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30 inspiring curb appeal ideas to make a lasting first impression

Housing Wire

Curb appeal sets the tone for potential buyers before they even step inside, shaping how welcoming and well-maintained a property feels. With just a few thoughtful updates, you can make your listing stand out and leave a lasting impression on buyers and even turn nearby neighbors into clients.

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Sell more homes: 17 home staging tips for real estate agents

Housing Wire

Home staging is your chance to transform a property into a home that buyers cant wait to get their hands on. Buyers want to be able to see how a home will work for them. The best home staging tips help you create a welcoming environment that will make buyers feel right at home. Why is home staging important?

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Virtual staging: The best apps for 2025 + mind-blowing AI picks

Housing Wire

Once uploaded, we used the available tools in each app to remove the furniture from the photo and virtually stage it using the luxury decor setting or its nearest equivalent. Our results in the article are the first rendering they produced we did not revise, photoshop or edit them in any way, even when the app offered free revisions.

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9 savvy strategies to get more real estate referrals

Housing Wire

In this article, you’ll find nine tried-and-true ways to start and grow your real estate referral business. A referral estate referral occurs when a licensed agent or broker passes along a prospective buyer or seller to another licensed agent to handle a transaction. Inevitably, their answer will be “my past clients and sphere.”

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The best real estate closing gifts for 2025

Housing Wire

We curated some standout closing gift ideas for buyers and sellers and assembled this guide to help you navigate the closing gift process. You might opt for a more upscale gift for your luxury home seller and choose something lasting for the first-time home buyer (Note: they may become a luxury client later in life!).

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30 real estate social media post ideas (+ popular agents to follow)

Housing Wire

In this article, we’ll share ideas and tips, including the best way to present new listings and how to engage your followers with valuable educational content. Share interior design trends you’ve noticed, your personal favorite styles, or other impeccably decorated homes you come across on social media and want to share.

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Planning an Open House? Don’t Forget These Key Preparations

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

If you’re planning on selling your home, you’re probably going to have open houses so that you can let buyers see for themselves the wonderful features of your home. In this article, she shares some tips that you might find useful! They’ll be useful for prospective buyers once your open house arrives.