The Rally has a whole new website built by Internet Media Consultants.  Check out the site.  It has new features, like video, and interactive mapping, as well as the new Realtor Rally blog built right in.

Check it out at www.realtorrally.org.

We want to take this opportunity to THANK our Marketing Makeover sponsors – this is one fantastic package, and there is going to be one talented, lucky Realtor who walks away with this amazing prize, sponsored by these generous folks:

Shopping in Style Package donated by Tina Gill of  Worthwhile Style

www.worthwhilestyle.com

303.501.6676 / tina@myworthwhilestyle.com

Virtual Tour donated by Carol Grape of Grape Imaging, ltd.

www.grapeimaging.com

720.981.3943 / cgrape@comcast.net

Occupied Home Staging Service or Staging Consultation donated by Holly Lange of Abundantly Clear Design 

www.abundantlycleardesign.com

(303)322-5327 / holly@abundantlycleardesign.com

Brand Headshots for Social Media and Advertising donated by Neil McKenzie Photography

www.neilmckenziephotography.com

(720)-339-3160 / nmphotography@earthlink.net

3 minute HD-quality video fully narrated with professional voiceover donated by Mark Brean
MarkBrean@webvideo.net / (720) 434-0870

Strategic Marketing Review and Planning Session donated by Maverick and Company

www.maverickandcompany.com

Alecia Huck –  alecia@maverickandcompany.com

Logo/Graphic Design Consultation donated by Ryan Davis of Rybred Studio

Group Coaching Session donated by Colleen Stanley of SalesLeadership, Inc.

www.salesleadershipdevelopment.com

Print Marketing Package donated by With Ease Marketing

Keller Williams DTC

www.daviddouglasrealty.com

david@daviddouglasrealty.com

 http://www.facebook.com/davedug

http://www.twitter.com/davedug

What’s your area of expertise?

USEFUL Technology (hardware and software), Microsoft Outlook, social media, cell phones and laptops

 What has been your favorite experience dealing with Real Estate?

When a Realtor gets that look of AHA then I know I have done my job. 

What sets you apart?

I try and use 80% of the technology i have before buying more. And i try to teach and convey this to other Realtors. Use what you got!

 What’s your favorite restaurant?

 That’s a hard one. But Del Frisco’s ranks pretty high on my list.

 What’s the last movie you went out to see?

Avatar – Graphics unbelievable – Story line was ok. 

What music is in your ipod right now?

That’s a tough one. I have about 12,000 songs.
Kenny Chesney
Black Eyed Peas
Daft Punk
Motley Crue
Glenn Miller
Mozart
And everything inbetween.

6071 S Moline Way

Englewood, CO 80111

303-771-0761 – Business

303-588-5909 – Curt Cell

Pineapple Interiors is the premier Furniture Rental and Home Staging company in the Denver area. Whether you are staging a vacant or occupied home, need furnishings for a corporate relocation, or are simply adding a few pieces to complete your home or design project, we can get you what you need, when you need it. Pineapple Interiors Furniture Leasing carries the most current styles in everything needed for the living room, great room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and study. Our extensive furniture rental line includes furniture, area rugs, artwork, lighting, greenery and accessories. We will work within your Home Staging budget while still making your home warm, comfortable and inviting. We work with realtors, homeowners and builders and offer all levels of home staging.

As certified Interior Redesign Industry Specialists, Tammie and Shelley’s real estate staging and design expertise has built them a positive reputation, allowing them to work along side stagers throughout Colorado, and in houses of all styles and sizes.

The passion that Tammie and Shelley share for outstanding staging, as well as exemplary customer service is the drive behind Pineapple Interiors dedication to quality. Together they are the perfect team, able to compliment each other’s ideas and bring fresh new looks to their valued clients, while working hard to ensure that the home staging community they serve, receives the greatest of care.

ROOM SERVICE STAGING

vmedaily.com

303-683-0001     720-985-5070 (cell)

vmedaily@comcast.net

Facebook Link  : Virginia Daily

Twitter Link: denverstager

What inspired you to become a staging professional? 

 I have always loved interiors ! Who knows why? When I was a little girl I was always drawing pictures of houses as if you were looking into them with the roof lifted off…and drawing the furniture placement the way I thought it should be. I didn’t read many comic books but  I could be content for hours paging through a copy of Veranda or House Beautiful at my grandmother’s house. It’s stayed with me all through the years….I still love to look at beautiful interiors and create stunning living spaces!

Finally in 2006, I left my long career in Oncology Nursing to pursue my heart’s desire …I became certified an an ASP ( Accredited Staging Professional ) and started my own company, ROOM SERVICE STAGING. I’ve never looked back and have never been happier! This business has been very good to me.

 What  do you love about your job? 

I love the surprise and gratitude of my clients when I enable them to see their homes as they never dreamed they could be. It’s wonderful to part of the process of helping  people move forward in their lives !   Contact with many different types of people closely mimics my nursing career and I love it.

Do you have a favorite experience that you could share with us?

The most gratifying experience by far was being part of a volunteer group of ASP Staging Professionals  who transformed the RONALD MC DONALD HOUSE for the families of critically ill children whose families reside there while their children are patients at Children’s Hospital.  We all donated our time ,as well as staging accessories and art ,and we staged all the common areas…the dining area, the “family” room, the computer/communications center, the library, the TV area…It was so satisfying to know that we helped to ease the anxiety and stress of having a gravely ill loved one by adding some beauty, functionality and serenity to their experience. I’ll never forget it.

 What about a least favorite — any horror stories? 

One of my first staging jobs was a couple who had been in their home 27 years ( can you say “clutter”  ?) and owned a Great Dane who was like a child to them.

Unfortunately his dog house  (which was only slightly smaller than theirs) was positioned on the patio right in front of the large windows that overlooked their beautiful backyard and mature trees.

It took all my skills of diplomacy to convince them that it had to be moved for the duration of the sale of their home. In the end they came to understand the reasons for my decision and we enlisted several strong men to ease it around the corner, out of sight of the family room. I finished staging the house on a Wednesday evening and it sold two days later on Friday morning…for full price and before it was even in MLS!!  The best part is that they asked me to stage their new home for living!

What is your favorite type of house to stage? 

  I love them all…the variety is what makes staging so interesting and fun!  

What sets you apart from the competition?

 I have an ironclad commitment to client satisfaction and a critical eye for detail…I’m not happy until the clients (Realtor and  seller) are satisfied. And I make it a point to include a bit of elegant whimsy in every home I stage…because life should make you smile !

What is your favorite Colorado restaurant?

We have a Christmas tradition of watching the shoppers and lovers and families hurry through the swirling  snow outside from the warm interior of Las Margarita’s on Downing while we savor the mushroom& spinach quesadillas and a big Margarita by the fire. For big occasions, nothing beats Flagstaff House in Boulder!

What is the last movie that you watched?

A Single Man with Colin Firth

 What is playing in your ipod right now?  

Boz Skaggs…the best!

FRASCONA, JOINER, GOODMAN AND GREENSTEIN

FRASCONA.COM

OLIVER@FRASCONA.COM

What’s your area of expertise?

REAL ESTATE BROKER’S ATTORNEY, REAL ESTATE LAW AND PRACTICE, ASSOCIATION (MLS, ETHICS, ARBITRATION MEDIATION), MEDIATOR FOR REAL ESTATE ISSUES

What has been your favorite experience dealing with Real Estate?

REALTORS

Tell us about your biggest Real Estate Horror Story.

THE BUYERS HAD A LEASE OPTION AND WHEN THEY CAME TO FINISH THE SALE THE SELLER WAS GONE AND THE LOAN WAS IN FORECLOSURE.

What sets you apart?

MY COMB

What’s your favorite restaurant?

CARABBAS

What’s the last movie you went out to see?

CRAZY HEART

What music is in your iPod right now?

DON’T HAVE AN IPOD, ON MY COMPUTER IT IS THE SOUND TRACK FROM CRAZY HEART