Shake It Up Baby!

A couple friends of ours are always having a gathering of sorts, that usually has a theme name and some décor and the same but diversified group of guests. We always enjoy our time with them and most of their friends, but you know how it is… you usually stand around and talk with the same people that you talked with at the last party and usually don’t find out anything new or get to know anyone else.

Well, all that stopped last night! We were invited to “A Soup Contest”. The theme being self explanatory, approximately 10 of the guest prepared and entered a crock pot full of soup with any condiments that may need to be added. Our host set out disposable shot glasses and all guests were to sample the soups and vote for their top 2 favorites. Every guest was asked to contribute to $5.00 to a pot for the winners. This was great fun and a wonderful way for us to interact with guests that we may not have, at a regular party. You could start a conversation by comparing the soups and talking about ingredients and then introducing yourself was only natural. I met several new acquaintances that I might not have gotten to know other wise.

I said all of that to get to this point. We all need to shake it up a little and do something different in order to receive different results. If we keep on going through life the same way, we can expect the same results. This can apply to our personal life or business life.

I met a future business client as well as some great new friends and learned a good lesson about life.

So…. shake it up baby!

Up the Game Of Selling Your Home

In the struggling real estate market of today, it often takes a little extra enticement to sell a house. Home owners and real estate agents have to evaluate their options and "up the game" of selling and marketing a house. There is so much inventory on the market, that they have to wow a buyer from the front door. Your house needs to stand out among the many other houses on the market for sale.

Start by contacting a Professional Home Stager before you list your property for sale. As an HSR Home Staging Consultant with a real estate background of over 20 years, Nan Johnston of Southern Staging & Redesign works with home sellers in Newnan and surrounding areas of Georgia, by preparing their properties to compete in the real estate market by emphasizing the details and best features of a home.

Homes that have been decorated purely for the purpose of selling stand out against comparable properties and look great in web site photos. Hiring a staging consultant can make the difference between your home sitting on the market and becoming stale or selling faster and for more money. Spending $1000.00 to beautifully prepare your home to sell is a lot less than the usual $10,000 price reduction.

For more information go to http://www.southern-staging.com/.