Comments on: Home Staging Gone Bad

By: Holly White

Holly White — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:05:37 +0000

Just when I thought I had seen it all. Only you Jay. Too funny!

By: Jay - The Phoenix Re

Jay - The Phoenix Re — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:27:41 +0000

Hunter – lets not give anyone any ideas….

By: Hunter Jackson

Hunter Jackson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:13:19 +0000

So, i thought I had heard it all. I agree with Rachel. How much farther can staging go? Having a dog have an accident on the floor, just to show the carpet will come clean?

By: shurn

shurn — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 04:52:07 +0000

I don know but why i don find such informative and profitable blogs so often,I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we cant find such lucrative blogs like this one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:24:30 +0000

Great point Rachel! And I’ve showed homes to both types you mention.

By: william

william — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:14:24 +0000

It's relatively inexpensive to rent anything you need, and these finishing touches help ensure you make the profit you deserve for all those costly renovations.

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:17:24 +0000

For what it's worth, I meant "bitter," not biter. I can't imgagine what a biter divorce would be all about and hope I never find out.

I have thought about some pretty drastic measures for fresh-baked cookies (chocolate chip, of course) but buying a house for some was not on the list.

I enjoy your blog too. It's cool to have a friend on the "inside," so to speak.

By: The AZ Real Estate G

The AZ Real Estate G — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:06:18 +0000

Great point Rachel! And I've showed homes to both types you mention. The last thing they would want to see is a bunch of actors playing "happy family"…

Given a choice, I prefer to show vacant homes. It's usually easier for people to visualize their stuff in an empty home as opposed to one full of someone elses belongings.

And really, do you think someone is going to buy a home because it smells like fresh-baked cookies or has a nice flower arrangement on the table? Or God forbid, because there are people in it celbrating a fake birthday for Mom? I think not…

That said, I could tell you some horror stories about BAD smells, or crap lying around that will (and has) killed a sale. Hmmm, sounds like a future blog post!!

Thanks for commenting. Love your blog Rachel!!

By: rachel

rachel — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:37:49 +0000

Could you imagine if you were showing the home to someone who had just lost a member of their immediate family or someone looking for a place to live while experiencing a biter divorce?

Egads