{"id":1891,"date":"2018-07-30T01:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp2.fastforwardstories.com\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2018-07-31T12:47:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:47:57","slug":"how-should-i-prepare-the-inside-for-an-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/2018\/07\/30\/how-should-i-prepare-the-inside-for-an-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should I Prepare The Inside For An Open House?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 28px 0;position:relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_bcgiw7s4mj dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For many homes and markets, professional help from someone in &#8220;staging&#8221; makes good financial sense. &#160;Like this video say,&#160;check your staging options first.<br \/>\nIf you are doing it yourself,&#160;here are 5 key tips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One &#8211; Depersonalize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You want the buyer to envision this house being their home?<\/p>\n<p>Remove the things that make it YOUR home &#8211; photos, awards, collections, and STUFF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two &#8211; MOVE the stuff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tempting to shove things in closets and attics&#160;but your prospective buyer will see a much smaller house if those spaces are full.<\/p>\n<p>Move it to a storage space or a friend&#8217;s garage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three &#8211; Warm it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baking bread or cookies<\/p>\n<p>adding fresh flowers<\/p>\n<p>and colorful pillows and throws<\/p>\n<p>are touches used by professional stagers&#160;to make a place warm without your stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Four &#8211; Light it up!<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Light sells homes.<\/li>\n<li>Clean windows, inside and out.<\/li>\n<li>Light bulbs all working&#160;and curtains open or even gone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Five &#8211; Go Away.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t hover &#8211; leave.<\/p>\n<p>Pack for a day trip&#160;and have your realtor tell you when to return<\/p>\n<p>Buyers won&#8217;t envision themselves buying&#160;if you&#8217;re around.<\/p>\n<p>Depersonalize and move stuff out;<\/p>\n<p>Warm it up and light it up.<\/p>\n<p>Then leave and let your realtor do their job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; For many homes and markets, professional help from someone in &#8220;staging&#8221; makes good financial sense. &#160;Like this video say,&#160;check your staging options first. If you are doing it yourself,&#160;here are 5 key tips. One &#8211; Depersonalize. You want the buyer to envision this house being their home? Remove the things that make it YOUR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5230,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}