Leanne Zumbrunnen's (lszumb) Blog

Even the smallest of homes should have a Master bedroom.  If both bedrooms are the same size, one can look like the master bedroom just by the way it is furnished.  Obviously, if you are selling your home, you want the master bedroom to appeal to both sexes. This bedroom was only 10x10 so not a l...

  Most of my staging business in Johnson County, Kansas has come from vacant stagings. I have just started to do occupied stagings and for the first time I was asked to do shopping for the client. I just spent about 4 hours shopping the other day and I was wondering how to charge for this. I will...

I’m drowning in receipts. As a stager that does a lot of vacants, I do a lot of shopping. Shopping = receipts. I input the info into an Excel file to help me keep them organized but I’m getting behind because I have so many. I’m researching NeatWorks for digital receipt filing. Has anybody used i...

$125,000.00 - Perfect 2 bedroom Starter HomeLocation: Overland ParkYou've only got until April 30th to take advantage of the Home Buyer Tax Credit. This house is perfect for downsizing or just starting out. You won't find many homes this size with an open kitchen like this! The appliances even st...

This wonderfully updated home in Overland Park, KS almost had too much of a good thing - lengthy SPACE!  The front room was one long open area.  There was no designated space for dining so buyers really didn't know how the floorplan was supposed to work. The investor/realtor, contacted Z'Touch St...

So far, a majority of my business has been vacant stagings so I am still mastering my system for occupied consultations.  I read that many stagers offer their clients a written plan within 24 hours.  On my first occupied consultation, I immediatly went home and typed up what we had discussed in t...

$130,000.00 - Perfect 2 bedroom Starter HomeLocation: Overland ParkYeah! The home buyer tax credit will be extended until April 30th and.... to current home owners who have owned their home for 5 years or more! This home is perfect for first the home buyers or downsizing.Just the 3 blocks away fr...

$130,000.00 - Perfect 2 bedroom Starter HomeLocation: Overland ParkYeah! The home buyer tax credit will be extended until April 30th and.... to current home owners who have owned their home for 5 years or more! This home is perfect for first the home buyers or downsizing.Just the 3 blocks away fr...

'Twas the week before listing, while cleaning the houseOur Real Estate agent said "Now listen, don't grouse.To make this sell quick, and for the best price,We should bring in a Stager, and she'll make it sooo nice!"Her unbiased "eye" and flair for décorWill make buyers say "Ooh!" as they walk in ...

I have often heard "refer to IRS form 523"  http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf for more details about Staging services as tax right off.  I have also heard that any home improvements made close to the sale of the house could be used as a tax write off.  Eureka!  I actually found a legal webs...