Home Selling Tips

While Some Tips Are Worth Your Time, Better to Hire a Stager Instead of Following NAR’s Staging Field Guide

By Karen Eubank / July 9, 2013 /

The National Association of Realtors’ Field Guide To Preparing & Staging a House for Sale hit our inbox last week. It’s a compilation of staging tips and information gathered over the course of the past two years. There’s some great information and some ridiculous information. So let me break it down for you. Probably the…

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Is An Interior Designer Worth The Investment? If You Value Your Time And Money It Is, Says Margaret Chambers

By Joanna England / June 28, 2013 /

In this world of HGTV and do-it-yourself reality shows, many homeowners may have the misperception that hiring an interior designer is not valuable. And while there is a range of interior designers doing business, the benefits of hiring a skilled, recognized and certified ASID interior designer will have big dividends for the homeowner in the long run. Be on the lookout for unskilled, amateur “decorators” who lack training and certification.

Let’s go through some of the most common myths about hiring an interior designer.

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Garage Sale or Estate Sale? Both Can Help You Clean House And Get Organized, Says Lorraine Brock

By Joanna England / June 27, 2013 /

When it comes to finding a place for everything, well, let’s just say that there isn’t always a place for everything. And when you don’t have a place for everything, you’ve got clutter. Where there’s clutter, there’s a mess waiting to happen. That’s when it’s time to hire an organizer who can help sort your possessions and help you sell off the rest.

But how do you go about it? And what’s the difference between an “Estate Sale” and a “Garage Sale?” Want to find out more? Read on for for an article from Lorraine Brock, founder of Get Organized!

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Magnificent Midcentury Modern To Make MLS Later This Week, But You Can Buy Before Then!

By Joanna England / June 26, 2013 /

Need a break from all of the news from Austin and Washington, D.C.? Here’s a lovely palate cleanser in the form of a breathtaking Midcentury Modern in Lake Highlands. Featured on the White Rock Home Tour, 8834 Capri Drive is a Zolicoffer and Associates-designed 1963 split-level with 2,824 square feet, four bedrooms, three and a…

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How Tight is Dallas Real Estate Inventory? Realtors Have Turned To Cold Calling

By Joanna England / May 16, 2013 /

The first source cited in this report from Bloomberg Businessweek is Dallas Realtor Mary Beth Harrison, who has turned to poring over tax records to find homeowners who might be motivated to sell if they knew how much money they could make. “That’s how hot things are now,” Harrison said. I haven’t heard reports of…

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