The Rent-A-Center Lunch

You will be surprised what you can do on your lunch hour. Especially when you are flipping homes part-time. Our team picks out furniture to stage one of our flips, usually on our lunch hour, and you can too. Here’s how.

There are many furniture rental places all over the nation that can help you with staging. The one we use in ours mainly is Rent-A-Center. You will have to fill out an application for credit, as everyone does, but the process is relatively easy.

What to pick out

What you pick out will depend on the house itself. You have to make sure you will make the right type of impression on your potential home buyers. Nicer neighborhood is going to mean nicer staging furniture and so on. You want to definitely furnish the living/family room. This is where the family will spend most of their time, reading, watching TV, doing homework etc. Make sure to include a couch, love seat or chairs, end tables and lamps.

Kitchens are pretty easy to stage because there is usually only the main table and chairs that are needed. You may also want to add a center piece and some decorative towels.

If your house has a dining room, try to add a tasteful table and chairs there too. This will help them envision if their table will fit too.

Having at least one bedroom furnished is a must as well. It is hard to imagine if the bed they currently own will fit into the room they want to call their own. A side table and lamp will look appropriate also.

Remember that you are just trying to show how the home would look if it had someone living there. Don’t over do it. You are not selling the furniture to the people that buy the house so it will not be everyone’s taste but do try to keep it simple and pleasing to the eye.

Tips

• Stick with neutral tones. No one wants to try to imagine around a purple couch and you could potentially turn people off from the whole house.
• Furnish weird spaces. If it is a little nook or has a bunch of angles stage it to show how the space can be useful and functional.
• Always stage at least the master bedroom. As a focal point of most homes, where the Mr. and Mrs. of the house will spend their nights is a good place to show how your house can be a home.
• If you budget doesn’t allow to furnish every room in the house (who’s does?) then we suggest checking out our tips on staging.

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