What is Feng Shui in Real Estate? by Suzee Miller
Three nights ago I consulted with a couple by phone. I had Feng Shui'd their home the prior year, and at that time, the husband had been unemployed for 6 mos. In fact, a friend paid for the consultation because they could not afford it. They completed 50% of the remedies and enhancements that they could afford. Within two weeks of making the proper placements, the husband got a great job. Within six months he got two fabulous promotions and the wife's career shot thru the roof.
Recently, after a reading a few Feng Shui books, they decided to go to China town and buy some bagua mirrors, frogs, Fu Dogs and Chinese coins, for the New Year. (They, by the way, are not Chinese) Long story short, they placed 2 Fu Dogs (fighting/killer dogs) at their outside entrance and placed the coins in their wealth gua (worthless coins with holes in the center), and the mirror above their front doorway.. reflecting their neighbor's house.
Within a week of these placements, the husband's work hours were reduced by 50%, and they starting fighting and arguing, like cats and dogs. Soon their money (cash flow) started to dry up, and their neighbor across the street... out of the clear blue, started a fight with them.
They called me to see what was going wrong with their Feng Shui. I immediately asked them to tell me what they had recently added or removed from their property...and to their shock and amazement all of the above came out in conversation.
Unfortunately, many Feng Shui authors and consultants confuse the Chinese "culture and tradition"... with Feng Shui. The two are totally unrelated. The Feng Shui of our land, homes, and listings will always reveal the quality of our lives at any given point in time. Their story is a great metaphor for what happens when we give our power away to "things" outside ourselves, like to so-called "good luck charms and symbols."
The power of placement is just that...POWERFUL. Feng Shui is, among other things, the language of symbols, colors and metaphors. This true story is a good reminder for all of us, that one culture's treasures, can cause another culture disharmony; the very antithesis of good Feng Shui!
The "proper" placement of decorative objects and colors inside and outside your listings will bring optimum results. Using a Bagua (blueprint) for proper placement of these CHI (Energy) enhancers, will produce triple the buyer activity on your listing, verses a property that has not been Feng Shui'd. Good Feng Shui on your listings will also create a billboard advertisement to attract multiple buyers, sellers and referral business, effortlessly.
Feng Shui is not magic, but the positive results gained by using Feng Shui Principles in real estate often appear quite magical. REALTORS® who "Feng Shui for success" also report that they are enjoying friendlier buyers, sellers and contracts/escrows. In addition, they are enjoying more free time and travel in the midst of making more money effortlessly than they ever dreamed possible.
Feng Shui is not superstition, philosophy or a religion. It is the art and science of living in harmony with our interior and exterior environments.