Carolyn Stieger, RESA PRO, ASPM, CRTS

"Call for the dumpster and haul it all out!" Can you imagine hearing those words from your family members or children? You've done a great job raising your family, lived a good life. You collected trinkets from vacations, special occasions, and possibly precious antique pieces from family members that hold special memories for you of your life. Are your treasurers now reduced to the trash? Will those memories find their way to the dumpster?

The aging population is facing hard decisions. Do they downsize now and move into a ranch condo or independent living community? Do they play the waiting game? Wait and see, I don't have to move yet. Adult children can feel guilty because they don't have free time to help with the downsizing process. Your children are busy being parents too. When can they go back home help Mom and Dad? Out of frustration, the solution is reduced to, "Call in the dumpster, you don't need that anymore!"

Aging Americans view all of this as a form of giving up and losing control. But, why not take control? The downsizing process can be fun and a walk down memory lane. Professionals trained in the senior move management process can assist and guide you through the downsizing and move transition. Certified Relocation Transition Specialist, Carolyn Stieger provides the solutions to the obstacles you are facing and holding you back.

Free Tips To Consider Before You Move:

•1. Trained professionals will provide non-confrontational and objective solutions

•2. Hold Christmas in July. Gift items to stay in the family

•3. Sale extra unwanted items to help pay for your move

•4. Antiques and treasures should be appraised to learn their true value not your perceived value

•5. Donate items to your favorite charities

•6. Itemize all donations and keep records for a tax deduction

•7. Shred personal information to avoid identity theft

•8. Give yourself permission to buy something new, you deserve it

•9. Make sure what you are moving will fit in the new space

•10. Pack an overnight bag with your medications so they are not lost in the move

"Carolyn helped me through the entire process of my downsizing and move" Veronica of Warren. To learn more about Veronica's experience click here.

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Proudly Announcing, Carolyn Stieger has earned the RESA-PRO Designation, February 16, through the Real Estate Staging Association.

Carolyn Stieger, We Stage Greater Detroit, LLC

Are you looking for a Professional Home Stager? As a RESA-PRO you can be assured you have found the professional to assist your clients in preparing their homes for sale. The RESA-PRO designation is based on the NAR-Realtor designation model. As a RESA member and an ASPM, Accredited Staging Professional Master I attended the Real Estate Staging Association Conference January 2010 and as a CRTS, Certified Relocation Transition Specialist I attended the National Association of Senior Move Managers Conference February 11-14, 2010. These trade association conferences offer Continuing Education and the latest trends in our industry to better serve our clients. When looking for a professional home stager or senior move manager consider our services. We Stage Greater Detroit, helping our clients move on with their lives.

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THE REAL ESTATE STAGING ASSOCIATION 2010 CONFERENCE.

Terrylynn Fisher - StagersList, Carolyn Stieger -We Stage Greater Detroit, Matthew Finalson -"The Stager" HGTV, Bethany Souz - "Designed to Sell" HGTV and Shell Brodnax - RESA President

Does it look like we have been having fun? We did! The first RESA-Real Estate Staging Association Conference was packed with professional speakers, personalities, and peers for lots of networking. Of course our motto was "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" but I did learn several new tips that I can share with my clients.

The market correction has been taking place and I am geared up for a Fab 2010. Are you with me?

Let's make this the best year ever by partnering as professionals. We Stage Greater Detroit will assist your clients in preparing homes for sale and allow you to focus on selling homes quickly. We will prepare the documents for the DIYer's and a step by step plan for them to follow. We can stage the property so your clients can focus on what they need to do day by day. We can help the boomers to down size and have a smooth move. We are looking for great Realtors to partner with in 2010, we want to join your team of professional service providers.

Let's have fun this year, staging and selling homes together.

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We Stage Greater Detroit, professional home staging professional master, Carolyn Stieger would like to address the difference between Home Staging and Interior Design

Home Staging is not Interior Design. See the Wikipedia condensed definitions for both categories below.

Home staging is the act of preparing a private residence for sale in the real estate marketplace. The goal of staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling a property more swiftly and for more money. Staging techniques focus on improving a property's appeal by transforming it into a welcoming, attractive product that anyone might want. Many people believe that staging raises the value of a property by way of reducing the home's flaws, depersonalizing, de-cluttering, cleaning, improving its general condition and landscaping

Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. These solutions are functional, enhance the quality of life and culture of the occupants, and are aesthetically attractive. Designs are created in response to and coordinated with code and regulatory requirements, and encourage the principles of environmental sustainability.
The interior design process follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, analysis and integration of knowledge into the creative process, whereby the needs and resources of the client are satisfied to produce an interior space that fulfills the project goals.^[1]
They plan the spaces of almost every type of building including: hotels, corporate spaces, schools, hospitals, private residences, shopping malls, restaurants, theaters, and airport terminals. Today, interior designers must be attuned to architectural detailing including floor plans, home renovations, and construction codes. Some interior designers are architects as well.

Did that clear up the confusion between Home Staging and Interior Design?
What else will you need to know to hire the right company to prepare your home for sale?
•· Is the company insured?
•· Are you going to over pay for the wrong professional?
•· Have they been trained or did they just decide they wanted to be a Home Stager?
•· Will there be updates and repairs or a remodel?
•· Does the company work with Realtors? Understanding the process of selling real estate is very
important in preparing homes for sale

Do you have more questions regarding the home staging process? Visit us at www.WeStageGreaterDetroit.com or email us at: Contact@WeStageGreaterDetroit.com or call 248.322.4703 We would be happy to answer any home staging questions you may have.

We Stage Greater Detroit goes beyond Home Staging, we also offer Senior Move Services. Our services can start the day the offer is accepted. Your seller is under pressure to get the move started and get it finished by the closing date. Our goal is to work within the sellers time frame to move before they have to pay for additional days to "rent back" their house they just sold.

Senior Move Services can manage the project from down sizing through the entire move. We Stage Greater Detroit takes the worry out of the move. By assisting with the sorting, decisions on what will fit and what needs to find a new home, we work closely with the seller/client.

Realtors find us a great resource to expidete the move and get the job done.

If you have a seller or client that would benefit from our services, please call to learn more about We Stage Greater Detroit and how we can serve your clients. Visit our website and watch our Senior Testimonialat www.WeStageGreaterDetroit.com