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Home Sellers, Create Some Excitement and Get Your Home Sold!

Selling your home?? Create some excitement, stir up some energy, get your house SOLD!!

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If you were a Realtor with a beautiful home to sell that was priced correctly, wouldn't you be EXCITED? Make the excitement happen!

If your house looks great and your agent is proud to show it to other agents and buyers, what happens is a "This-house-is going-to-sell-fast" attitude. The excitement is CONTAGIOUS! Buyers can feel this excitement and will be more apt to make an offer.

  1. First, repair and replace broken/ruined items.
  2. Have your home staged so it has curb appeal, and updated style.
  3. LISTEN TO YOUR AGENT'S ADVICE ON SETTING THE ASKING PRICE.
  4. Have top-notch listing photographs taken.
  5. Keep your home staged & clean so it shows well when a buyer comes to look.

Statistics prove that the faster a home sells, the higher the selling price. So create some excitement about your home so that buyers want it NOW, and get your Realtor pumped up!

If you have a question about home staging and you can't find the answer here, please contact me, and I'd be happy to help you in any way I can.

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Staged First Impressions, Hampton, New Hampshire. Here when you need us, NH.


Posted Wednesday Jun 20

Excellent post!  These are great tips, and they are well presented.  Congrats on a job well done!

( 06/20/07 08:16PM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Thank you Christina.

I would never be caught dead on this roller coaster. It makes my stomach roll just looking at it! I always tell the kids that someone has to stay on the ground with the backpack, and that'll be Mum, ok?

Sue - As usual a great post -- colorful and exciting -- this is exactly what consumers need to know and you made this message jump off the page.

( 06/20/07 08:21PM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

thanks Joan. You're such a wonderful and faithful reader :)

Great post and excellent advice.  I've seen homes sold in a day with the right level of excitement!!!

Great post, great advice- love the blog!

( 06/20/07 08:27PM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Chris, thanks for reading from TX tonight. One day, that would be great in a portfolio now wouldn't it?

( 06/20/07 08:29PM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Maureen, thanks for commenting tonight from Agawam. We are New England neighbors :)

Sue...you seem PUMPED UP!!!

That should be the topic of your next post! With a big picture of AHHH_NOLD !

Good post!

Excellent advice Sue. I love the look of the post even if that picture made my dizzy LOL!

( 06/21/07 08:03AM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Joan, I AM pumped! My staging is paying off for sellers and agents, and it feels great!

But Arnold? Naaaah!! 

( 06/21/07 08:04AM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Monika, I'm with you on that...no roller coasters or upside down amusement for me!!

Sue - good tips and advice in this post, and what a picture to go along with it!  Yikes!

( 06/21/07 07:59PM ) — Sue Argue - NH Home Stager

Thank you for reading, Ann.

I wanted to get to the Sand Sculptures at Hampton Beach today but never got there.

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