This past weekend, I was reminded of an excellent lesson in Real Estate Business by my mother-in-law. She and her husband are down from CO for a few months renting a home in Georgetown and we get together a couple of times a week. On Sunday, she had volunteered to make dinner for us after a ligh
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02/09/2012
Just a Quick Note out to my Active Rain Friends: Merry Christmas! And if there's one lesson I learned this year that would be most beneficial to Agents and Stagers, it's this:Never be afraid to go knock on a neighbor's door and discuss a problem. Be polite, but straight forward. This year, I we
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12/21/2011
While preparing for a Basic Stage Coaching visit in the Canyon Creek subdivision of Austin a few weeks ago, I was looking at some online photos of the listings in the area. It occurred to me that most of the homes on the market all suffered from a lack of Basic Home Staging help. Taking notes, I
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09/01/2011
During a recent online discussion with some fellow Home Stagers from around the country, I read the following snippet from part of the conversation by another Central TX Home Stager: "...when I do a consult I try not to be too specific with my ideas for the staging just to ensure they don't try t
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06/05/2011
While preparing for a Basic Stage Coaching visit in Sonoma a few weeks ago, I was looking at some online photos of the listings in the area. It occurred to me that most of the homes on the market all suffered from a lack of Basic Home Staging help. Taking notes, I made some interesting observatio
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04/26/2011
Dear Facebook... I know you're listening... every time I write a Blog about a Feature Request for Business Pages, it turns up in the next installment. Even my Fellow Home Stager Kevin Htain recently commented this to me after the previous roll out of changes to Business Pages. You are finally al
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02/23/2011
One of my best friends is a Chef in Chicago, and I am always joking with him about people who like to order "Off the Menu", as in dreaming up their own version of a meal not on the menu. It is one of his biggest gripes when we talk shop. My favorite happened just recently when he took a position
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02/09/2011
I managed to overcome one of the biggest shortcomings on my Facebook Business Page! I have always felt like I was not able to participate in the conversation as a person, but only as a Company. And that's not what I wanted for my company. It's important to me to coexist with The Stage Coach -
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12/01/2010
For several years now, I have taken a mostly neutral stance on Home Staging Managers. When people would call me and ask if I provided this service, I would always refer them to a couple of local Austin companies I knew who provided this service. As of today, I will no longer refer these people
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10/25/2010
While walking through our greenbelt this morning, I came across a home that has done some yard work in the last couple of weeks. This particular update is fairly common, and one of the worst things you can do when it comes to the health of your trees: Creating a raised bed around an established
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10/18/2010
