How? Have your investment real estate staged by professional home stagers at Moving Mountains Design.

As a wise real estate investor, you know you have to spend a little money to make even more money. Home staging has been proven to help homes sell faster than unstaged home, usually for a higher price. In one study, published by the Real Estate Staging Association, staged homes sold 74% faster after they were staged than when they were unstaged. That resulted in lower holding costs and less time wasted, which equals higher profits.

Following are some Los Angeles properties staged for local real estate investors. Just click on any photo to see more photos and information about that particular property.

San Gabriel - This home sold 1 day after staging, after sitting unsold for 6 months!

Belair Condo - This condo sold 1 week after staging

San Marino - Home was recently listed

Altadena - This home sold during first month on the market

If you are a real estate investor with assets to sell in the Los Angeles or North Orange County areas, call the home staging company that real estate investors, large and small, trust to help sell their investment properties, Moving Mountains Design. We are set up to handle multiple properties at one time and stage properties valued as low as $250,000 and as high as $7M. We will travel to stage properties outside the Los Angeles area (special terms apply).

Not all home stagers are created equal and not all home stagers carry home staging liability insurance. Whether you are staging a vacant home, staging an occupied home, staging a model home, or staging a real estate investment property, hiring someone who is properly insured is very important.

Its important you make sure that the Los Angeles home stager you hire carries current home staging business liability insurance. And you should also make sure that any employees of the home staging company are covered by Workers Comp Insurance. Accidents happen, and you want to make sure that your personal assets, as the homeowner or listing agent, are protected.

Moving Mountains Design, the top home staging company in Los Angeles and Pasadena, carries $4 million in aggregate liability home staging business insurance. And our employees are covered by Workers Comp Insurance as mandated by California law.

Home staging business liability insurance should be a standard business expense for all professional home stagers. If the home stager you have hired is significantly less expensive than other Los Angeles home staging companies, there is a good chance that they do not carry liability insurance that will protect you in the event of a loss caused by the staging company. There is also a good chance that they are breaking California law by illegally hiring employees without paying Workers Comp Insurance.

Protect yourself and protect your assets by asking your home stager to provide you with current proof of insurance for liability and Workers Comp insurance.

A home staging consultation by an experienced Los Angeles home stager will give you a clear understanding of what condition issues need to be addressed before putting your home on the market.

Here’s a terrific video from Jay Papasan, VP of Keller Williams Realty that explains it very graphically and in easy to understand terms. Its the best use of 3 1/2 + minutes I can imagine before listing your home.

My clients are real estate investors who understand the added value that home staging brings to any real estate listing. Since I’ve staged several condos and model homes in Pasadena and Glendale for themthey’ve experienced first hand that home staging will help their listings sell faster and for more money. As a Los Angeles home stager, I have to be familiar with all areas of the Los Angeles area and understand who the buyers are and what they are looking for.

This loft style condo has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on 2 floors. I wanted to show there was enough space to have a comfortable seating area and dining table as well as the counter bar in the living room/kitchen great room.

This home is not yet listed. As soon as it is, I’ll update this post

This weekend I went to a real estate conference (RainCamp) at Loyola Marymount University and I learned the following:

• 87% home buyers are using Internet to search for homes
• 94% of 24-44 year olds are using Internet in their home buying process
• 37% of home buyers found their home on the Internet

How can you use these home buying statistics to help sell your home in Los Angeles?

• List your home with an internet and social media savvy real estate agent.
• Have your home professionally staged so it looks great in person and in on-line photos. Professional staging allows you to make your best first impression on the internet.
• Have your home professionally photographed after its staged. Some listing agents include professional photography as part of their marketing because they recognize the difference it makes. Point & shoot photos from a snappy pix camera won’t create a compelling desire to see your home
• Make sure your listing agent posts 10-20 photos of your home on the MLS (each MLS limits the number of photos allowed, so number of photos may be different)