Andy Capelluto's (thepowerofstaging) Blog

Congratulations!! WHAT'S THE DEAL? A few weeks ago we announced a photo contest for ActiveRain members to submit "before" and "after" photos of properties they have staged. We received many wonderful submissions in each of 4 categories: "Vacant new homes," "Vacant resale homes," "Repositioned/rem...

Not day goes by without a Google alerting me of new ‘home staging' articles.  This industry has exploded into one of today's fastest growing business.  I clearly remember researching the ‘Home Staging' for my first class in 2004.  There were 16,768 Google entries. (I wrote it down) I began each c...

WHAT'S THE DEAL? Submit your "before and after" photos for a chance to win one of four prizes worth $500 each or a grand prize worth $900. HOW DOES THIS WORK? Post your "before / after photos" on your ActiveRain blog in any or all of the following four categories (post as many as you want!): Vaca...

NO HOUSE LEFT BEHIND ought to become the mantra of every real estate agent.   As we deal with the consequences of a sluggish market, it becomes essential that a certain degree of renovation should take place prior to the listing of every home.  That is if you're hoping to attract the selective bu...

NO HOUSE LEFT BEHIND ought to become the mantra of every real estate agent.   As we deal with the consequences of a sluggish market, it becomes essential that a certain degree of renovation should take place prior to the listing of every home.  That is if you're hoping to attract the selective bu...

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It's a nail biting time for most agents right now as they weather the storm of a downtrend in the Real Estate market.  For urgent sellers the formula is simple; Price, Picture and of course Presentation. If the home isn't realistically priced for today's market, you can be sure that you won't hav...