Hello,

Thank you so much to everyone for those great comments on my blog 'Take a look at it now!'

You have no idea how much it cheered me up on a slow, dark very rainy day.

In the mail the same day, I received a thank you note and a ticket to cineplex theatres for referring my mortgage broker to two new families who have now moved into their new homes. It was a wake up call for me to say thank you to all my clients and Realtors. The thank yous really brightened up my world. So kudos to you foks, active rain rocks

Cheers, Marilynn from the west coast of BC

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Hello All,

Just wanted to show you this video production of a 950 square foot, 2 bedroom condo, produced by Gloo studios. www.gloostudios.com

Staged by my team stagingfortopdollar and marketed by Doc Livingston.

We started with a Benjamin Moore Bluffs paint to cover the original red and green walls. Removed wall paper from the kitchen . Replaced kitchen and bath peel and stick floors with cork vinyl plank and updated the fifteen year old lighting.

I work almost exclusively with Doc Livingston---Now if he had only mentioned my company!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ORBwocmJI

Just copy and paste

Cheers, Marilynn

When the Real Estate market plummeted off the cliff in July of 2008 I had three storages full of inventory and a monthly rental bill of $650.00 and no income. My husband said, "No problem ." He would take up the slack.--- but I had made a comittment to him that my company would be self- sufficent. That was not a option in my thinking. So I made some phone calls and offered the two builders I had worked for a deal.

I would stage their 4 bedroom, den, Great room, formal dining room, baths and kitchens for the staging fee alone. They would pay the one time staging fee for my 2 staff, the trucking fee and a destaging fee plus the ongoing weekly cleaning and gardening which I would also do. I would not charge them an inventory fee for as long as the houses took to sell.

In return I could close my storages and not have to pay storage fees. The excess I sold off at 2 show home sell offs from my home. Items had become dated and/or needed repair. I receive weekly cleaning fees. And a huge amount of goodwell.

They were delighted! I made sure that the contracts were specific to the two homes etc. I also put a clause in the contract that stated that the buyer could buy the furniture and/or I could sell the inventory off at a show home sale. I gave the builder a itemized cost break-down of all items.

These builders believed in staging------ but their overhead costs were too high. Since I staged these homes in November and December they both have accepted offers!

Staging works!

P.S. The builder has contracted me to stage all 5 of his homes over 1 million each ---- and he will pay the inventory fee

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When the Real Estate market plummeted off the cliff in July of 2008 I had three storages full of inventory and a monthly rental bill of $650.00 and no income. My husband said, "No problem ." He would take up the slack.--- but I had made a comittment to him that my company would be self- sufficent. That was not a option in my thinking. So I made some phone calls and offered the two builders I had worked for a deal.

I would stage their 4 bedroom, den, Great room, formal dining room, baths and kitchens for the staging fee alone. They would pay the one time staging fee for my 2 staff, the trucking fee and a destaging fee plus the ongoing weekly cleaning and gardening which I would also do. I would not charge them an inventory fee for as long as the houses took to sell.

In return I could close my storages and not have to pay storage fees. The excess I sold off at 2 show home sell offs from my home. Items had become dated and/or needed repair. I receive weekly cleaning fees. And a huge amount of goodwell.

They were delighted! I made sure that the contracts were specific to the two homes etc. I also put a clause in the contract that stated that the buyer could buy the furniture and/or I could sell the inventory off at a show home sale. I gave the builder a itemized cost break-down of all items.

These builders believed in staging------ but their overhead costs were too high. Since I staged these homes in November and December they both have accepted offers!

Staging works!

P.S. The builder has contracted me to stage all 5 of his homes over 1 million each ---- and he will pay the inventory fee