Windy Days and Mondays

Wow, what a windy day it was today. I guess that would be yesterday since it's passed midnight now. I blame my late night hours on Barb because she's always up late getting anything and everything done that she can before getting ready for bed. She says that I've always been a night person too, but then I reply with "yes, but not an ALL night person!" :-) You'd think I was part BAT or something. Oooh, dare I say it? (Inside joke for those of you that know me)



Monday was a good day. I know that most people seem to dread it because it starts the work week. Fortunately for me I love what I do. I really enjoy helping people with their real estate needs. It's exciting to be on the "hunt" for just the right home to match with a person or family. It's personal for me. I like to get to know my clients. What they like and dislike. They're wants vs. their needs, and then scour the MLS to uncover the perfect home for them. I know this'll sound weird, but when that happens, the hairs on my left arm stand on end. It's been accurate probably at least 80% of the time.



I also really enjoy helping someone sell their home. I love helping a seller "design to sell" their home. Their's a difference between decorating and designing, or better known as "staging" a home. When you decorate you're usually doing so to suit your own needs and personal taste. But when staging, you are making the home look pretty much impersonal so that you appeal to the taste of the masses. One of the hardest parts of helping a seller prepare their home to put on the market is getting them to understand that we're not selling THEM the house. Let myself and Barb, who helps me a lot in this area, do what we do best, and that's dress up their home as best as possible to accentuate it's positives.



Barb and I have a service called Stage Rite Designs. We mostly will use our combined talents and love of decorating to help real estate clients prepare to sell, but we have on occassion also helped people decorate and design their interiors to give them a sense of moving into a new home without having to pack. Here's an example of Before and After photos of a home I currently have listed for sale on Boulder Ridge Ct.



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Wow! What a difference! This home seller was very trusting to take our advice and change the carpet to a more neutral color, rearrange the furniture, get a custom mantel installed, different pictures, etc, and Voila! You see a home that is beautiful and ready for new owners.

Now, if you, or someone you know is looking to move, or even buy a great investment property, then please forward their name and number to me and I'll take great care of them.

I'm never too busy for any of YOUR referrals!

Thanks for stopping by,

Randy