While selling your home it’s best to enjoy the holidays away from home especially if the holiday is religious in nature.  Why?  We don’t really know who’s going to purchase your home or their religious preference so keeping the decorations out of sight will help you appeal to everyone.  The best part about this tip is you can get away on a short vacation or enjoy your aunt Betty’s apple pie.

‘Transforming Houses for Sale into Homes that Sell’

Some people don’t fully understand what home staging means. When they go to sell their homes, they forget to take out their own personality and step back for a moment to see the true potential of the property. When selling a vacant home sellers don’t fully understand the lack of emotion and the complex problems buyers have visualizing themselves in the home.

Home staging should make the property attractive to many different types of prospective buyers. Personal belongings and decorating style detract from this. Potential buyers will judge your home based on the décor and if they don’t like your personal style, you may have lost a potential buyer. Also 90% of buyers can’t visualize empty spaces so a seller with an empty home experiences an empty file of offers.

The True Model Home works by designing the interior of the home with new furnishings, artwork and accessories which combined will truly represent the ultimate model home environment. The idea is to take out the personality of the previous residents and bring out the best features of the home itself.

As an added bonus to the True Model Home, potential buyers may purchase the furnishings individually or turnkey from our True Model Home at prices 40% to 60% below retail. This means they even have the opportunity to buy the home and all the beautiful model furniture that’s in it when they see it.

The ability for home buyers to purchase the model home furnishings provides sellers a unique advantage over other homes for sale. There are also affordable payment options available, making it easier for more home buyers to take advantage of it.

As an additional option, there is the True Model Home with Advertising which is our most popular option.

What True Model Home plus Advertising offers:

• Designing the interior with new furnishings, artwork and accessories that truly represent the ultimate model home environment.
• We combine our model home environment with our matchless marketing strategies designed to increase the number of showings at the home. The result is a powerful momentum that creates urgency and an absolute desire for YOUR home.
• 70.5% of our True Model Homes have sold during our exclusive events as a result of RMR’s unique marketing and advertising strategy.

Because we understand that showings = contracts, this program stands out as our most successful and result driven home staging service. It’s easy to see why this unique service created by RMR is one of the most effective vacant property marketing techniques.

Home Staging Tips

Home Staging is one of the most important things a seller can ever do to help sell a home. The word is out about how important Home Staging is but many sellers often don’t know how to do it properly. While it’s important to seek the services of a professional Home Stager here are some Home Staging tips to keep in mind:

• Depersonalize- you must remove any personal décor or style from the home. This can turn off potential buyers that don’t enjoy your style. Instead, you want to work with neutral décor that is devoid of a personal taste and will appeal to a wider range of potential buyers.
• De-clutter- When a family lives in a home, they move in their personal belongings which give the home that “lived-in” feel. When Home Staging you need to be as clutter free as possible. You want the potential buyer to feel like they can live there and not you.
• Make sure each room has a purpose. Often when a family has lived in a home, they find a better use for a room turning it into something it’s not. When Staging your home each room should have an individual purpose that is designed to meet the homes attributes.
• Crank up your curb appeal- We hear this phrase a lot but it’s one of the most important things you can do. A home needs to look appealing enough from the street to invite a home buyer in the front door for a closer look. So your lawn and your front door need to be inviting.
• Add complementary accessories- While removing the clutter is very important; you don’t want an empty room either. Accessories that complement the furniture and the architectural elements of a home are essential to catch the buyers eye and even guide their eye to an all important home feature.
• Fill empty spaces with furniture that is new or in great condition- Old, used or worn furniture will detract from the home leaving the space feeling tired and old. This reflects immediately on the condition of the home from the buyer’s point of view leaving emotions at a low level of excitement.

With these tips, you can see how important Home Staging is and the role it plays in a higher sales price and the quick sale of your home. Staging your home yourself is possible with proper DIY instruction but be sure to follow the instruction to the letter to complete a professional job or you risk convincing potential buyers, which ultimately costs money and opportunity for every seller.