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Home Stager - ALR Home Staging and Showcasing, LLC
Getting reacquainted with the NY housing market after living in Atlanta for 3 years and looking to start staging again!
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It's no secret that moving is one of the top stresses one will endure during their lifetime.  And, gone are the days of living in the 'family' house for 50 years (for the most part!).  Today, there are many people moving from one house to another every 10-15 years.  Those timeframes may be much s...
05/13/2008
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Most of us will go through our lives meeting many people from all walks of life.  Those of us that provide a service, like myself being a Home Stager, we continually have the opportunity to meet new people on an almost daily basis.  Some of them will be short term working relationships and others...
05/07/2008
Part of starting up a home staging business includes determining a pricing standard or guideline for services.  A wise entrepreneur would probably begin the process by researching what his/her 'competitors' are charging for their services.  Do they need to charge the same?  No and I hope that the...
05/02/2008
Staging an occupied home is very different than staging a vacant home.  The occupied home has so many personal effects to contend with while the vacant has none.The occupied home has someone still trying to live in the house while the vacant has none.The occupied home typically has clutter issues...
04/29/2008
Most of our home staging accessories are larger items like lamps, bedding, rugs, vases, tableware, greenery, art, mirrors, etc.  But, there are some smaller items that are used to stage homes in conjunction with these larger items that add extra details to the displays...some necessary and some n...
04/23/2008
Last year when I began my home staging business in Atlanta, I began my search for new and innovative ways to network and get my name out there to the public.  Networking is a challenge to begin with but when you are new to a city with a local network that can be counted on one hand, there is that...
04/23/2008
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We all encounter people in our lives that really impact us in one way, shape or form.  Whether it be in a small way or in a big way, these people forever leave an indelible mark on us and help us to become who we are today and who we will become tomorrow.  I have a few She-roes in my life that ha...
04/16/2008
Let me say this first....I do not promote FSBO listings.  I truly believe homes should be professionally listed.I was recently contacted by a prospective seller looking to prepare to list as a FSBO.  When I arrived to meet him and tour the occupied home, I did some probing to find out why he want...
03/23/2008
I was called upon to provide a bid for a vacant new construction that has been on the market since November 2007.  I was told that they'd already lowered the asking price by almost $50K!  YIKES!Since I was already out and about for my day, and not having any appts scheduled that afternoon, I was ...
03/21/2008
It's pretty standard to gather certain information about a house prior to going to perform a consultation or bid for either vacant homes or occupied homes.  I typically ask the obvious things like:Verify address including zipContact information, whether it's the homeowner or REA# of bedrooms# of ...
03/14/2008
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Abby Roselli

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