Jeannene's Blog

OK . . . I admit it.  I'm feeling soooo frustrated!  Realtors, Builders, and Homeowners . . . HELP!  What's the best way to capture your attention?Statistics have shown that Realtors, Builders and Homeowners alike can benefit from the multi level of services that are being offered by professional...

OK, first of all I am really very busy right now so have no business sitting here at my computer blogging ... but this one is wayyyy too good not to share!  I ran across this article which was written by a realtor for a homes magazine.  (I mean no offense to all of my realtor friends!) I will hav...

I recently wrote a blog for AR titled "Light Sells Homes". . .  a theory that I truly believe in.  Now I would like to make an addition to my blog . . . and vice versa!!!  There is a lot that has been written about the importance of staging for a vacant home.  You know the statistics: only 10% of...

According to the Manhatten Real Estate mogul Barbara Corcoran . . . "LIGHT SELLS HOMES!!!" In her experience (which has been vast, turning a $1000.00 investment into an 8 billion dollar Real Estate Company), prospective buyers associate a sunny home with a happy home.  And they associate a happy ...

Good design in home staging doesn't just happen.  It's a well thought-out process of mixing and layering colors and textures that, if done well, will ultimately result in a stylishly inviting home with broad "buyer appeal".  When it comes to color, I've learned the importance of knowing how to us...

Just one quick additional thought to my original blog . . . Creating a "memory point" can be done in many ways.  Certainly theming a room is one of those ways, but showcasing an unusual piece is another.  I once used a GREAT cocktail table in a family room of a model home.  It was a wooden, 42" s...

Whether you are a real estate agent or a prospective buyer . . . at the end of the day, or week, or in some cases months, after having seen a gazillion properties . . .  you are both in the same place. . .  BRAIN DEAD! "Now which house was it that had the dining room we liked? -  Was it . . . You...

I was giving a Home Staging presentation to a group of Realtors here in Florida last week when someone brought up the question. . .   Should Home Stagers be allowed to leave their cards or put up a sign in the houses that they have staged? There were fifteen Realtors . . . and about the same amou...

As a new member of Active Rain I began blog browsing to see who the "Top Guns" of posting were.  Not surprising to you veterans I'm sure, I came across several great articles written by, it seems, one of the blogging gurus Craig Schiller (Real Estaging).  While I found many of his blogs both ente...