About Suzy Minken

Suzy Minken is the founder of Best In Showing.com, a full-service home staging and redesign firm based in Westfield, New Jersey. 

Homeowners, Realtors, and builders/developers turn to Suzy Minken to deliver a home staging performance that is truly, Best in Show.  With her extensive background in consulting and marketing, Suzy brings an added level of expertise for her clients.  She is also a New Jersey licensed Realtor with Coldwell Banker in Short Hills.

With more than 90% of today's homebuyers starting their search on the Internet, the use of photography is a key driver in motivating homebuyers to take the next step.  As a talented photographer and certified feng shui consultant, Suzy goes beyond traditional staging measures to create the factor resulting in faster home sales at top dollar.

Suzy earned her B.S. degree at Cornell University and an MBA from New York University's Graduate School of Business. She is a frequent speaker on home staging and redesign; enjoys Starbucks, tennis, family road trips and exploring new vistas.

Realtors

Best In Showing.com works with real estate agents to bring "added value" by significantly improving the marketability of their property listings.

New Service! SOS for Realtors -Staging on the Spot
As a special service for Realtors when time is of the essence, Best In Showing.com provides on the spot staging for houses in need of immediate enhancement for upcoming photo shoots or a scheduled Open House. Call Suzy Minken at 908- 239-9261 or email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  for Staging on the Spot (SOS) program details.

Staging to Sell
Best In Showing.com goes beyond traditional staging recommendations of de-cluttering and de-personalizing the owner-occupied home. As an objective third party, Best In Showing.com works gently with the homeowner to help them "emotionally detach" from their house, and transition to a "home seller". Staged homes sell faster than un-staged homes.

By partnering with Best In Showing.com, Realtors can offer clients a tangible roadmap for getting the home ready for market with hands-on staging and a team of reliable trade professionals if needed. Best In Showing.com also has an extensive inventory of home furnishings and decorative accessories for achieving a "best in show" first impression.

At Best In Showing.com, our philosophy is to engage the homeowner as an "active participant" in the marketing process, rather than provide a written report. At Best In Showing.com, we will customize a staging plan that is just the right level of change for your client.

Homeowners

- Staging to Sell
How we live in the home is not how we show a house for sale in today's competitive housing market. It's a fact:  staged homes sell faster than un-staged homes.

At Best in Showing.com, we are dedicated to providing homeowners with a full complement of staging services to make the marketing process easier.

The Internet has enabled real estate for sale to become a 24-hour Open House. Great photographs begin with an expertly staged home.

Our goal in staging your home is to significantly increase buyer interest by focusing attention on the "bones of the house". Best In Showing.com creates interior and exterior designs to make a "best in show" first impression.

- Staging to Stay, Home Redesign
Whether prompted by a major life transition, such as children moving away to college, divorce, loss (or addition) of a spouse or relative, or you are simply seeking to refresh your current living space, Best In Showing.com will develop a home redesign plan that is right for you.

We work with homeowners to optimize their interior space based on their specific lifestyle preferences, including selection of paint colors, decorative accessories, window treatments, lighting, as well as the purchase of new furnishings, etc. Our redesign projects utilize the homeowner's existing furnishings as much as possible. We have a dedicated team of trade professionals to help implement home improvement changes if needed.

- Staging to Scale
At Best In Showing.com, we provide a smooth transition for homeowners during the downsizing process to a smaller living space. Our "Staging to Scale" program focuses on an integrated approach to managing the move process by selecting which furnishings are the best fit and designing the furniture layout in the new home.

Whether you are getting ready to place your house on the market or place your furnishings onto a moving truck headed to your new home, we have the staging team with the expertise to ensure your home shows its best.

Builders / Developers

- Staging to Sell
In today's increasingly competitive real estate market, new construction properties need to go beyond their great design to generate interest among the new breed of buyers. Staged homes sell faster than un-staged homes. Research has shown that it is the combination of strategic pricing and home staging that gets homes sold.

More than 90% of homebuyers search for homes online, spending just seconds looking at photos of homes for sale to determine if they want to make an appointment to see the property. Vacant rooms simply do not have sufficient appeal to attract buyer interest compared to new construction properties that are staged.

At Best In Showing.com, we have established relationships with national furniture rental companies which we use when staging a vacant or new construction property. We supplement the rental furniture with staging items from our extensive inventory of home furnishings and decorative accessories. Please visit our new construction and contemporary home photo galleries for examples of how Best In Showing.com can help you sell your new construction property.

Contact Suzy Minken at 908 239-9261 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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