Donna Schoby, Ready, Set, Stage! Fayetteville, AR

When: Sunday, June 14, 2009

Where: 14493 E. 264 Hwy, Lowell, AR

Time: 2:00 - 4:00

Price: $220,000.00

MLS # 555172

Listed By: Lori Brittain Griffin Company Realtors

Staged By: Donna Schoby Ready, Set, Stage!

A beautiful 4.21 acres, with an additional 6 acres available. Plus a detached 2 car garage/workshop.

This property is priced right with room to grow!

Visit this Real Estate Show for photos of this beautiful home!

Sometimes I have to advise my clients that their money is NOT best spent on staging. Not yet anyway. Stagers need to be HONEST in advising their clients where their money is best spent.

After viewing these photos you will see why I HAD to tell my client that his money would be best spent on cleaning.

My client was VERY appreciative of my advice, (He is a out of town owner, on a very limited budget) and said he had no idea that his property was in this condition. His property has been listed for 11 months and he paid for a cleaning when the property was listed. (The current agent was not the original listing agent, so I don't know if she was aware that he had paid for cleaning)

Ready, Set, Stage! has a cleaning division and the seller was given a quote for cleaning. His Realtor also furnished him with an estimate, but he went with our company...stating that he felt even though our price was double the quote from the Realtor, he knew we would get THE JOB DONE! AND WE WILL!!!

Ready, Set, Stage! will also stage this property next month. We have to work within the sellers budget. Cleaning first...then staging!

If your looking for a great home on the West side of Fayetteville, AR look no further! This great home is located in Clabber Creek S/D. Listed at $218,500.00 this home has a lot to offer. Visit the homes custom website (provided as a service from Ready, Set, Stage!)

www.4180MorningMist.com

For more information on staging your home to sale visit our website at www.ReadySetStageNWA.com

In the Northwest Arkansas area it seems that when I tell people what I do...even with many Realtors, that they only think of staging vacant homes. (Which I LOVE to do!) But I have geared my marketing efforts toward reaching the homeowner of occupied homes. Any professional stager only needs to look at their local MLS to see how they could benefit owner occupied homes.

Here are some photos of a home that has been on the market for 11 months. These homeowners are about to loose their home, I only wish that they had called me sooner. The homeowners told me that they can only hang on for about 3 more months. Their excitement of what I showed them of what could be done gave them so much hope. I do not wish to be a homeowners last hope, but if I can help these homeowners make a sale and help save their name and credit then what I do will be so worth it!

After talking with the Realtor this was the feedback she was receiving: 1) The home seems to small... easy fix! 2) That the home even though not that old seems dated, again easy fix!

The transformation of this home will be so awesome and I can't wait to show you the after photos! I gave the homeowners a "homework" list with a deadline for the end of the month.

I can't guarantee these homeowners with a sale , but I can guarantee to create more interest and activity for their home, and working with their Realtor we will double their online presents and current activity! The good news is that even after 11 months on the market they still have activity, about 2 showings a week, so this in its self tells me that there is great potential for this home!

As I moved through this home with the homeowner removing some items along the way, the homeowner could not believe the difference that I made in only a two hour consultation! She told me that she worked until midnight that night, packing away her items because she understood what I was telling her! She GOT IT! How great is that!

I'll post the after photos when the job is complete!

Look for updates, next month!

A good following that is...I have discovered that my staged properties have developed a following, of Realtors! These smart Realtors (even though I have never met most of them) realize that my staged properties show well, and they have a increased chance of making a sale!

As I check on my staged properties I find the same Realtor cards left at these properties. So I know if one of my staged propeties meet the criterira for their client then I have a really good chance of the listing being shown by them.

I told this to a seller that called me today, and he said "I would have never thought of that as an added benefit when hiring a stager." We have an appointment tomorrow!