If you are browsing for a new home (and you should be, as there will never be a better time in your lifetime to do it!), you may have noticed something:  houses are all dressed up! I don’t know if it is because people are watching HGTV or what!  I have been in real estate for 25 years and NEVER have I ever seen houses for sale so uniformly “fixed up” to sell. In the “biz”, we call it “staged”.  One after another has been painted, carpeted, granite-countered, steam cleaned, closets cleaned, furniture rearranged, dodads removed … so every home, one after the other, looks just like a display!  It is a treat to show homes nowadays.  And I’m almost jealous that I am not in the market.  Such wonderful goodies to chose from, running at sale prices not seen for decades, with interest rates at unbelievable prices!  The problem may well be there are TOO many choices that look fabulous.  After all, when you see too much that is delectable, it is often hard to pick just one!  OR — maybe you could talk your old neighbor into buying the one YOU don’t choose!  Your Easter Parade this year could be going from house to house, until you find the one that says, “Unpack here.  I’m waiting for you!”

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