Prepping an open house

**skinut2234** · 08-18-2009, 10:12 AM

I went home shopping with my mom last weekend and we looked at some open houses- I notice some that are empty needed some work- Just some general-type chores to make the house look nicer for the open house- Some houses needed grass cut, trimmed etc- I am wondering if real estate companies hire people to do this work- I would be interested in doing this on weekends for extra $$$ and I really think I could make some of the homes more appealing with some effort- How do I go about finding out about this and is this common practice?

**wolfneyetna** · 08-18-2009, 11:48 AM

Best bet would be to call the Realtor on the sign. The Realtor's incented financially to get the home sold... and if what you do might dress it up a bit, they might just put you in touch with the seller (who would have to pay for the work)

**Greg** · 08-19-2009, 07:24 AM

This is called "home staging" and a whole industry has developed around making houses for sale look better to prospective buyers.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...US231&ie=UTF-8