Lori and I have staged quite a few upscale luxury homes over the last couple of years, but we've never done a Penthouse with these stellar views. You are literally looking down on the Sacramento capitol building...it is gorgeous! We staged this penthouse appealing to the young professional lawyer / doctor type who is looking for a sophisticated downtown lifestyle. We had a great time making it picture perfect! Both seller and Realtor were very impressed and happy! The realtor immediately hired us to do another property. Take a look at the after photos....and stay tunned for the amazing before and after blog on this property. Happy Staging!!   _________________________________________________________________________________________   In 2009 Stage Right Design, Inc. merchandised properti... 02/25/2010

I do believe 2010 is going to be a fabulous year for staging.  With all the vacant homes out there and all the investors that are buying homes on the court house steps, we as stager's are sure to capture some of this windfall.  But are you marketing effectively in order to get your piece of the pie?  You must be thinking outside the box when it comes to marketing!  Marketing and Sales is the foundation of your staging business!  Right now I am putting in 11 hours a day 6 days a week building my staging business and am seeing GREAT profits!  Lori and I have staged 13 homes since January 1st with two more to go this week and 8 bids out as of today.  I am excited for what Spring and Summer are going to bring.  If you are marketing effectively you will only see your buisness grow and profit... 02/25/2010

Have you received an email recently telling you to register your cell phone on a DO NOT CALL list or your number will be published and telemarketers will call you, which will result in fees to you?  I received one today and decided to check out the validity since I had received the same or similar emails in the past.  When I checked on Snopes.com it said it is an Urban Legend so I decided to go to the source and checked the Federal Communication Commission.  Their document basically said that there is NO SEPARATE WIRELESS DO NOT CALL list.  All phones may be placed on the DO NOT CALL list by logging on to www.donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222 and registering.  Your number remains on the list until you remove it or cancel your service, so if you have registered your phone in the... 02/21/2010

Paul Bozek of Paramount Equity Mortgage in Roseville at 7-9 pm on Thursday the 11th of March. Call me if you would like to be my guest and I'll get you some tickets. If you come and are a professional in the business please bring with you a borrower, property in need of repair, or an investor and we'll show you how our system works. We are privledged to have one of the largest 203k contractors in the Sacramento Valley helping us put on this event. I mean this guy has it going on... I guarantee you will be impressed with this team. Paul and the rest of us can close your deals faster... If you have properties with issues we will show you why with our team we take the 203k to a new level of professionalism. If you are a realtor we can show you how to get more offers on those "hard to sell"... 02/12/2010

Condos and single family residences areperforming well for the first month plus of 2010.  One, two and three bed condos around the Galleria are selling for values that pencil out very nicely for investors.  Use a good agent to identify a good property then call me to it up in 30 days or less.    As the weather improves so will the market.  Roseville has always had excellent value retention. James Safonov jsafonov@homepointe.com www.homepointe.com    02/02/2010

Event Date(s): 1/31/2010 Venue Name: Arena SoftballAddress: 8288 Industrial Ave.City: Roseville State: CA Event Time / Additional Information: 10am-4pm Contact Info: Kendall Burley-Hard 90 Baseball Academy, hard90events@yahoo.com Web site: www.hard90baseball.com Price: Free-ages 6 and under; $7-ages 7-12; $10-ages 13 and up Details: Come to this great Carnival themed event. Baseball clinics and lessons, baseball and business vendors, MLB Player's autographs, CarniBall contests, free give-a-ways, games, & prizes, guest speakers, silent auction and raffles, and much more. Don't miss out on this great event!   Visit our website for directions at www.hard90baseball.com   Hard 90 is a non-profit, youth baseball program founded in December, 2005. The mission of the program is to teach life s... 01/28/2010

Crocker Ranch Homes For Sale in Roseville Click the image to search for homes in Crocker Ranch Roseville     www.SacramentoBill.com www.BetterHomeLessMoney.com   Crocker Ranch Homes 01/26/2010

A Christian Rock band with the aim to take you on a musical and spiritual journey under the direction of the Holy Spirit. With the utilization of soft strings to raging guitar solos and emotional lyrics Driven Cure relates positive and Spirit filled music. Influenced by that of new and old Driven Cure has developed a musical style they refer to as "Worshiptainment" - crossing the threshold of Worship music with Entertainment. "It is our hope that by the end of each set we will have left our listeners with a true understanding of what it means to worship as well as an individual touch from God." Location Information: Jericho Coffee WesiteAddress: 8711 Sierra College Blvd, #1City: Roseville State: CA Time 7-9PM Contact Info: Franc, franc@jerichocoffee.com   01/20/2010

Have you heard?  FHA is changing it's rule about holding property for more than 90 days before a buyer can use FHA financing.  According to the HUD website it is a temporary situation and will have strict guidelines.  The new rules will be effective February 1, 2010 and will sunset in one year unless extended.  It will apply to bank owned properties, and HUD owned properties as well as privately owned properties.  Additional details are available to read on the HUD website. This should be helpful to get more homes in need of TLC, fixed up, on the market and sold to new homeowners.                                                                   01/15/2010

Whenever you look for movers and shakers just look at when you can get in front of masses of people and see who sets themselves out in the public. I just attended a Home Show in Sacramento CA and found only one lender there... Wells Fargo Home Loans and Kendra Clemon's team was there. I'm anxious to hear how they did. Kendra is the renovation loan specialist in the Roseville office. I hung out with them for a little while and got to meet the team. Nice people. Hope they did well. 01/10/2010

Constant Contact VS iContact - Which Do I Use?  Which is Better?      If you are confused about who to use for your email marketing campaignes, you may find the below article, that I found on CRMReports.com., helpful.  If you are not utilizing an email marketing campaign - you are missing out big time.  30% of all my new buisness comes from my weekly email campaign.   You can send out anything from a listing ...to information regarding staging... to a Newsletter...or just a friendly "hello"!  You want to make sure you have at least one "touch" a month with your past and potential clients.  My advice is to NOT send out an email blast more than once a week...you don't want to drive people crazy inundating their inbox with loads of stuff!.  Start with the FREE and INEXPENSIVE ways to marke... 01/06/2010

THE "WOW FACTOR" HOME STAGING TEAM is heading off to Pebble Beach in a couple of weeks to redesign a vacation home for a local client. We've picked out the furniture and accessories for the three bedroom home near the beach. This is a new vacation home and the owner wants it ready to rent for the upcoming AT&T Golf Tournament in early Feb. 2010. The home has undergone extensive remodeling with granite counters, new floors, and new paint throughout. There is also a small one bedroom guest house in the back yard area. We can't wait to head down to the beach for this wonderful opportunity! 01/04/2010

Re- Cork the champagne ....I need to market my listings!!! You would think that the holiday season would slow down real estate sales. Sometimes the holiday season for real estate sales is bleak and sometimes it is on fire. There is no way to predict it! But this year in Northern California, Roseville its fire is burning bright!! We finished staging this fantastic home in West Roseville that was just picture perfect for a young family who is just starting out in the world together. Staged on the more contemporary side, we felt that the home would attract buyers in the mid 20's to upper 30's age range. And, yes it happened again... offers came in right after the staging and now a confirmed SOLD within 3 weeks of being staged and listed.  WOO HOO!!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!. Our clients were thri... 12/31/2009

Happy Holidays to you and your family from my Family!! Hope you treasure your family fun times - this is what makes it all worth while! We all work for one reason and one reason only....that is to share fun times like this!  All work and no play...why work??  Crazy fun times is what you will remember...charish it all!! Ryan Dressel, Owner Stage Right Design Inc. 916.517.5710 You can view our past and current staging listings on YouTube @ http://www.youtube.com/user/StageRightDesign Ryan Dressel is the Founder and Lead Designer of Stage Right Design, a full service Home Staging and Design Corporation combined with Lori Kim Polk from Artful Journey Designs and Staging located in Roseville, California. With 6 years of success, they have been recently featured in Sacramento Magazine, Sacram... 12/26/2009

Another beautiful home in gated community! 2165 Blackheath Lane, Roseville, CA 95678 View Map Do not miss this opportunity to own this brilliant home in the exclusive gated community of Heritage at Diamond Oaks! This Spanish villa offers over 3600 square feet with gorgeous hardwood floors, a spiral staircase and sits on a corner home site. Minutes from the Galleria Mall and many great restaurants. You will not want to miss your private showing. If you like the furniture, you may purchase it too. This home is presented by Artful Journey and Stage Right Design. For more info please contact: Jon Hesse, Accelerated Realty Group @ 530.305.2914 Details Asking Price: $525,000.00 MLS: 90094089 Sq. Feet: 3616 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 # of Floors: 2 HOA/Maintenance Fees: $60 Garage Size: 2 car S... 12/17/2009

Roseville Real Estate-New construction homes for sale-At Good Prices!! One of the Sacramento regions most desirable communities continues to grow and develop.  Not only is there a high demand in the resale Roseville real estate market, but builders continue to offer new construction homes for sale.  In fact, Roseville leads the Sacramento region in new construction. I like Roseville.  Our clients like Roseville.  I always feel good putting a buyer into a home for sale in Roseville.  And showing clients around this part of town reminds me of the good old days when real people (not banks) sold their homes.  These homes had furniture, they were clean (usually) and sometimes the seller would bake cookies when we came because they read that in a magazine. Mmmm...happy memories! Not so much t... 12/16/2009

Have you voted for The Gathering Inn in Redemtech's Serious Good Contest yet?  Well, please log on to Serious Good Contest as voting will end on Wednesday, December 16th at 8 pm.  It doesn't say what time zone so vote early.  They could certainly use the 5 refurbished computer packages. In case you haven't heard, The Gathering Inn is an organization that has partnered with many churches in the Western Placer County area to provide warm, safe places for about 60 homeless people every night.  The homeless arrive at The Gathering Inn at 201 Berkeley Ave in Historic Roseville after 3 pm and have the opportunity to take a shower and clean up.  They are then transported in the Inn's bus around 6 pm to one of the churches where volunteers have prpared a warm, nutritious meal for them.  Shortly... 12/14/2009

                During this time of year, when family members are away fighting to keep our country free it is especially important to let them know we haven't forgotten them and we appreciate them!  If you go to www.LetsSayThanks.com  you can pick a card and a message which Xerox will send to the troops.  Let's help the troops feel a little closer to home with a card illustrated by a child from HOME.                      12/09/2009

It is all about me!!  This article that is....This article was featured in the Roseville/Granite Bay "LIVING MAGAZINE".  I wanted to post it, not to only toot my own horn, but to share with others my ideals and attitudes toward my industry and my business.  Enjoy!  You may find some of it helpful. Staged and Ready for a FULL PRICE OFFER!!  - This home went pending in three hours and was SOLD in three weeks.                                 -Article by Megan Wood, Gold Country News Service Shakespeare said the world was a stage.  If that's true, Ryan Dressel could pick out some new furnishings/accessories; stage a home and have the place sold in a week. Former Sales Manager in the mortgage industry turned home stager, Dressel, a Roseville California resident, said it was a natural transit... 12/08/2009

  Yesterday afternoon courtesy of our local news my son who got very excited, comes trotting down stairs "MOM!! It's going to snow in Roseville!"  He tells me there was a Winter Storm alert for all of Placer and Sacramento counties.  I just smiled at him thinking he must have heard wrong.  ( can you tell, I don't usually watch the weather news)  I flipped the TV switch and what do you know - he is telling no lie!  The snow was suppose to fall throughout the County early Monday morning after rainfall and a decrease of temperature.   (The last time Placer and Sacramento County was covered in snow was a little over 7 years ago.  To be exact - it happened in January 28, 2002 according to records.   I happen to be in San Jose, CA and in transition to move to the Placer County so we didn't g... 12/07/2009