{"id":1893,"date":"2018-07-30T01:10:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp2.fastforwardstories.com\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2018-07-31T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:47:45","slug":"how-should-i-prepare-the-outside-for-an-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/2018\/07\/30\/how-should-i-prepare-the-outside-for-an-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How Should I Prepare The Outside 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_1g1iddl03r dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Professional &#8220;staging&#8221; may include the exterior, but if you&#8217;re doing it all yourself,&#160;try the five things outlined in this video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 &#8211; Landscape &amp; lawn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the first impression;&#160;make it a good one.<\/p>\n<p>Mow, prune, edge and get rid of junk!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 &#8211; Paint And Clean!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to do the whole house,&#160;but the front door and lintels should either be painted or cleaned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 &#8211; Leaks &amp; Repairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Small visible problems can become large mental objections&#160;and change how someone feels about your house.<\/p>\n<p>Fix &#8216;em beforehand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4 &#8211; Pets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some people have allergies and concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Time for Fido to visit a friend.<\/p>\n<p>You weren&#8217;t including him with the house anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 &#8211; Get Fresh Eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have your realtor&#160;or a friend who&#8217;s willing to be candid&#160;tell you what you missed.&#160;Or pay a staging professional for a report.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t really see familiar things&#160;well &#8211; so let them be your<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;test buyer&#8217; so you can present&#160;the best first impression to the real ones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Professional &#8220;staging&#8221; may include the exterior, but if you&#8217;re doing it all yourself,&#160;try the five things outlined in this video. 1 &#8211; Landscape &amp; lawn. That&#8217;s the first impression;&#160;make it a good one. Mow, prune, edge and get rid of junk! 2 &#8211; Paint And Clean! You don&#8217;t have to do the whole house,&#160;but [&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\/1893"}],"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=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5229,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/secure.titlecompanywebdesign.com\/unitedamericantitleagency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}