Burlingame home staging, San Mateo home staging, San Francisco home staging

In real estate, we come across a lot of different cultures and backgrounds. Some we can relate, some we can’t at all. I am from Taiwan originally, and “frog eggs,” i.e. boba or tapioga, rice balls, is one of our proud invention. When I was in college, it became the raging trends and everyone started to drink it and accept it. However, when it first came out in the states, people were like, eww what is this?! Now it’s pretty acceptable and embraced by people who are not Taiwanese. It took a little time for people to get used to it.

Similarly, same with touring homes from buyers’ point of view. You love your cultural heritage or whatever background that you came from, you proudly present it

and show it off anywhere you can. However, buyers may not be used to it and am so shocked and distracted by it when they first see it, they forgot to see your house!

Remember, de-personalize your home when you sell it to help buyers see your listing, which is now a product. They have to be able to visualize themselves in your space, therefore, without your stuff in it.

That means:

*No worship or any religious items, even if it’s Elvis:

*No sexual items: (yes, sorry that your workout pole has to go)

*any items or art that can be deemed as ethnic because they can be distracting to the buyers since they are not used to see them.

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