The market has started picking up pace now that the holiday season is over. Even with the change in market, there are significantly more listings than this time in 2005 when sellers were presented with multiple offers within the week. So, how do you bring buyers to your clients' doors? MLS photos!
With nearly eight months of inventory on the market, fabulous MLS photos can be a strategic advantage. The photo to the left would be dramatically different without furniture, wouldn't it? What would potential buyers see? What would make them come to look at the property?
Having your listing staged is not only a great marketing tool once you get buyers in the door; it actually helps to bring buyers to the door! Bringing additional buyers, who may not have otherwise viewed your listing, helps to account for the reduced time on market (up to 50%). Reduced time on market means lower carrying cost for your clients, lower marketing costs to you and typically higher offers. Something to think about....
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Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocet and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry. In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance. With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities. She now operates as the CEO of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign as well as an instructor for Certified Staging Professionals International Training Academy (CSPI) - the world's largest Staging Training Organization, and regularly speaks at the StagerList Expos and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.
For more information on having Marro speak at one of your real estate functions, please contact her at 843.822.2622 or email at marro.melissa@gmail.com
If you would like Marro's team to provide information on staging a property in the state of South Carolina, or the Greater Charleston Area, please visit www.WeStageSC.com, email marro.melissa@gmail.com or call 843.822.2622.
For more information on Marro's CSP Staging Training, please visit www.StagingAndRedesign.com, visit the CSP Calendar for dates or email marro.melissa@gmail.com. Below is a list of Marro's current CSP Certification class dates:
March 20-22 St. Petersburg, FL
April 10-12 Knoxville, TN
May 4-6 Covington, KY
May 18-20 Charlotte, NC
July 5-7 Memphis, TN
July 10-12 Charleston, SC
