What does theater set design and staging a home to sell have in common? A lot actually! This week, Carla sits down with her own home designer Cora Sue Anthony to talk about the powerful, but a subtle art of home staging. Taking elements from her background in drama and design, Cora Sue looks at home design as a way to shape the emotions you feel when you walk into a house. Cora Sue knows that it takes a special touch to stage a house. Listen this week as she shares her creative approach to business, tips, and tools of the trade, and stories that are both funny and inspiring. Buying a home is already emotional, so let’s use design to show off the best of those emotions! Today, Cora talks about:  Cora Sue’s journey from theater set designer to home stager. The theory of home staging. Modern homes v. Contemporary homes. Cora Sue’s secret beginnings to her home design business. How design generates an emotional response for the buyer. Cora Sue shares a funny staging story! Tips for people who want to begin staging. Cora Sue’s inspirational makeovers for chemotherapy wards. 

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Host, Carla Higgins takes you on a journey through every aspect of building your real estate business. Carla is an experienced Realtor with 17 years experience, a single mother of 3 young daughters, a volunteer, a community builder, a negotiator, a consensus builder and creative businesswoman, an international marathoner, a mentor who loves to live and to laugh. She's respected by both colleagues and clients alike. She works creatively, collaboratively and above all else, diligently. Join us to begin your journey to the life you love!

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 Agnes was born in the South of France, immigrated to Canada when she was young, 16 years later her family immigrated to Australia.        These days she goes between London England where her partner & heart is, Sydney Australia where home & her mother are and France were her roots and extended family is.        She injured her back in 2015 and took a year off to heal, during this time she started her YouTube channel on manifesting your desires around meaningful work, attracting a specific person and getting an ex back relationships - as well as manifesting a brand new relationship. Other topics such as dream trips, improved heath conditions as well as many success stories on all of these subjects are on the YouTube channel.    She now coaches people around the world on all the above subjects, and has a 2nd YouTube channel of meditations only to help listeners live in the end result of their desires. 

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      Ryan Enk is the Founder of Columbia Real Estate Investment Club, the author of Rolling Real Estate Formula and owner of an RV rental fleet. He’s also built two million dollar indoor sports arenas in the New Orleans area.      Ryan started his investing journey as a “corporate drone”; selling copiers at Icon Copy Solutions. He left that job in 2007 and today has helped over 100 people live their dreams by earning passive income with real estate. People come to Ryan because he’s already helped multiple people reach six figures in passive income by teaching them how he still invests today.        

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 Isabella Guajardo is a San Francisco Bay Area professional organizer & residential move manager, and a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).    When you call on Bella to organize your space, she is committed to making your home comfortable and functional in ways that compliment your personal style. She creatively incorporates minimalist principles while reducing, recycling and re-purposing. Through move management services Bella assists those going through divorce, selling or buying a home, with a geographic career transition, through the death of a loved one, and some of the most challenging periods of life during which assistance with getting paperwork and physical surroundings sorted and in order, packed, and moved is required. You can count on her to get the job done and help you move forward in life. Charities Mentioned: Prisoner Literature Project City Team  East Bay Center for Creative Reuse 

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Scott Carson (aka “the Note Guy) has been an active real estate investor since 2002 and solely focused on the distressed mortgage and note industry since 2008 where he buys and sells non-performing mortgages directly from banks and hedge funds on properties all across the country.  Scott is the CEO of WeCloseNotes.com, an Austin, Texas based real estate firm.  He has purchased over half a billion dollars in distressed debt for his own portfolio and purchases assets in over 30 states across the United States, while also helping thousands of other real estate investors make money along the way. He is a highly sought after speaker on distressed debt, marketing and raising private capital. He has also been featured in Investor’s Business Daily, The Wall Street Journal and Inc.com.  Scott is also the host of the popular podcast, “the Note Closers Show” and provides regular content across his YouTube, Facebook, and other social media channels. An avid sports fan and reader, he spends his free time attending sporting events, concerts, and traveling to new places.

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After receiving his real estate license in 1987, this fourth generation San Francisco native worked with buyers and sellers of residential properties in San Francisco. In 1998, Adam created and managed a property management and leasing company called The Highland Group, which partnered with The Grubb Company. Two years later in 2000, he became fully associated with The Grubb Company as a broker associate representing both buyers and sellers. Adam stepped over to the mortgage side of the business for a few years in order to sharpen his knowledge of the lending industry. He returns to brokering with HIGHLAND PARTNERS with more to give to his clients while they are faced with today’s rapid changes. Due to his training and immersion into the many facets of real estate, Adam is able to offer more knowledge and understanding to each of his clients. Adam credits his degree in economics from The University of San Francisco ( where he graduated cum laude ) for helping him find the right leverage in negotiations on behalf of his clients. His knowledge of rental property and leasing laws also make him well suited to advise clients in increasing the value of their income properties and homes. His experience in mortgage lending also helps his clients to understand more clearly, the, sometimes complicated loan process and programs. Relationships with his clients drive Adam the most. The experience of buying or selling real estate can be a very stressful and emotional process; therefore Adam takes particular care in walking clients through each step. Seeing an elated client signing their final papers is his favorite reward. In addition, Adam’s meticulous worth ethic; enthusiasm, patience and skillful negotiation have made him a favorite resource for current clients and new referrals. EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS   You can find more about Adam @: https://www.dimaggioandbetta.com/

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