A Real Estate Agent's Guide to Offering Free Home Staging Consultations


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This guide will help any agent to give priceless advice so sellers can stage their own homes, while relying on professional stagers to manage homes that require more specialized and involved staging services.




Secrets of Home Staging


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Essential DIY Guide to Home Décor and Home Staging “…a must-read when selling your home. This book is a beautiful tutorial that will help you sell your home faster.” ―Cassandra Aarssen, professional organizer and author of The Clutter Connection #1 New Release in How-to & Home, House Plans, and Project Management Are you overwhelmed by the idea of home staging? Don’t know what to do or where to start? In Secrets of Home Staging, award-winning home stager, Karen Prince, guides you through the home staging process with easy home décor ideas, design tips, and advice on how to stage your home to sell. Home staging made simple. Secrets of Home Staging isn’t just an indispensable guide for the everyday homeowner, it’s also geared to realtors and those committed to real estate investing and flipping houses. With potential home buyers pre-shopping homes online and dismissing many of them in as little as three seconds, it is essential your home is staged to look its best. Secrets of Home Staging helps you navigate the home staging process with an easy-to-follow guide. For fans of Joanna Gaines and the real estate world. No matter what your house plan, Secrets of Home Staging offers home interior design advice and tools you need to make your home look great online and in-person. Featuring over 150 color photos, and many practical house interior design tips, Karen gives home sellers everything they need to receive more offers, faster sales, and higher selling prices. Inside you’ll find before-and-after photos and information on easy DIY home improvements that buyers love, project management tips, and: • The 6 steps to successful home staging • Decluttering and decorating ideas that sell • How to determine your “key” rooms If you enjoy real estate books, interior design books, or home decor books─like Elements of Style, Home Body, Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Habitat, Inspire Your Home, or The Book on Flipping Houses─you’ll love Secrets of Home Staging.




The New Real Estate Agent's Handbook


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Are you a new real estate agent looking to succeed in the industry? Look no further! Our comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know to thrive in your first few years as a real estate agent. From mastering the mindsets of highly successful agents to creating a daily routine that sets you up for success, this book is packed with practical tips and strategies for building a successful career in real estate. In addition to covering the fundamentals of real estate, this book also includes expert advice on personal branding, business planning, marketing tools and apps, and much more. Plus, you'll find a range of tips and techniques for working with clients, including scripts for cold calling and handling objections, as well as strategies for winning listings, closing deals, and optimizing open houses. This book is your blueprint to success in real estate. In this book, you will discover How to Succeed as a New Real Estate Agent Within Your First Few Years The 6 Mindsets of Highly Successful Real Estate Agents 8 Daily Routine and Schedule of a Successful Real Estate Agent Personal Branding for Real Estate Agents – 5 Rules to Become the Top-Of-Mind of Your Ideal Clients How To Write a Real Estate Agent Business Plan In 10 Steps 12 Best Real Estate Marketing Tools and Apps For Realtors How New Real Estate Agents Get Clients Fast The Best Real Estate Scripts that Get Appointments For Realtors 6 Tips to WIN Every Real Estate Listing Presentation 8 Most Effective Real Estate Farming Ideas and Strategies 7 Tips on How to Optimize Your Next Open House to Maximize More Listings 9 Real Estate Sales Techniques That Will Help You Close More Deals 100+ Real Estate Social Media Post Ideas to Get More Leads 8 Powerful Real Estate Lead Generation Ideas for New Agents and Realtors The Best Real Estate Closing Techniques for Realtors Best Real Estate Negotiation Strategies for Realtors How to handle 12 typical seller & buyer objections Real Estate Cold Calling Techniques That Work (With Script) And much… more Don't miss out on this essential resource for new real estate agents. Order your copy today and start building a successful career in real estate!




Building a Successful Home Staging Business


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Let Barb Schwarz—the creator of the Home Staging concept—show you what it takes to make it in the Home Staging industry. In 1972, Barb Schwarz coined the term "Staging" to refer to the process of preparing a home for sale, and turned her idea into a brand new industry. Today, thanks to Schwarz's pioneering efforts, Home Staging has become a big business with enormous profit potential. If you are thinking about starting a Home Staging business of your own or just want to improve upon an existing one, then Building a Successful Home Staging Business is the book for you. Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this practical guide will show you exactly how to set up a Home Staging business, and help you run and maintain the business as it grows. Some of the issues outlined throughout these pages include: How to write a business plan, market your company, and make the most of your resources How to work through the consulting, bidding, and Staging processes How to establish solid relationships with real estate agents and brokers How to obtain your Accredited Staging Professional (ASP) designation Filled with in-depth insights, expert advice, and proven strategies that Schwarz has developed over the course of her stellar career, Building a Successful Home Staging Business will put you in the perfect position to profit from the many opportunities that exist in this dynamic market.




Staging to Sell


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Home staging strategies needed to succeed in a down market Whether a buyer, seller, or real estate agent, the home selling and purchasing process is fraught with potholes that can usually be overcome. But in this weakened housing market, everyone involved in the selling process must increase their efforts. In order to sell homes at top dollar, houses must be "prepared for sales." That’s where Staging comes in. The real estate mantra is no longer location, location, location. It is now Staging, Staging, Staging! It’s all about presentation. In Staging to Sell, Barb Schwarz, The Creator of Home Staging®, offers her winning tactics, secrets, and strategies for selling a home at top dollar during these challenging times. In addition to offering specific tips on how to Stage a home, Schwarz, a sought-after speaker and Real Estate broker who has Staged and sold over 5,000 homes, provides readers, sellers, Realtors® and Stagers, with useful advice on correctly pricing properties, marketing properties so that they sell, addressing objections early on, having the seller handle the Staging before the house is viewed, and much more. Written with today’s turbulent real estate market in mind, Staging to Sell contains the information readers need to get their homes Sold in the market quickly for top dollar.




Home Seller’s Guide


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REASONS PEOPLE SELL PROPERTY Personal Reasons • Family • Downsizing • Death in the Family • Inherited Unwanted Property • Divorce Financial Reasons • Need Cash • Did Not Qualify for Refinance POSSIBLE WAYS TO SELL THE PROPERTY • For Sale by Owner • Listing with a Real Estate Agent- MLS THE SELLING PROCESS-WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE STEP: 1 GET YOUR HOME SALE AFFAIR IN ORDER • Assess Your Home Value • Calculate Equity • Estimate Your Net Proceeds • Start Decluttering and Packing STEP: 2 FIND A PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE AGENT • Interview Candidates • Look for Experienced Agent • Sign a Listing Agreement STEP 3: PRICE YOUR HOME • Get a Home Inspection • Review Real Agent’s Market Analysis (CMA) • Consider Price Filters • Buyer’s Market Versus Seller’s Market • Supply shortages • Work-from-home trends • Home Values STEP 4: PREPARE HOME FOR MARKET • Is Your Property Prepared for Sale? • Does your Property Need Upgrades? • Make Advisable Renovation • Improve Curb Appeal • Allow Some Natural Light • Take high-quality photos for the Listing • Do You Know the Hot Buttons of Your Property? STEP 5: MARKET THE PROPERTY • Prepare Your Home for Showings • Aerial Drone Photography • Virtual Tours • Why Home Sellers Need Staging? • Virtual Staging Services • Maximum Exposure Marketing Via social media, YouTube, Craigslist • Visual Pricing Tools to Help Home Sellers Better Understand the Market • Use Old Home Strategy • Promote Your Property • Be Flexible for Showings • Negotiating – How to Handle Offers STEP 6: CLOSE SALE • Review Your Settlement Statement • Receive Home Sale Proceeds • Determine Taxes You Owe on the Sale • Transfer Utilities • Give Buyers a Good Move-In Experience TIPS FOR SELLERS • Timing Your Property to Sell • Estimate the Cost of Home Sale • Have a Negotiation Strategy • Paying off Existing Loans • Full Disclosure of Property WHY YOU NEED A QUALIFIED REAL ESTATE AGENT • Has Pre-listing Packet to Inform Sellers • Provides Consultation • Arranges a Property Walkthrough • Hires Professional Listing Pictures • Markets the Property to Potential Buyers • Handles Paperwork • Suggests Necessary Repairs • Closes the Deal • Finalizes Loose Ends for Closing • Proactive Partner Who Customer Can Trust SUMMING UP • Happy Home Selling!




Advanced Redesign


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Learn how to maximize profits in your redesign and staging business with 10 value-added services and products perfect for decorating consultants to offer their clients.




Home Staging Like A Pro


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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... - Understanding the layout of any home and how to make it work for you... - 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: 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... - Time tested and proven strategies to linking colors and emotions... - 9-point checklist to stage your home perfectly... - And much more...




Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies


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Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies shows you how to make your fortune in the real estate business. Whether you are looking to rev up your real estate business, deciding whether to specialize in commercial or residential real estate, or just interested in refining specific skills, this book is for you. This no-nonsense guide shows you the fun and easy way to become a successful real estate agent. It provides expert advice on acquiring the skills needed to excel and the respect and recognition you’ll gain through making sales and generating profit. Soon you’ll have all the tools you need to: Prospect your way to listings and sales Build a referral-based clientele Work with expired and FSBO listings Plan and host a successful open house Present and close listing contracts Market yourself and your properties online and in print Negotiate contracts and avoid derailment Stake your competitive position Achieve excellent relationships with clients Spend less time to earn more money This guide features tips and tricks for working with buyers, must-haves for a successful real estate agent, and common pitfalls that can be avoided. Also included is a list of Web sites for real estate agents that are valuable resources for success. With Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies, you’ll discover how to acquire key skills and get on track for a successful career!




The Power of Staging


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Give me half an hour of your time and I'll show you step by step exactly what you need to do to prepare your home for the real estate market. I'm Andy Capelluto and I run the International School of StagingSince 2004, several thousand real estate professionals have taken my online course The Power of Staging(r), and today this information is mainstream. If you have future plans to sell your home, this is what your real estate agent would want you to know...