{"id":478,"date":"2020-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.showhomes.com\/houston\/katherine-brown-sold-in-1-day\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T00:00:29","slug":"katherine-brown-sold-in-1-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.showhomes.com\/houston\/katherine-brown-sold-in-1-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Brown: Sold in 1 Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: xx-large\">Katherine Brown<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\">Not all staging is created equal. Katherine and her savvy seller tell the story of <span style=\"color: #333366\">a two stagings<\/span>&#8211; and how going with a gut feeling got them\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">sold on the first day.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-abd6fe72-7fff-7d04-dc8f-88fd28d3c639\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;color: #000000;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 225px;height: 236px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/hXoXVqjZvIGCgalOmGhHdzfQVAP8JVUVK1-EXixlk0FiFXldIc62--XscmPlZVNxV4GofYm3zi1Tt8oVzHS7bf5oMzuDfCYCdzMf23qJEi-YRf3CH_qraQyEBoK7F9qXbFV4bGAj\" width=\"225\" height=\"236\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">DOM<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: <b><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">1<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">Sale\/List<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: 98%<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">Neighborhood<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: Fall Creek<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">Style of Home<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: Traditional<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">Type of Stage<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: Vacant<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">Listing Price<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">: $489,900<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><i><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">&#8220;<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><i><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">It was worth every dollar to pay a little more and<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">\u00a0NOT have to deal with a second mortgage and extra time on market.<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;font-family: brandon_grotesque_regularRg\"><span style=\"color: #ff0066;font-size: xx-large\"><i>&#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/franman_franchiseimages\/local_media\/5e868ac235b02-5DBF6D58-24A8-4641-8843-EBF6809CDB23.jpeg\" width=\"798\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>What <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">challenges <\/span>did you face prior to listing? <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Seller<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0The homes in the neighborhood were sitting &#8211;\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">it was a slow time of the year<\/span><\/b>.\u00a0 I had sold a home before but this was the first time we&#8217;d used a staging company because of the size of the home.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: large\">KB:<\/b> <span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">The home was quite dark<\/span> but it had a beautiful pool<\/b>. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0We needed a way to showcase the interior and then spring the pool on buyers. \u00a0If they didn&#8217;t like the interior, they would&#8217;ve already made up their mind before arriving at the pool.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franman2.com\/franman_franchiseimages\/local_media\/5e948cf3c396c-F67E819D-C250-4F5E-9C2C-9204D64E5D53.jpeg\" width=\"798\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><b>You had a unique experience in that you worked with <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">two staging companies<\/span>&#8211; what differences did you notice?\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: large\">Seller<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large\">:\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0I met with both and they were very different.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #ff0066\"><b>Shelley was warm and got to know me as a person<\/b>.<\/span> She had good ideas and I liked her- but she was a bit more expensive. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>The other stager was in a hurry.<\/b> She was all about business and did very little talking with me- she didn&#8217;t ask me about myself and did little to manage my expectations. She seemed desperate to get out of my house and to get to other appointments.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Even though my gut said no<\/b>, we decided to go with the other stager because <span style=\"color: #ff0066\">the monthly rental was a little cheaper<\/span> and we anticipated the home sitting on the market in this slow period.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><b>What kept you from moving forward with the cheaper stager?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Seller<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">It was not what I was expecting.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">When we saw the staging, I could not believe how it looked. <\/span><b style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">The style did not complement the elegance of my home; the furniture used looked like country home antiques.<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large\"> I thought, &#8220;<\/span><i style=\"font-size: large\">Maybe this is just what all staging companies do?<\/i><span style=\"font-size: large\">&#8220;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-align: center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franman2.com\/franman_franchiseimages\/local_media\/5e8b4a1b6f314-EC32CB59-5AC1-4C6F-B68A-8B0C160B6BF7.jpeg\" width=\"798\" \/><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><i>The prior staging vs Shelley&#8217;s staging<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">My gut told me I had to go with Shelley to make this right.<\/span><\/b> I called the previous company to take out their furniture so Shelley could take over. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>And the results were like night and day!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Shelley had less clutter but still made the place feel warm. There were unique, elegant objects in the right places- everything looked one of a kind. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The dining room took my breath away with its elegance.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: x-large\"><i>It made me want to live in my house again.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franman2.com\/franman_franchiseimages\/local_media\/5e8b4a87573cf-64295BDF-C0FC-451A-89AE-CEA2A6262174.jpeg\" width=\"798\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><b>Was it worth\u00a0it to pay a little more?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Seller<\/b>:\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: x-large\"><b>Oh, heck yes!\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0The value of what I got from staging with Shelley &#8211; compared to the price the prior stager was offering &#8211; was not even close. The scale and quality in which Shelley staged the home was unrivaled.\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: x-large\"><b>It was worth every dollar<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"color: #ff3366\"><b>\u00a0to pay a little more<\/b> and NOT have to deal with a second mortgage and extra time on market.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">Plus, the fact that we were able to get sold in less than 48 hours was crazy.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">I definitely feel happy with the return on my Shelley investment.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">Why do you think it sold so <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">quickly<\/span>?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Seller<\/b>:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">It\u00a0looked beautiful from the work and the updates we put into it,<b>\u00a0<\/b>and the gorgeous staging accentuated that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><b style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><b style=\"font-size: large\">KB:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0066\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #ff0066\">I truly believe that the home sold so quickly\u00a0<b>because of the staging<\/b>.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #ff0066\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">The buyers that visited could visualize themselves living in the home.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><b>What <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">updates <\/span>did you perform to make the home more marketable?<\/b><\/span><b style=\"font-size: large\"><\/b><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">We\u00a0spent over\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0066\">$18k getting the home show ready.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span><b style=\"font-size: medium\">painted <\/b><span style=\"font-size: medium\">the entire <\/span><b style=\"font-size: medium\">interior <\/b><span style=\"font-size: medium\">of the 4,800 sq ft house\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">(Sherwin Williams Worldly Gray)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">had <b>painting<\/b> touched up on the <b>exterior<\/b>,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">replaced the entire <b>decking <\/b>on the front balcony and had the front railing repainted,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">professionally <b>cleaned <\/b>the home and cleaned all the grout in the travertine floors<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">updated the <b>landscaping<\/b>, had the fireplaces cleaned and serviced,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">had the <b>carpet<\/b> cleaned,\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">repaired all the expensive <b>blinds<\/b>,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"color: #3c4043;font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px\">\u2022 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">had the entire house and all concrete <b>pressure-washed,<\/b> including the fence facing the street<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franman2.com\/franman_franchiseimages\/local_media\/5e868a851ef51-82AB4DF7-BEBD-4260-A804-BCDE9028E716.jpeg\" width=\"798\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><b>Did you consider <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">virtual staging<\/span>?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><b style=\"font-size: large\">KB:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">No.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">I\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">believe that virtual staging has two drawbacks.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #330000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"color: #330000\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">1)\u00a0 It is usually<b>\u00a0very evident that graphics are being used<\/b>\u00a0as opposed to real furnishings and<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">2)\u00a0\u00a0<b><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">the buyer tends to be let down<\/span>\u00a0when they enter a vacant home that they expected to be staged<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>Seller<\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: large\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff3366\">No,<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"color: #ff3366\">\u00a0I wanted people to walk into the home and be\u00a0<b><i>wowed<\/i><\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0I didn&#8217;t want them to arrive and be\u00a0<b>confused\u00a0<\/b>like: &#8220;OK, let&#8217;s pull up the HAR link again&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b>What <span style=\"color: #ff3366\">advice <\/span>would you give sellers to best manage their expectations?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>KB<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">After all my years of showing vacant homes,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0066\"><b>the homes my<\/b>\u00a0<b>buyers prefer are are staged<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\">Today&#8217;s buyer is very savvy: they research using value trends, amenity spreadsheets and data from the internet.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"font-size: large\">But, when they walk into a beautifully staged home, it becomes a more tangible experience that can be combined with their research.\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-left: 40px;border: none\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><b style=\"font-size: large\">Seller:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><b style=\"color: #ff3366\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">We worked really hard to get it in the best condition and it paid off.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #333366\">You will get out of it what you put into it.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #ff0066\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;color: #ff0066\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><b>Interview multiple stagers<\/b>: if a stager doesn&#8217;t make you feel confident or comfortable- trust your gut and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #ff0066\">go with a certified stager who does.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #ff3366;font-size: xx-large\">Connect with Katherine<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px;border: none;padding: 0px\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">713-502-3090<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">HAR<\/span>: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.har.com\/katherine-brown\/agent_KATBROWN\">har.com\/katherine-brown\/agent_KATBROWN<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-align: 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