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How to Make Prospective Buyers Fall in Love With Your Home

If you've put your house or apartment up for sale and are waiting for the showings to start then it's time to make sure your home is ready to shine. This is the time to put away sentimental feelings and showcase your home to potential buyers in every way to make viewers fall in love with it. Here are some simple tricks to help you make prospective buyers fall in love with your home: Let in the Warmth & Sun If the weather is at all chilly, put the heat on, and if it's a winter's day, make … Continue reading...

4 Steps to Ready Your Home for Sale

Your house is your home, but it is also your biggest investment. And like any investment, it's only worth what the market is willing to pay for it. You can increase that perceived value by looking at your home with the eyes of a buyer. You don't need to hire a professional stager, but you should follow these four steps before putting your house on the market. Get it Clean This isn't saying you are a sloppy housekeeper, but there is a big difference between everyday clean and "this house is … Continue reading...

5 Tips for Staging a Cottage

Selling a cottage is similar to selling any other property. It's important to stage it carefully before you put it on the market. Staging involves preparing each room of a house for viewing by removing unnecessary items, fixing whatever is broken, redecorating, and doing anything else that could improve a visitor's impression of the room. Nevertheless, cottages have particular staging requirements that owners should address. Here are five special tips for effectively staging a cottage. … Continue reading...

How NOT to Sell Your Home

Buying a new home can be an exciting time. But once your new home is under contract, it's time to sell your current one. Selling your home is probably not as exciting as buying one, and it can be pretty stressful. Home sellers sometimes compound that stress by making mistakes that can sabotage their efforts and lead to longer times on the market, lower sales prices, and more hassle in general. Recognizing this danger of self-sabotage can be crucial, so here some ways not to sell your … Continue reading...

Is Home Staging Worth The Hassle And Expense?

We talk a lot about home staging, but is it actually worth the extra effort and expense? Home staging is when you prepare and decorate a home in order to try to help buyers see the potential in your home. A Tampa Bay home for sale is generally worth the home staging efforts and cost. It might seem like a waste, but staged homes in Tampa Bay sell faster and sell for a higher price tag too. Sellers recover their costs at closing. Did you know that more than three out of four buyer's agents say … Continue reading...

How to Use Mirrors to Stage Your Home

When you're selling your home in Tampa Bay, your real estate agent might suggest that you hire a professional stager. But if that's not in the cards (rather, the budget) for you, you can work wonders in your own space. Here's how to use mirrors to make your home look bigger, brighter and better. Search Tampa Bay Homes for Sale Here How to Use Mirrors to Stage Your Home Using mirrors to stage your home isn't that tricky if you know what you're doing. Think of it this way: Large … Continue reading...

How To Save Money On Professional Home Staging

We recently explained that you can save money on home staging if you're home staging on a budget by only staging a few rooms of your house. Those rooms include the family room, the living room, and the dining room. There's still another way to save some money on your home staging budget though. You can do the staging yourself, but hire a home stager for a walk-through. This is an appointment that lasts about an hour and a half to two hours. During that time, the home staging expert will offer … Continue reading...

Quick, Cheap Bathroom Upgrade

Not everyone can afford a complete bathroom remodel just to sell a house. It's also not always needed. Often, a few easy, inexpensive upgrades can be just enough! You don't always have to gut an old bathroom just to make a quick sale. Even older bathrooms in historic or just plain old Tampa Bay homes can often look nice with a few minor changes. Carpeting In The Bathroom Can't Be There Older bathrooms often had carpet installed. This is going to greatly reduce interest in your home. They will … Continue reading...

When Selling A Home, Use Rooms For Their Intended Purpose

Many of us have found better uses for rooms than their traditional, intended purposes. Guest rooms become exercise rooms. Dining rooms become easy places for the kids to do their homework, so the pencils and laptops just stay there. I have known someone who put a filing cabinet along with work paperwork in the dining room because the family just ate in the more relaxed kitchen. Extra bathrooms that are infrequently used by humans get converted into the place where the kitty litter goes. Spare … Continue reading...

How To Sell A Tampa Bay Home Quickly

If you want to make sure to sell your Tampa Bay home quickly, we have a few pointers. To start, home staging really does help. It does influence how quickly your home is sold. Plus, it helps bring you the most money. Here are a few tips that we've found help sell Tampa Bay homes more quickly. Remove your family photos. People want to imagine their own family in a home, not yours. Use light scents to create a welcoming smell. Clean the windows and make sure they function properly. This … Continue reading...