Friday, August 28, 2009

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.

 
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