Why go to the movies when you can enjoy LIVE THEATRE this week? Come join  Plano East Theatre Major Studiesas they present Lanford Wilson's The Rimers of Eldritch

• When: October 2nd, 3rd & 4th
• Time:  7:00 PM (no late seating or intermission)
• Where: Plano East Senior High Fine Arts Building 3000 Los Rios Blvd, Plano,TX
• Tickets:  $6 for Students $8 for Adults
• Due to the unique seating arrangement for this show (seating for the audience is on the stage), ticket sales are limited reservations are recommended by calling 469-752-9247
• This show contains mature themes and is recommended for ages 13 and up.

 

I recently received my evaluation reviews from the students I teach the Home Staging for Sellers and Realtors CE course for at Collin College in Plano, TX.  I was excited, honored and humbled by some of the comments and wanted to share some of them with you here.

1. What did you like about the course?

• "Interesting content, enthusiastic instructor"
• "Instructor was pleasant and did not condescend as some instructors do. She showed us that though a professional, she is not the only one who can do this"
• "Great instructor!"
• "Went to great lengths to individualize her offerings according to the student's interests and objectives"
• "Lots of examples"
• "Practical tips"
• "She was able to relate to those in the class interested in becoming home stagers as well as those interested in better presenting their homes for sale."

If you are thinking about taking the Home Staging CE Course at Collin College for yourself, I'd like to invite you personally to attend! Come have fun, meet others interested in Home Staging and learn how you to can sell a property faster and for the best return!

Real estate professional? Selling a home? Or just interested in learning more about Home Staging?

Check out the schedule of Continuing Education courses offerings at Collin College  

Home Staging is a course that is; 

 "Designed for the home owner or the professional real estate agent to prepare a home for resale. Learn the benefits of home staging and how staging a property for resale can help you achieve a faster sales time and top dollar".

Collin County Professional Home Stager, Karen Otto shares her expertise and knowledge of Home Staging bringing it to home sellers, Realtors and Investors who want to know how Home Staging can help them achieve a faster sales time and top dollar.

Please note:  Although this is not a class for those interested in starting a home staging business  it will give you practical advice and the tools you need in order to understand how home staging can help you achieve a successful sale of your home or your client's. I am happy to assist you in finding ways to pursue your goals if they involve an interest in the field of home staging before or after class.

Check out the list of Continuing Education course offerings for more information and registration.

This course will be offered in August, September and October. 4 nights at 2 hours an evening from 6:30 - 8:30 PM M - W.

If you received a May - August 2008 class schedule as a resident of Collin County the course number is listed on page 6 of your booklet. For the September - December 2008 edition please find the course on page 8.

For those outside of Collin County, please refer to course number:

• 08D.RELE1091.021 Date 8/18-8/27 MW 6:30 - 8:30 4 Sessions at the Court Yard Center or go here to register online for Home Staging.

 

Mark you Calendars North Texas Home Sellers!

 

Staging Your Home for Sale

Presented by Professional Home Stager, Karen Otto, ASP, RESA 

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When: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2 p.m.

Where: Denton Public Library (South Branch), 3228 Teasley Lane, Denton

Cost: Free

Age limit: Not available

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• Residential

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Are you in the process of selling your home? Come to the South Branch Library on February 16 at 2:00 pm to learn how to create a buyer-ready home that will sell quickly. Join professional home stager, Karen Otto for this special presentation that will increase your profit and sell your house quickly for top dollar.

Information from the venue.

It's not too "latte" to enroll according to the Collin College Schedule of Continuing Education course offerings for January - April 2008.

Although the February class is now underway there is still time to enroll for the April/May Home Staging CE course.


Proudly announcing Home Staging a new CE Course offering at Collin College.

Home Staging is a course that is;

"Designed for the home owner or the professional real estate agent to prepare a home for sale. Learn the benefits of home staging and how staging a property for resale can help you achieve a faster sales time and top dollar".

Collin County Professional Home Stager, Karen Otto shares her expertise and knowledge of Home Staging bringing it to home sellers, Realtors and Investors who want to know how Home Staging can help them achieve a faster sales time and top dollar.

Check out the list of Continuing Education course offerings for more information and registration.
If you received a class schedule as a resident of Collin County the course number is listed on page 7 of your booklet.

For those outside of Collin County, please refer to course number:
08C.RELE1091.020 Date 4/21-5/12 or go here to register online for Home Staging.

Greetings Fellow Texans!           

I'm am honored and pleased to have been asked to lead the North Texas Professional Home Stager's Round Table Discussion. 

Although the exact date, time and place have yet to be determined, I am fully confident that we'll be able to make this Round Table a rousing success!

Please keep the first two weeks in January 2008 in mind (most likely the week of January 7th) for the upcoming Stager's Round Table Discussion. I am going to be working to secure a location, most likely one of the National Furniture Rental companies we do business with as a partner for our meeting.

Bring your ideas, your vision and yourself for a one of a kind, meeting-of- the-minds to grow our industry further.

Please feel free to contact me as well with your questions or comments.  I fully realize we have Stagers on Active Rain from all over the State and know location may be an issue for some.

This Event is OPEN TO ALL HOME STAGERS WHETHER A MEMBER OF ACTIVE RAIN OR OTHER GROUP OR NOT

REALTORS: Please mention this to Professional Home Stagers you know who may be interested in attending!

Plano East TMS

Press Release:

 

 

Plano East Theatre Major Studies presents Bertolt Brecht's classic, The Caucasian Chalk Circle October 4-6 at 7:00 p.m. at The Plano East Theatre 3000 Los Rios Blvd.  The story revolves around a servant girl who sacrifices everything to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy's biological mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him. The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition - the chalk circle - to resolve the dispute. Who wins? A cast of twenty-two students bring Brecht's morality masterpiece to life for three performances. Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for adults.  Call 469-752-9247 for more information.

 

 

Photographer requested for dress rehearsal on Monday, Oct. 1 between 4:30 and 7:30.

Contact:  Lisa Hale

               469-752-9247

                Lisa.Hale@pisd.edu

        

The International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP) Foundation is launching the 3rd annual World Wide Staging Service Week, September 9^th - 16^th, 2007.  The Dallas IAHSP Regional Chapter (DIRC) is "set to stage" Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity'scommon community areas.  Members of DIRC will be transforming the common areas of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity offices for the benefit of all clients, guests and employees of the organization who visit this facility.  A children's area, a reading nook and a warm inviting seating area are just a few of the changes in store. In addition to the community center, DIRC will also "stage to dwell" the home of a recent Habit for Humanity homeowner. This will include ASP staging services as well as providing furnishings and accessories for their home.  A cash donation to the Ronald McDonald House is also being made by DIRC.

Members of IAHSP around the US and Canada will come together during this week to help local organizations and individuals in their communities who are in need of Staging services.  Places such as nursing homes, schools, women's shelters and individuals in need of selling their homes are potential candidates to be staged. 

 

IAHSP is comprised of 125 local chapters and approximately 2,000 Accredited Staging Professionals (ASPs).  IAHSP is the Home Staging Industry's professional association recognized as the voice of home Staging and sets the benchmark for excellence in the hottest trend in real estate.  ASPs will volunteer their time, talents and personal resources to work for the betterment of the communities that they serve and transitively enhance the quality of lives through service to others.  

Barb Schwarz, Creator of Home Staging, President and Founder of StagedHomes.com, Founder and President of IAHSP the IAHSP Foundation and the World Wide Staging Service Week said, "It is with great enthusiasm and joy that we give back to the communities that we live and work in."  Schwarz has coined the phrase "Think globally, act locally through the world of Home Staging" to be the theme for the Worldwide Staging Service Week.  Schwarz pioneered the concept of Home Staging in 1972 and since 1985 has taught over 1,000,000 real estate agents and professional home Stagers her Staging principles. Schwarz added, "Through the magical power of Staging we create beauty, reduce stress and improve the value of Real Estate and lives." 

For More information about World Wide Staging Service Week please visit www.dallaschapter.iahsp.com or contact Barie Pinnell, DIRC Chapter President at 214-227-6482 or dallas@iahsp.com or Karen Otto, DIRC Publicity Chair 469-964-0516.  For information on the national level, please visit www.iahsp.com/foundation.php or contact Gina Vierra at StagedHomes.com at 800-392-7161x113 or Gina@StagedHomes.com

I've recently joined another FREE on-line resource for marketing my business called MerchantCircle. 

I am learning the ropes of it and have successfully created my profile and have used other features available including a "coupon" service.  

For a limited time only, I will be offering a Verbal Staging Consultation Coupon for anyone who visits the site and would like this service for their clients or themselves if selling their home in Collin County or surrounding areas. This can be used for Vacant or Occupied properties, not yet listed for sale or even currently listed and not getting the results you want.

Please print out the coupon and give it to your clients or use it for yourself.  Coupon must be presented for discount.

• Realtors,This would be a great addition to your listing package. It sets you apart from other agents who may not currently have a stager on their team.  Or just give the coupon to your sellers! 
• Builders, if you haven't already considered this option you may want to consider offering a staging consultation service to your buyers to assist them in helping them sell their current house in order to purchase yours.
• Sellers, get the "buyer's eye view" from a Professional Home Staging Expert on how your property really shows before listing and get your house ready to be the star attraction in your local real estate market! Even if currently listed, a verbal staging consultation may help you identify "problem areas" or areas that you may not be currently showcasing to your best advantage.
• Or just visit the site and let me know what you think! It's free to join and it targets your local market.  

This service is by appointment only and subject to availability.  This is a great value and if you've never used the services of a Professional Home Stager before, this would be a great opportunity for you to get to know just how we work.

For information on what a Verbal Staging Consultation is, please visit the Services page on my website at Home Star Staging  (or just click this Services link now for more details)

For those of us with children in PISD we are counting down the last few days of summer vacation!!! At least we are in the our household. 

We had an incredibly long 3 full months off this summer and during that time we did lots.  It actually went by faster than I thought it was.

From taking a much needed family vacation in the Smokey Mountains of Western North Carolina (beautiful scenery and great temps although I came back with a few souvenirs of my own - bug bites of unknown origin - I think they were in the blackberry bushes that I ate from continuously...)

to working, summer school, volleyball camp, reading, writing, staying up late, sleeping in (children), bbq's on the back deck, swimming, sunning and celebrating the passage of one child to 16 and the other to 12 - looking back now it was a great summer. 

The regular routine of school is finally about to start.

I actually felt a change in the air tonight - or maybe it was just that I left my back door open and the A/C was running out..... Anyway, we're back on "schedule" come Monday morning and honestly, I cannot wait! 

Back to school here in Plano, TX on Monday, August 27th. 

If you haven't already checked the City of Plano website here's some information from their latest press release for motorists on August 27th.

Of course the first day is always crazy for traffic.  Thankfully one of my children has a good enough sense of self to ride the bus for part of the year.  Thank you Lord!

Remember to be patient, it's going to be nuts and the safety of our children is first and foremost. 

I'm looking forward to the new school year with much anticipation.  I can still recall how I felt each time the new year rolled around.

Please feel free to share your summer memories here and how you spent it.

I hope you and yours had a wonderful summer!