Home Stagers Meet - RESA International Conference – January, 2010

San Antonio, Texas August 27, 2009

Dan Eason, president of EnergizedSeller.com, announced today that he would be representing his company at the first International Conference of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) in January 2010.

EnergizedSeller.com is a free online resource that provides home selling tips and home staging tips to home sellers, real estate agents, home stagers and home improvement professionals.

“The RESA conference will be a great time to meet the professional home stagers who participate on our site and who are truly dedicated to helping sellers increase the value of their homes,” Eason said.

RESA is a worldwide member-governed trade association for professional real estate stagers. Real Estate Staging is the process of preparing a home for sale to create immediate buyer interest.

The RESA International Conference will focus on providing all home stagers, regardless of designation, training or background, with personal and professional development opportunities.

“RESA has been very welcoming to EnergizedSeller.com,” Eason said. “They recognize the value we bring to the home selling and staging industries. I'm looking forward to the conference and the opportunity to meet so many industry professionals.”

“We feel Energized Seller is an extremely valuable resource for consumers in addition to home stagers and Realtors", Shell Brodnax, President and CEO of RESA, said.

The Real Estate Staging Association Conference, “What Happens In Vegas May Stay In Vegas - But What You Learn Goes Home With You!” will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 24 - 26, 2010.

For more information visit

http://energizedseller.com/

www.RESAConference.com

Home Staging Tips – Ten excellent Home Staging Tips and Tricks to sell your Home

Home Staging Tips 1 - Go through the home and clear off all the horizontal surfaces like kitchen and bathroom countertops. Counters need to be clear and clean. When cleaning a kitchen countertop, make sure to remove any types of appliances or cutting boards from it before you attempt to clean it.

Home Staging Tips 2 - Cleaning bathrooms is a standard part of every house cleaning service, but it doesn't have to seem like a chore. Proper cleaning of a bathroom is crucial for the health as well as the longevity of the bathroom fixtures. Make bathrooms seem like a breeze.

Home Staging Tips 3 - A home should smell good. Making your home smell good can done by keeping it clean, leaving out a bowl of vinegar to absorb nasty odors and simmering a mixture of apple cider, sliced lemon and cinnamon sticks over the stove. Keep homes smell lovely with advice from a professional home stager or home cleaner.

Home Staging Tips 4 - Make your Home ageless. Make your home a more comfortable place to live. Keep everything fresh, up to date and well maintained.

Home Staging Tips 5 - Lighting is one of the most important ways to set the mood in a home, whether it is for sale or rent. Make sure that the level of light in each room is appropriate for the function of that room. As a rule of thumb, bathrooms, closets and kitchens should have even, bright light while bedrooms, dining rooms and dens should have softer, ambient lighting.

Home Staging Tips 6 – Go for Home Inspection. Hiring home inspectors has advantages for both home buyers and home sellers. Home sellers that hire a home inspector can be proactive about making the repairs necessary to help their homes sell more quickly. Home buyers can feel confident that the home they buy is not in need of any major or minor structural work.

Home Staging Tips 7 - When it comes to walls, color is popular. The problem is that the next buyer might not like the same colors. Paint is a relatively inexpensive way to make a house look clean and fresh. And if you are going to repaint prior to selling, stick with neutrals. And remember that white reflects the light best and makes rooms look their largest.

Home Staging Tips 8 – Beautify your walls with Art, if necessary. Paintings and picture frames are great additions to walls, but there are other options as well. Eliminate wall damage when hanging pictures or other decor.

Home Staging Tips 9 – Get the carpet shampooed to get out any stains or smells. If that does not work, replace it. And consider, if you can, wood or laminates as an alternative.

Home Staging Tips 10 - Remove all personal and religious items when showing the house. Potential buyers need to imagine the house as their own and emotionally move in regardless of their ethnic background.

Home Selling Tips for Attractive Curb Apeal

12 Home Selling Tips for Attractive Curb Appeal - Karen Eubank, a home stager in Dallas, TX, gave 12 home selling tips for attractive curb appeal in a lighting round, 90 second interview with EnergizedSeller.com, the web site for home selling and home staging tips. The interview might be quick, but the curb appeal tips are valuable for any home seller. House staging works for increasing the home property value. Get more home selling and home staging tips at http://energizedseller.com/.

Home Selling Tips – Best Selling Tips for Laundry Room

Home Selling Tips 1 - Discard or store offsite anything that does not have to part of the laundry area. This should not be a dumping ground for unused items. Put detergent and other laundering supplies in cupboards or attractive canisters or baskets.

Home Selling Tips 2 - Easily brighten up the laundry area with a coat of paint and additional lighting. Even an unfinished basement looks better when the concrete floor is painted and there are no dark scary corners. If there is a window with a drab view, hide it with a curtain or a nice blind that is light enough to allow some light to pass through it.

Home Selling Tips 3 - Wipe down that washer and dryer from top to bottom. Push it back against the wall if needed. Tuck the hoses in while you are at it. Think neat and organized.

Home Selling Tips 4 - Canvas Bins and Baskets make a huge difference visually when used to store all those detergents. Buyers do not want to see all those bottles that look like clutter anyways. It looks so much more organized and fresh staged with these pretty bins or baskets.

Home Selling Tips 5 - Buyers should never see dirty clothes in piles, in a basket, anywhere. The same goes for clean laundry. It should not be sitting out on the counter or top of the dryer waiting to be put away or hanging around.

Home Selling Tips 6 - If there is a window with a drab view, hide it with a curtain or a nice blind that is light enough to allow some light to pass through it. Add a framed picture or a plant to make the area more attractive.

Home Selling Tips 7 - Pick a paint color that you are fond of, but would not normally appear in a main room – like a calming violet, or a cheerful pink. The laundry room can be a place to live out decor dreams.

Home Selling Tips 8 - Mount a flip laundry board to the wall, so you can easily tuck it away when it's not in use. Extra hanging bars installed in the laundry room also give you room to hang-dry items without having to lay them on the floor or counter.

Home Selling Tips 9 - If you have a bland, boring laundry room, here is a great idea to help even you create excitement within your room. You can redecorate your Laundry Room based on a theme. For example, if you dream of being on a nice sunny tropical beach, make that theme in your laundry room.

Home Selling Tips 10 - Pictures to give walls character – If painting is too much of a hassle, or if you have any free wall space, why not add a picture or two as part of your laundry room staging.

How to Sell a House - Home Selling Tips - Pricing and Staging Homes

How to Sell a House - Home Selling Tips - Pricing and Staging Homes - Presentation on How Pricing Gets You in the Game and Staging Gets You the Offers, by Sandra Holmes, a Home Stager from, South Florida. Get more Home Staging Tips and Advice from Sandra Holmes and other Home Staging Professionals, on http://energizedseller.com/.

Home Staging Tips – Tips for the Basement

Home Staging Tips 1 - Clean the stairs to the basement. Sweep the floor. To reduce odors, try leaving the windows open for a day. Be sure to remove any unsightly critter or pest traps when buyers come to view your home. If the basement floor is concrete, then consider painting it gray to create a clean look.

Home Staging Tips 2 - In a finished basement, help buyers envision a use for the space by adding props such as craft table or workout equipment. Add accessories such as plants, art and lamps to give the space warmth.

Home Staging Tips 3 - To add a romantic flare, light a few light-bulb candles in the room and you will have yourself a dinner for two, restaurant feel that will delight buyers.

Home Staging Tips 4 - Add lamps if the basement still appears dark. You can also brighten the space by painting the walls white, especially if the basement in unfinished. If you have paneled walls, then sand and paint them.

Home Staging Tips 5 - Repair issues, such as cracks, water damage or mold, could hinder the sale. Also, staging your unfinished or finished basement could add perceived living space, making your home seem larger.

Home Staging Tips 6 - Remove anything that is not essential and put it in a storage facility or get rid of it. If you must keep some items stored in the basement, then try to reduce the number of boxes by consolidating contents into fewer, larger boxes. This is also a good time to remove hazards and junk, such as solvents and lumber scraps.

Home Staging Tips 7 - Whether your basement is finished or unfinished you can delineate areas based on where different activities occur. For example, you could set up a kids play area, a sitting area, a hobby area and/or a workshop.

Home Staging Tips 8 - Try and choose flooring that is on par with the other flooring in the home. Carpeting in basement is always a plus. Choose a light color that will brighten the space.

Home Staging Tips 9 - If possible, add a green plant to the space. Treat the basement room just as any other room in the home and plants are always lending a good feeling to spaces.

Home Staging Tips 10 - A few well chosen accessories will reinforce the fact that this room is an integral part of the house, not an afterthought. The accessories need not be expensive. Choose items that are either similar in color, identical in shape or along the same theme.

GinaMcNew -Bathroom Tips

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Home Staging Tips - 12 Bathroom Staging Tips by Gina McNew, a Home Staging Professional from, Atlanta, Georgia. Get More Home Staging Advice from Gina McNew and other Home Staging Professionals, on http://energizedseller.com/.