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Are you using a rental, or home staging company, to sell your home?

September 16, 2019 by melissamarro

should I own or rent my furniture

When selling your home, which is more important, price, or value? I, recently, saw an update for a home staging company showcasing their new program. It offered fast delivery and installation of staging. That is, if you selected one of their pre-selected packages. The packages were then listed by the amount, and kind of furniture…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: awkward spaces, control buyers eye, demographics, home staging, how we are different, marketing, optimal layouts, psychographics, return on investment, vacant homes

Virtual Staging VS Real Life Home Staging. And the winner is….

August 15, 2019 by melissamarro

Which is better, virtual staging, or real life full home staging? This Orange Park Country Club home was previously listed with a Realtor that was a fan of virtual staging. After six months, with zero offers, but several second showings, the listing expired. The new Realtor, Scott Bresnahan, Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty, is a fan…

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Filed Under: Before and After, Home Staging Blog, home staging skills, Marketing

Shadow a home stager

July 22, 2019 by melissamarro

Have you ever wondered what it takes to stage a beautiful home? In this video, we give you the opportunity to follow Monica, a lead home stager with Rave Home Staging, as she walks you through the process of staging a home. From measuring to completion, she’ll give you an idea of what it’s like…

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Shower curtain open or closed?

July 19, 2019 by melissamarro

 Are you selling a home? If you are, there’s an important thing you should know about shower curtains. They can affect whether or not someone buys your home. Seem too silly to be true? Keep reading to find out why!  Have you ever wondered what buyers are thinking when they’re walking through the home…

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New Construction in St Marys, GA gets offers with home staging.

July 18, 2019 by melissamarro

New Construction in St Marys, GA gets offers with home staging. While Jacksonville and St Augustine, FL are Rave’s usual stomping grounds, Our home staging company seems to be taking off in new directions, including St Mary’s GA. This is not the first time we’ve staged in St Mary’s and unexpectedly, we seem to have…

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Where to place your chairs

July 18, 2019 by melissamarro

Have you ever wondered what the proper way is to place chairs around a table? Let’s take a look at a room that’s getting staged.  Here we have the proper way to arrange the chairs:   We call this an X placement. Doesn’t that look inviting? It feels spacious and comfortable.  It’s pleasant to the…

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Something isn’t better than nothing when it comes to home staging.

May 9, 2019 by melissamarro

partial staging is bad staging

Stop wasting money on ineffective staging. Let me guess. You did the thing you are supposed to do and got 3 quotes for home staging services. Now, you are ready to pick the lowest one because, after all, margins are tight. Why should you spend money you don’t need to spend. All stagers are equal….

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Realtors: Never let your customers use these when selling their house!

May 9, 2019 by melissamarro

don't use table cloths in MLS photos

Selling a house is serious business. Small things make a BIG difference. I know that when you start reading this, you may think I’m making a joke. You may believe this is click bait, but I promise you that when you understand what I mean that you’ll thank me for making this known to you….

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, home staging skills Tagged With: home staging tips, listing photos

What is home staging? Dispelling myths and shedding light on the truth.

April 22, 2019 by melissamarro

what is home staging

What is home staging? Let’s create a clearly defined process. I routinely hear from potential Realtor customers that they already stage their listings. When I hear this, I usually understand this to be what is often referred to, by other stagers, as vignette staging. This is where the agent, or a “stager” brings in a…

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, Marketing Tagged With: full home staging, partial staging, vignette staging, virtual staging

Why do House Flippers use Home Staging?

April 16, 2019 by melissamarro

home staging in avondale

House flippers recognize the value of home staging. Throughout various points in my career, I’ve heard that Real Estate Investors, particularly house flippers, are cheap. I haven’t found that to be particularly true, to be honest. What I have found is that they are very picky about what they spend their money on. In order…

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melissa marro on jacksonville morning newsOwner of Rave Home Staging, located in Jacksonville, FL, Melissa Marro is one of the best known stagers in the industry. Formerly the Chairman of the Board for the Real Estate Staging Association, she keynotes at International staging conventions annually. Having grown not one, but two large home staging companies, one in FL and one in SC, in the last decade, her no-nonsense marketing techniques can help transform any staging business into a top producing local brand. Marro is also one of the only staging training providers to actually successfully build a staging company. With over 500 residential homes staged in 2019, and gross sales in excess of $1.25 M annually,  Rave is one of the largest staging companies in North America.

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