Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Staging Your Home

A hot word in the Real Estate arena today is staging. What is staging? Home staging is about illusions. It's beyond decorating and cleaning. It's about perfecting the art of creating moods. Staging makes your house look bigger, brighter, cleaner, warmer, more loving and, best of all, it makes home buyers want to buy it.

Staging is going beyond the basics of cleaning, decluttering and touching up dents and scrapes in the walls. It is about dressing the house up for a sale. It's adding the small details that make a home unique and stand out to buyers.

Check out some articles on staging. Sometimes small simple changes can make a big difference in the selling price of your home!

Staging Your Home to Sell
10 Tips on Staging Your Home to Sell
Barbara Corcoran's Tips for Staging Your Home
Top 10 Home Staging Do's
Top 10 Home Staging Don'ts

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The For Sale! Flyer

Here is an example of the type of flyer you will receive. I will match the style and design to your house and personality. Each flyer is custom-made.

*You can click on the image to get an enlarged view.

Package One: $50
You supply the house photos by email or CD to me.
You receive one custom For Sale! Flyer that is full color, laminated, and attached to a pulley string for convenient attachment to your for sale sign. You will also get a CD with the finished image that can be used to print extra copies if desired.

Package Two: $75
I come and take professional pictures of your house.
You receive one custom double-sided For Sale! Flyer that is full color, laminated, and attached to a pulley string for convenient attachment to your for sale sign. You will also get a CD with the finished image that can be used to print extra copies if desired.

Online Post: $10
I will post your house listing to the biggest local classifieds, KSL.com. I will include pictures and detailed information about your house.

If you are ready to get your house advertised right, please contact me at ForSaleFlyers@gmail.com and lets get started!

Monday, September 22, 2008

The Story Behind the For Sale! Flyer

If you have a house that you need to sell, then you need a For Sale! Flyer.

Not too long ago, I sold my own house For Sale by Owner. When I put the For Sale sign in the front yard, almost immediately, I started to get phone calls. I was really excited, however, most of the calls were from Realtors or random curious buyers! By the end of the first few days I was tired of answering my phone. I knew I needed to do something to narrow down the phone calls to only the people who were truly interested in my home. It was time to design a flyer.

I spent a few hours taking pictures of my house. I uncluttered each room and took several photos from alternate angles. I then designed an advertisement using the photos and added important and unique information about my home. I printed one double-sided full-color flyer, laminated it, and attached it with a pull string to my for sale sign. What a difference it made! People who drove by would stop and look at the pictures and read about the house. Those who were still interested, called, and those who weren't didn't! This saved me so much time. I was able to get two legitimate offers on my house after having my For Sale! Flyer out for less than a week!

If it made a difference for me, it will for you too!