Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money

<h1>Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money</h1>Author: <a title="Jackie Riggins" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/jackie-riggins/83593.htm">Jackie Riggins</a> “People feel like you’re trying to move them out of the house before it’s even sold,” says Jackie Riggins, CEO, Property Staging Consultants. “All we’re asking them to do is pack up early. Yet, they don’t want to let go. The bottom line is that if they’re not willing to go through the process, they’re not that willing to sell the home. The sellers have to be totally motivated to do this.” They might be a bit more inclined to do so, however, if there were an easier way. PODS (Portable on Demand Storage), whose containers are used to store part or all of a home’s belongings during a move or while the home is listed on the market. PODS & Property Staging Consultants work to create a Buy Ready home through staging and storing the items. The items are then housed off-site at a PODS Storage Center. PODS is now in 48 states. Belongings can be stored as long as the homeowner needs. “I tell my clients to pretend that they’re camping for six weeks-keep in the house what you can’t live without,” advises Jackie Riggins. “Then, move your personal belongings out to the PODS container one room at a time. Take your time with it. “Homeowners offer way too much ‘eye candy’-distractions,” adds Jackie Riggins. “Prospective buyers need to be able to see the floors, for example. They need the house to be totally free of personal belongings. I explain that they should pretend that they’re having a big garage sale-room to room. Finish one room at a time; mark the boxes then transfer them to the PODS container.” The real key, says Riggins, is to move extra pieces of furniture out to container. “Big pieces-like an armoire & clutter, eat up square footage,” she explains. “So, if we can minimize those items, it looks like there’s more space. What’s so helpful-especially when it comes to those larger pieces-is that PODS brings the container directly to your home, explains Jackie Riggins. “They bring it to you-and that’s huge,” she says. By setting up the container in the driveway, homeowners are given time to allow Property Staging Consultants to come in do the Consultation Report©, then come back to complete the Staging process.  Property Staging Consulants  packs up for you. This way it’s easier to get your house ready to show.  Once this is completed they must go through their items, and load everything in the POD. Especially with the cost of fuel in today’s economy, Jackie Riggins says PODS makes more sense than ever. “When PODS and Property Staging Consultants work together who needs to rent a truck and do it yourself,” says Riggins.  We are both here for the homeowner and Property Staging Consultants have set the standards in home staging. Jackie Riggins says there’s no better way to get a home sold faster and for more money than to de-clutter and hire a Property Staging Consultant to come make your home stand out amongst the competition.   About the Author: Jackie Riggins, CEO of Property Staging Consultants is a creative and passionate individual, was a speaker for Women’s Council of REALTORS® and several other associations. She has been in Re-Design and Real Estate over 20 years. She empowers and transforms lives through speaking. Jackie created a company that takes real estate agents and others wanting to start a staging business into another level of success. She has set the standard in home staging. Jackie built the PIC/PSC programs on staging by overcoming concerns and creating the maximum result based on their own budget and training; prioritizing when selling the properties. “Staging is marketing and you can’t look at it as a job, you look at it as telling a story based on their needs and wants.” Jackie succeeds when her students succeed! <a href="http://www.propertystagingconsultants.com" target="_blank">www.propertystagingconsultants.com</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/interior-design-articles/sell-your-home-faster-and-for-more-money-574800.html" title="Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money">Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money</a>

“People feel like you’re trying to move them out of the house before it’s even sold,” says Jackie Riggins, CEO, Property Staging Consultants. “All we’re asking them to do is pack up early. Yet, they don’t want to let go. The bottom line is that if they’re not willing to go through the process, they’re not that willing to sell the home. The sellers have to be totally motivated to do this.”

They might be a bit more inclined to do so, however, if there were an easier way. PODS (Portable on Demand Storage), whose containers are used to store part or all of a home’s belongings during a move or while the home is listed on the market. PODS & Property Staging Consultants work to create a Buy Ready home through staging and storing the items. The items are then housed off-site at a PODS Storage Center. PODS is now in 48 states. Belongings can be stored as long as the homeowner needs.

“I tell my clients to pretend that they’re camping for six weeks-keep in the house what you can’t live without,” advises Jackie Riggins. “Then, move your personal belongings out to the PODS container one room at a time. Take your time with it.

“Homeowners offer way too much ‘eye candy’-distractions,” adds Jackie Riggins. “Prospective buyers need to be able to see the floors, for example. They need the house to be totally free of personal belongings. I explain that they should pretend that they’re having a big garage sale-room to room. Finish one room at a time; mark the boxes then transfer them to the PODS container.”

The real key, says Riggins, is to move extra pieces of furniture out to container. “Big pieces-like an armoire & clutter, eat up square footage,” she explains. “So, if we can minimize those items, it looks like there’s more space.

What’s so helpful-especially when it comes to those larger pieces-is that PODS brings the container directly to your home, explains Jackie Riggins. “They bring it to you-and that’s huge,” she says. By setting up the container in the driveway, homeowners are given time to allow Property Staging Consultants to come in do the Consultation Report©, then come back to complete the Staging process. Property Staging Consulants packs up for you. This way it’s easier to get your house ready to show. Once this is completed they must go through their items, and load everything in the POD.

Especially with the cost of fuel in today’s economy, Jackie Riggins says PODS makes more sense than ever. “When PODS and Property Staging Consultants work together who needs to rent a truck and do it yourself,” says Riggins. We are both here for the homeowner and Property Staging Consultants have set the standards in home staging.

Jackie Riggins says there’s no better way to get a home sold faster and for more money than to de-clutter and hire a Property Staging Consultant to come make your home stand out amongst the competition.

Jackie Riggins, CEO of Property Staging Consultants is a creative and passionate individual, was a speaker for Women’s Council of REALTORS® and several other associations. She has been in Re-Design and Real Estate over 20 years. She empowers and transforms lives through speaking. Jackie created a company that takes real estate agents and others wanting to start a staging business into another level of success. She has set the standard in home staging. Jackie built the PIC/PSC programs on staging by overcoming concerns and creating the maximum result based on their own budget and training; prioritizing when selling the properties. “Staging is marketing and you can’t look at it as a job, you look at it as telling a story based on their needs and wants.” Jackie succeeds when her students succeed! www.propertystagingconsultants.com

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