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How To Start a Business While Finding Your Perfect Forever Home

How To Start a Business While Finding Your Perfect Forever Home

As you start looking for a new home, the first thing you should do is hire a realtor and give them a hard budget. Prioritize location above all else. Research shows that living in a community you love is more important than buying the perfect home. You can make changes to your home over time, but there is little you can do about your community other than try to be part of it. Additionally, if you find homes you're interested in, ask about HOA standards to ensure you can operate your business at home. Some HOAs don't allow home businesses.
Tips on How to Make Your Home Look Twice as Attractive

Tips on How to Make Your Home Look Twice as Attractive

Tips on How to Make Your Home Look Twice as Attractive - If your home is no longer your favorite place to be, then this is a sure sign that something major needs to be done to it so that you fall in love with it again. Furthermore, it’s no longer just about making your home look as pretty as possible; nowadays, homeowners want a space that promotes their well-being. So, if you’re not proud of your home anymore, here are some helpful tips to make it twice as attractive.

If you’re looking to sell your home, visit Home Staging Warehouse where we have all the expertise and home decor to redo your home!

2 Things to Consider When Making a Home Office

2 Things to Consider When Making a Home Office

When you work for yourself, having a designated workspace is important for productivity. You may want to set up a home office if you launch your startup from your residence, but designing the perfect workspace takes careful planning and preparation. Consider these two things when making a home office. 
4 Simple Home Staging Hacks for Busy Families

4 Simple Home Staging Hacks for Busy Families

4 Simple Home Staging Hacks for Busy Families - When your schedule is already filled with playdates, appointments and work meetings, you barely have time to think about staging your home. But if your home is on the market, it needs to be clean, decluttered and staged perfectly if you hope to sell it quickly. So how can busy families balance all this prep work with an already packed schedule? Luckily, Home Staging Warehouse is here with tips on how to do just that.
Inexpensive Home Staging Tips You Can’t Afford to Skip

Inexpensive Home Staging Tips You Can’t Afford to Skip

Inexpensive Home Staging Tips You Can’t Afford to Skip - For some sellers, the idea of staging your home may seem strange. After all, you’ve put lots of thought and care into decorating and furnishing your home. The problem is that buyers are most attracted to homes that feel spacious, open, and bright - yet all the “stuff” that comes along with real life might not generate that feeling. On top of that, they need to overlook it all to see the house for what it is. It’s worth taking the time to eliminate the clutter and stage your home in a way that highlights its best features.
Sell Your House Fast: 7 People You Need on Your Team

Sell Your House Fast: 7 People You Need on Your Team

Sell Your House Fast: 7 People You Need on Your Team - So, you’ve decided to sell your home. Congratulations! Before you start playing with a mortgage calculator to see how much you can afford on your next home, you’ll want to know how to sell your current home fast. Ideally, you’re looking to list your home, generate interest quickly from potential buyers, and in a perfect world, a bidding war will ensue and you will get more than the asking price for your house. But before all of this can happen, you’re going to want to spend some time gathering a team of people who can help you along the way.
10 Steps to a Professionally Staged Kitchen

10 Steps to a Professionally Staged Kitchen

10 Steps to a Professionally Staged Kitchen - The kitchen is one of the first things home buyers look at, and if they do not like what they see they may never go beyond that room. If you have seen plenty of people at your open houses but still no buyers, it may be time to do some professional staging.

You do not necessarily have to stage every part of your home, and if cash is tight full professional staging may not be possible. But focusing your staging efforts on the kitchen might turn the tide, and here are 10 steps for kitchen staging success.

Throw Away That Real Estate Brochure Box

Throw Away That Real Estate Brochure Box

Throw Away That Real Estate Brochure Box - Visualize the listing ID number texted into the receiving text address, with an automatic text message reply linking to the online listing brochure. The drive-up visitor doesn't have to leave the comfort of their car to get a much more detailed brochure about the home; it's never empty either.

Once the drive-by home shoppers leave, they're taking that text message home, and they can look at it later as much as they want, often generating a request for a showing. All this is great and not terribly expensive, but there is more as well.

Home Seller Cheat Sheet for House Showings

Home Seller Cheat Sheet for House Showings

When your realtor wants to show your home to a potential buyer in an hour or so, do you panic? Keep reading for 10 check-off items to get your home ready for the next showing. Keeping your house in order and clean on a daily basis can reduce the amount of work necessary from each of the 10 cheat-sheet items listed below.

 Vaccuum before your open house

(1) Vacuum the Floors

It's important to give the floors a quick vacuum immediately before a potential buyer comes to tour your home. Run the vacuum back and forth in straight lines to make pile carpet look newer and fluffier. Avoid stepping on the carpet after you've finished vacuuming to keep it looking fresh. In addition, fluff up area and scatter rugs with a quick vacuum. Run the dust mop or vacuum over hard-surface floors to collect visible lint or dirt.

 

11 Personal Items to Pack Before Putting Your Home Up for Sale

11 Personal Items to Pack Before Putting Your Home Up for Sale

11 Personal Items to Pack Before Putting Your Home Up for Sale - Your home and its contents reflect your personality, hobbies, and what's important to you. However, potential buyers won't have similar interests. In fact, your personal possessions might even scare off a person who's interested in purchasing your home. Read the following list of 11 items that you would be wise to pack up and store before your home hits the real estate market. Make your home as generic as possible to all home buyers.

First Impressions Count: 7 Tips for Effective Entryway Staging

First Impressions Count: 7 Tips for Effective Entryway Staging

7 Tips for Effective Entryway Staging - When welcoming viewers into your home, making an immediate good impression is vital if you want to encourage a sale. Staging your entryway is hugely important for this, and here are seven tips on how to do it effectively.

1) From the Outside

Your viewers' impressions of your home will begin before they've even entered. If your exterior door is looking a little old and weathered, a lick of paint or a thorough clean will make a huge difference. Also, clean, polish, or replace the house numbers and other hardware to make sure they're fresh and sparkling.

7 Reasons for Home Buyers to Fall in Love With Your House

7 Reasons for Home Buyers to Fall in Love With Your House

7 Reasons for Home Buyers to Fall in Love With Your House - A typical home buyer has many options when searching for a new place to call home. So, how can you make a potential buyer fall in love with your home over any other? Read the following seven reasons that can make your home stand out among the numerous houses that a buyer has to choose from. The information in this article is relevant, useful, and important if you're thinking of selling your house in the future.