Avoid Making Mistakes By Being an "Old School" Real Estate Professional
A seller hires you as the Real Estate expert to represent them during the home selling process. If you don't claim that role and educate your clients about what you know is in their best interest, your professional reputation will be compromised.
TIDY UP, if not for yourself, at least for others!
This short video drives the point home about picking up after yourself. This is an important home staging practice as well as it should be an every day lifestyle habit.
5 Important Home Selling Tips for Today's Real Estate Market
Every once in awhile, I like to go visit open houses just to see what's out there and what people are doing, or not doing, in some cases. With my husband and daughter in tow, we headed out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to an exclusive neighborhood here in Northern California (my plan is to move there in the near future). Here are five things that I noticed during our open house tours that I thought I'd share with you...
Professional House Painting Tips for Preparing Your House to SELL
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert interviews a Kelly-Moore store manager about paint choices for preparing your house to SELL. Learn about eco-friendly paint options, the difference between water and oil based paints, and what the most popular choices are today.
How To Create a Tropical Tablescape and a Kitchen Theme using Home Staging Props available at TJ Maxx
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert shows you how to create two simple staging scenes using home staging items available for sale at TJ Maxx. First, Alice sets up a simple tropical tablescape using a runner, potted floral and a tropical pitcher and matching tumblers. A variation of that look can also be set-up using layered placemats. This scene can be used when staging a kitchen, small dining area or an outdoor eating space. Alice also shows you how to use items from the food aisle at TJ Maxx to create an Italian kitchen theme that can be used to stage kitchens.
Shopping for Home Staging Props at TJ Maxx
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert takes you to one of her favorite retail stores, TJ Maxx, to shop for inexpensive home staging props. As Alice walks you through the store, she offers tips on what you can do with some of the items she finds and how you can use it to stage your own home.
There is a Psychology Behind Effective Home Staging
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert explains to a home seller and her Realtor about the need to take a holistic approach with home staging. Home Staging is not just decorating. There is a psychology behind effective home staging that needs to be taken into consideration In order for it to be truly successful.
Effective Home Staging Tip: Staging Design is NOT meant to Suit Seller's Taste
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert advises with a home seller and her Realtor about taking care to stage a property to reflect its architectural style and list price. The architectural style of the property and its furnishings need to be congruent with one another. Staging without a strategy will likely result in underwhelming your prospective buyers.
Home Staging Tip: How to Add Pizzazz to Your Master Bedroom
Alice T. Chan, the Staged Home Lifestyle Expert offers advice to a home seller about how to transform her boring, excessively neutral master bedroom into an inviting space by modeling luxury hotels such as the Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons.
Home Improvement Lessons from HGTV's "Bang For Your Buck" Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, I discussed some key points about Renovation #1 of the $65,000 kitchen renovation as featured on this episode of HGTV's "Bank for Your Buck". In Part 2, I'd like to discuss some of the points discussed in the other 2 renovations featured.