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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging your Home to Sell [Mass Market Paperback]

Julie Dana (Author), Marcia Layton Turner (Author)
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The Complete Idiot's Guide February 6, 2007
It’s show time!

Home staging transforms rooms from that everyday lived-in look to ready-to-be sold for top dollar. This step-by-step guide offers the tactics used by home stagers—from de-cluttering and cleaning up to arranging and remodeling—that will often yield a quicker sale and higher selling price.
--Decorating tips to make a house appeal to the widest range of buyers
--Cost-effective techniques to highlight the home’s selling points, whether it’s the floor plan, the high ceilings, or a newly renovated bathroom
--Suggestions on how to downplay or eliminate features that might be considered negatives— such as smaller rooms, minimal storage space, or ghastly wall colors



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About the Author

Marcia Layton Turner is a contributing editor at ePregnancy magazine, where she has written about a wide range of pregnancy-related challenges. She is also the bestselling author of more than 12 books, and her work has appeared on such websites as iVillage.com, and in such magazines as Woman’s Day and Business 2.0, among others.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Alpha (February 6, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592576117
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592576111
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the best, May 12, 2007
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This is, by my standards, the best book on teaching a novice to stage your home for maximum sale value! The book is very well-organized and takes you through everything, step-by-step, that needs to be done prior to putting your home on the market. There are checklists of things to do, as well as time and budget guidelines. All in all, I found this to be an extremely valuable book! The help it's given me to get the most "bang for my buck" while preparing my home for the real estate market is amazing. I highly recommend buying, reading and implementing the procedures in this book prior to selling your home, no matter what price range your home falls in. Next best thing to hiring a professional stager.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Home sellers take note!, March 1, 2007
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging your Home to Sell (Mass Market Paperback)
As a Real Estate Staging Specialist, I found this book to be full of excellent ideas for the DIYer with more time than $$. Just as you would get dressed up when selling yourself for a job interview, your house needs to look it's best when selling itself. The authors did a great job explaining how to prepare your house for the market, and why a house should be staged (higher profits and a quicker sale).
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars My house sold in less than a week, June 1, 2007
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This book is full of excellent advice. I would not have thought to do all the tasks this book suggests. Once the author explains it, it makes perfect sense as to what staging is, why it's so important and most importantly (if you're a novice like me) how to pull it off. I had multiple bidders and got more than my asking price. If you're selling your house, I highly recommend reading this book BEFORE you put it on the market.
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Home staging is a relatively new service designed to help prepare your home to sell while maximizing its appeal to potential buyers. Read the first page
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