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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

Before and After: 200 days on market unsold. 22 days staged and SOLD

December 22, 2017 by melissamarro

seating near the fireplace

Before and after photos of home staging projects are always fun to look at. For me, owner of Rave Home Staging in Jacksonville, FL, the best part of the job is knowing that we made a difference in the lives of the family that hired us. While most of our customers are real estate investors…

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Filed Under: Before and After Tagged With: awkward spaces, control buyers eye, home staging, marketing, occupied home staging, optimal layouts

RCM: Professional Photography – more than room shots

November 13, 2017 by melissamarro

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  • RCM: Professional Photography
    February 15, 2018
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Taught at the 2017 Florida Association of Realtors in Orlando, FL, this course will help you understand the significance of professional photographs in your marketing and branding.

Tagged With: marketing, mastermind, professional photography, RCM, red curtain

How to make the most money after staging your previously listed home

May 9, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

home staging in jacksonville fl

So, you’ve finally decided to stage your home? The bad news is that you’ve already missed the buyer pool who would have paid you the most money. The good news is that you are in better shape to get top dollar than you were before you staged. In order for home staging to be effective,…

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Filed Under: Budgets and Economics, Home Staging Blog, Marketing Tagged With: control buyers eye, home staging, home staging costs, marketing, perceived value, removing objections, return on investment, vacant homes, vanilla box

Home Staging Click Bait…. You won’t believe what we’ve found

February 24, 2017 by melissamarro Leave a Comment

jacksonville fl home staging stories

We’ve all seen the click bait titles, much like the one on this Jacksonville Home Staging post. What is your opinion on them? Are you someone who can’t help but click, or do you avoid them like the plague? If you have a business, do you use them yourself?             …

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Filed Under: Home Staging Blog, Marketing Tagged With: blogging, click bait, marketing, statistics

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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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