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06-05-2023, 03:24 PM
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How do you guys actually stage a place? Unless you buy or rent another place to move all your shit in, I don't get how this works. How much does staging cost? Or is it better to sell as empty shell.
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06-05-2023, 03:31 PM
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Ideally the place should be empty. The Realtor can either rent staging equipment on their cost or provide stage renderings online and leave the site bare during the open house.
For my last condo, the realtor foot the bill to have most of my items stored in a warehouse for 3 months before I made the move.
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06-05-2023, 03:48 PM
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Where do you guys find these generous ass realtors... our last realtor for selling our family farm did eff all for us besides hire a guy with a drone to take aerial photos because the property was so big and he gave us no discount and no gifts and no extras of ANY kind at the completion of the sale.
Just walked off with his fat fat commission cheque, I couldn't even get him to do an appraisal of my condo a couple months later without asking like 5 times. And this dude is like highschool classmates with my sister / she is besties with his wife!!!
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06-05-2023, 03:49 PM
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Avoid the 'star' realtors and find a smaller guy that has maybe 2-3 active listings. They tend to give more perks to win the contract.
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06-05-2023, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams  How do you guys actually stage a place? Unless you buy or rent another place to move all your shit in, I don't get how this works. How much does staging cost? Or is it better to sell as empty shell. | Every place I sell didn’t need staging because I don’t live like a slob 
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06-05-2023, 04:39 PM
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Similar to Honda, our place was pretty well kept and so for staging they basically kept everything and put up a bunch of decorative shit like vase, cushions, candles, and shit that says "live, laugh, love" and made it look like a Homesense store puked into our condo.
In our case the realtor footed the bill for all of it.
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06-05-2023, 05:00 PM
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How do you stage a condo when you have two kids under 1 and your house looks like a storm hit it? No way that you can move all the kids stuff into storage?
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06-05-2023, 05:22 PM
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#26333 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Put it all in totes and toss it in your parkade/vehicle?
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06-05-2023, 05:49 PM
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Any reasonably priced staging companies anyone can suggest for a downtown condo? Any idea how much to expect to stage a 2 bedroom 800 sq ft condo?
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06-05-2023, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams How do you guys actually stage a place? Unless you buy or rent another place to move all your shit in, I don't get how this works. How much does staging cost? Or is it better to sell as empty shell. | When we were selling our apartment, we had already packed up a good bunch of stuff that we wouldn't be needing to be kept at the temp storage. And then for the things we needed, but didn't want to show, we had to temporarily moved to my parents' place. (This only worked because my parents live quite close.) And then there were a bunch of stuff that weren't movable -- big furniture, TV, computer, kitchen utensils, etc. Those we just kept at the apartment all tidied up.
My realtor dude arranged for a professional photog to take pictures of the staged apartment. And then we had 1 weekend of open house, and that was it. Nobody bought any props. The only expense was hiring the RE photog, but that cost was borne by our realtor, which of course only meant that it came out of our commission for him.
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06-05-2023, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by van_driver Any reasonably priced staging companies anyone can suggest for a downtown condo? Any idea how much to expect to stage a 2 bedroom 800 sq ft condo? | I don't think it's cheap. I would think it would be at least a few thousand dollars, easily.
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06-06-2023, 05:58 AM
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I thought double dealings were out ?
We went to see a few homes this past weekend and a lot of the agents asked if we had a realtor. We said no, and they were like ohhh great! Then we can get you a better deal.
I thought if they were in the same team they cannot represent the seller and buyer ?
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06-06-2023, 07:47 AM
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^ That's hella shady, no way that's legit??? Even if I'm the seller I find out the buyer is repped by the same realtor or even agency I'm asking a lot of questions.
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06-06-2023, 07:50 AM
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lol conflict of interest much? haha
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06-06-2023, 08:33 AM
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#26340 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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a while back i believe there's a disclosure of interest form all parties: realtors, owner, buyer sign that they're aware of the relationship and are "OK" with it.
I think it's more of a CYA for realtors to protect themselves rather than clients IMO
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06-06-2023, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 68style ^ That's hella shady, no way that's legit??? Even if I'm the seller I find out the buyer is repped by the same realtor or even agency I'm asking a lot of questions. | every single china realtor we saw all had this "plan" in mind. to SAVE US MONEY APPARENTLY !  | |
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06-06-2023, 09:21 AM
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Crazy. It's impossible to have the best negotiating interests of both parties in mind when you rep them both.
Taking home both commission cheques would be a phat phat payday though.
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06-06-2023, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz I thought double dealings were out ?
We went to see a few homes this past weekend and a lot of the agents asked if we had a realtor. We said no, and they were like ohhh great! Then we can get you a better deal.
I thought if they were in the same team they cannot represent the seller and buyer ? |
I believe they make you sign an unrepresented party form that basically says the realtor is working for the seller's best interests, not yours. If anything goes wrong down the line, you're SOL
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06-06-2023, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by van_driver Any reasonably priced staging companies anyone can suggest for a downtown condo? Any idea how much to expect to stage a 2 bedroom 800 sq ft condo? | Roughly $2000-$2500. Quote:
Originally Posted by Badhobz I thought double dealings were out ?
We went to see a few homes this past weekend and a lot of the agents asked if we had a realtor. We said no, and they were like ohhh great! Then we can get you a better deal.
I thought if they were in the same team they cannot represent the seller and buyer ? | Yes and no. Double end is allowed, but only if certain circumstances arise but short answer is you basically have to be in the middle of nowhere. If it's a off market deal, then double end isn't regulated by the RE Board Quote:
Originally Posted by GLOW a while back i believe there's a disclosure of interest form all parties: realtors, owner, buyer sign that they're aware of the relationship and are "OK" with it.
I think it's more of a CYA for realtors to protect themselves rather than clients IMO | Correct but that's more for relationship ie, related to the realtor.
If it's double end in some remote area, then there's Form Disclosure of dual agency where both sides agrees only 1 agent is involved. Quote:
Originally Posted by Badhobz every single china realtor we saw all had this "plan" in mind. to SAVE US MONEY APPARENTLY ! | There's no plan lol. Just had a buyer of mine take that offer from a China listing agent. Bought a 2.1m East Van detached. She didn't tell me till after her subjects removed. Basically listing agent referred a colleague (which is what she's supposed to do) but buying commission she took back 50% from her colleague. My client still paid full ask. Now it's possible listing agent gave rebate back to the seller... that part I wouldn't know
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06-06-2023, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 68style Crazy. It's impossible to have the best negotiating interests of both parties in mind when you rep them both.
Taking home both commission cheques would be a phat phat payday though. | wheres that mainlander realtor chick who gives bj's on the side? i want her professionalism.
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06-06-2023, 11:09 AM
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Das an expensive bj my friend lol
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06-06-2023, 11:19 AM
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#26347 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by bcedhk Avoid the 'star' realtors and find a smaller guy that has maybe 2-3 active listings. They tend to give more perks to win the contract. | Yeah, the folks I know that are clearing $400 - 1,000K a year, they have so much leverage they don't care about negotiating a gift / commission rebate. But if the deal is big enough they'd pay for staging and stuff as well. 
Appraisals and questions are also a waste of their time. While smaller realtors appreciate answering those questions because it may be a lead to the next sale.
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06-06-2023, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz I thought double dealings were out ?
We went to see a few homes this past weekend and a lot of the agents asked if we had a realtor. We said no, and they were like ohhh great! Then we can get you a better deal.
I thought if they were in the same team they cannot represent the seller and buyer ? | Same brokerage is okay, just can't be same agent.
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06-06-2023, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by 68style Das an expensive bj my friend lol | nah its free!!! im the buyer so ill just stick my fat head in the sand and pretend the commission is factored into the selling price of the house. | |
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06-06-2023, 11:44 AM
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