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Staging Diva Explains How Home Staging Can Benefit Short Sales

Summary Expert home stager Debra Gould explains the role that home staging can play in short sales. Staging Diva Explains How Home Staging Can Benefit Short Sales (UNITED STATES) November 28, 2011 – With home values down significantly in many areas of North America, “short sales” have become much more common. Expert home stager and [...]

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Home Staging TV Shows Offer Lessons for New Stagers

Summary Home staging expert Debra Gould describes the lessons that home stagers can learn from watching home staging programs on TV. Home Staging TV Shows Offer Lessons for New Stagers (UNITED STATES) August 17, 2011 – What comes naturally to professional home stagers often doesn’t cross the minds of real estate agents and home sellers. [...]

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Home Staging Expert Claims Home Stagers Can Out-Earn Real Estate Agents

Summary: According to Debra Gould, The Staging Diva, home stagers often earn more money than real estate agents because expenses are lower and stagers don’t work for free like real estate agents do. Home Staging Expert Claims Home Stagers Can Out-Earn Real Estate Agents (UNITED STATES) June 27, 2011 – With real estate agents making [...]

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Real Estate Agent and Realtor Not Interchangeable Terms

It’s true that all realtors are real estate agents but it may surprise you to know that the opposite is not true – real estate agents aren’t always realtors. Debra Gould has made the distinction between the two terms in the Home Staging Glossary by Staging Diva. “If you look closely,” says Gould, “you’ll see [...]

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Fall real estate season in full swing for home stagers

Halloween is still weeks away but decorating magazines are already featuring ideas for the holidays. Debra Gould, the Staging Diva, says the approach of Halloween is signaling sellers to get their homes sold before the holiday season which is infamous for being one of the slowest real estate seasons in the calendar year. If you’ve [...]

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8 Camera Tips for Real Estate Agents to Capture a Room’s Size

REALTOR®: Magazine – July/August 2010 “8 Camera Tips to Capture a Room’s Size” by Melissa Dittmann Tracey Home staging expert Debra Gould provides 8 Camera Tips for Real Estate Agents to Capture a Room’s Size in the July/August 2010 issue of Realtor Magazine. These are: 1. Remove area rugs 2. Use a wide-angle camera 3. [...]

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