Home Staging

by | Feb 27, 2011 | Listing Agent Practices, Tips, Advice & Links | 17 comments

High efficiency is the name of the game – my youtube on staging a home to sell:

17 Comments

  1. greenlander
    greenlander on February 27, 2011 at 9:31 am

    Good, simple advice.

    It’s always bothered me that the real estate industry is filled with so many spin-doctors whose role is to add thousands of dollars in commissions for doing stuff that adds no real economic value.

  2. AL
    AL on February 27, 2011 at 10:59 am

    Did the home center charge include the snail at no extra charge? Value Added!

  3. Local Boy
    Local Boy on February 27, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Perfect! IMHO–Bring that $32 up to $47 and buy a new welcome mat!

  4. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on February 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    I’m thinking about Jim the Realtor welcome mats – so people think of me coming and going!

  5. Susie
    Susie on February 27, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    The red door in feng shui signals prosperity (My late husband called it: “feng shooey”).

    *Chuckle* Jim, the rock should have said,”Imagine buying this house”…

  6. Art Eclectic
    Art Eclectic on February 28, 2011 at 7:50 am

    I think the welcome mats are a spectacular idea.

  7. Jeeman
    Jeeman on February 28, 2011 at 9:54 am

    Well, 19 minutes + a trip to the Home Despot. I always wondered if little things like that mattered. I guess they do.

  8. Aztec
    Aztec on February 28, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Staging is a turnoff to me. It sends a message that the seller is trying to spruce things up abnormally. When we sold our last house, we “staged it” by buying some new furniture we knew we’d keep.

  9. Scott
    Scott on February 28, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    How many offers did you get today? I imagine after the weekend you are seeing some digital ink come your way. Keep me posted.

  11. Proud Bressi Home Owner
    Proud Bressi Home Owner on March 1, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    I am a Bressi Ranch orginal home owner. Many of my neighbors and I have watched your blog TRASHING Bressi Ranch over the years and how nobody should buy a home here. Many people here in Bressi Ranch think you are a complete JERK. We were shocked to see YOUR for sale sign in front of our beautiful homes. Wouldn’t be surprised one bit if your for sale sign starts getting egged!

  12. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on March 1, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    Lennar’s mortgage guy was who was getting trashed, he stuck many Bressi buyers with extremely exotic financing. You’ve probably noticed the high rate of foreclosures in the area, and how prices have suffered as a result.

    That’s why I said it wasn’t a good idea to buy there, because you could see it coming.

    It’s the best place around for buying newer homes around $200/sf. Trader Joe’s and the other shopping is a plus too.

  13. Jeeman
    Jeeman on March 1, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    My guess is that Jenae has found her way to your website. 🙂

  14. Proud Bressi Home Owner
    Proud Bressi Home Owner on March 1, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Now Lennar’s mortgage guy!? That really has nothing to do with people getting over their heads–it was the market at the time.

    Yes, Janae! We know how much Jim loved to talk about that situation in “trashing” Bressi. Oh, and the “beginning of the end” you wrote about:
    2575 Arundel, Carlsbad

    “This will probably be the beginning of the end for Bressi Ranch – once a big bomber slides under $1 million, it’ll be hard for anyone else to get above that.”

    Jim, like I said, there are a lot of proud, orginal homeoweners here in Bressi who think you are a jerk- and other words I am not going to post. Good luck with selling this home. I know a lot of people that can’t wait to meet you at your next open house.

  15. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on March 1, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    Come on by.

    has nothing to do with people getting over their heads-it was the market at the time.

    There are other new tracts built at the same time that have held up better.

    Lennar’s mortgage guy was financing 90% to 100% of purchases over $1M with exotic terms – you don’t think that had anything to do with people bailing out?

    For example, look at Davidson’s Starboard tract in La Costa Oaks (a much smaller tract).

    Sales over $1,000,000 in last 24 months:

    Starboard: 5, with 2 pending
    Bressi: 0

  16. Ruby
    Ruby on March 1, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Hi Jimbo,
    No sales over $1,000,000 in Bressi??
    2565 Dogwood…I think this guy crossed the finish line
    6320 Montecito…not quite there, but a good run for the money
    6343 Di Vita…I know I’m over the time line a bit…but the sale was well after Lennar left.

    Anyway all the best at Lismore.

    A Bressi Resident that respects Jim’s opinion…But we may not always agree.

  17. Jim the Realtor
    Jim the Realtor on March 1, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Thanks Ruby, you’re right, Dogwood closed for $1,130,000 in September. It was a 3,480sf one-story decked out nicely just like a model.

    I had searched by neighborhood, and inputted Bressi. He had it marked as Canterbury.

    Montecito was 3,280sf and sold for $900,000 cash last month.

    Di Vita was $1.275 in 2008, the same amount paid by my sellers in 2006.

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