Terrylynn's Blog

Your DVR (Digital Video Recorder) has nothing but Disney movies

You could eat lunch from the fare found in your couch cushions

Every sharpie or felt pen in the house is dried up, caps hovering in the corners

Your trunk holds frisbies, kites, water, sweatshirts and goldfish

Your Friday night movie is Home Alone or High School Musical

You actually DO have a favorite Jonas Brother

"Date Night" is grandpa taking the 11-year-old to the girl scouts dance

1882 Camino Estrada

Kirkwood, not your usual rental! Dual paned windows, hardwood flooring and new carpets, eat-in kitchen and formal dining, family and living room, fireplace, inside laundry, 3rd bedroom office or removable cabinets for bedroom, private yard with newer pool. HUGE underneath storage, double garage. Call Bob at 925-360-9477 to view. Available 3/1/09. $2,450/month with a $2,500 deposit.

1856 Camino Estrada

Kirkwood 3 bedroom home with high ceilings, fireplace, master bedroom slider to patio, fenced yard, living room, formal dining and eat-in kitchen, family room, master with private bath, double garage, walk to trail, Safeway. On the bus line, good schools (Ayers, Diablo View, Clayton Valley). Available now. Call Bob at 925-360-9477 to view. $1,700/month with an $1,800 deposit.

Sierra Vista Court

Available Now. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, side access parking, pool, inside laundry, living room, family room with fireplace, formal dining and eat-in kitchen, master with tub and shower, backs open space with views of city. Double garage. Call Bob at 925-360-9477 to view. $2,250/month with a $2,500 deposit.

1598C Schenone Court

Beautiful condition, updated kitchen, newer carpet, inside laundry with washer and dryer included, dining area with room for hutch, large master bedroom with two closets and balcony to wooded open space. Community pool, parking for 2, near Ayers School, Pine Hollow and Clayton Valley High. Walk to SEARS/KMART, Albertsons, Safeway and more...on bus route to Concord Bart, etc. Call 925 360-9477 Bob or Terrylynn 925 876-0966 for showing. $1500/month, deposit $2000, available now.

1511B Schenone Court

Diablo Creek 2 bedroom in great location, 1100 sq. ft. dining area with room for hutch, breakfast bar, ref included, fenced patio/yard, storage, decorative only fireplace, bedrooms almost equal in size, one with balcony, one with walk in closet and bath in between them, walk to safeway and albertsons, tuesday morning, and so much more. Ayers School, Pine Hollow, Clayton Valley...pma 925 360-9477 Bob or 925 876-0966 Terrylynn...available now. Rent $1125, deposit $1200.

We are all in the real estate business -Realtors, inspectors, escrow people, home warranty companies, sign companies, printers, PROFESSIONAL HOME STAGERS.  It starts with the client and Realtor, and these days the home staging professional.  The first line of contact is Realtor and home stager, sometimes a termite  or inspection company.  So, it helps to have a relationship with those people because we can cross refer for business. 

I was recently talking with a group of home stagers and was told that their ratio of direct calls and consultations from  homeowners was up about 25%.  In years past that might have been 10% as most of their referrals came from Realtors.

So do you want to know what they know?  Meet the vendors & service people they utilize?  WANT THE INSIDE SCOOP?  What do home stagers bring to the table?

What are the staging and selling trends?  How can you collaborate with home stagers for more business for both of you?  What about marketing?  Can they help you market your business?  What about feng shui?  Websites?  Cross-marketing?  Client communication models?  Ancillary products, revenue streams?

You might think you'd have to pay hundreds of $$$ to get this kind of information all in one place.  WRONG!  Realtors and the public are invited.  Would you like to know all this and meet the vendors & service people that home stagers use and purchase their inventory and accessories through?  Join us at StagersLISTExpo.com in Orlando on the 17^th of March for all this and more.  Orlando is a great place for a vacation and for all of the Florida Realtors, just a hop skip and jump.  Hope to see some of you there... you'll gain valuable insight into the staging arm of the real estate industry.  And get some business skills training to boot.