no one approache
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02/15/2008
Yesterday afternoon, I got one of those phone calls you never want to get. As I was preparing to pick up broken foot girl from play rehearsal, my cell phone rang. I naturally assumed it was her letting me know she was ready. I was wrong.On the other line was one of my newest clients. I was ac
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02/13/2008
This is our first attempt to create an official week in review for the SIF group. It is something that many of the other larger groups do and that Craig has wanted to start for a long time, so we thought we would give it a shot. Because we are only 10 days into the month, I thought I would cove
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02/10/2008
This post was actually written for and posted on my other blog, but I thought all of you would like to add your 2 cents in the comments. I only posted 5 reasons, though there are many, many more I'm sure. This is a subject that has been coming up a lot lately and will probably be discussed more
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02/07/2008
