Much of your professional image, your public perception and essentially your success as a home staging professional, boils down to the amount of confidence you have in yourself and your abilities.
This point is demonstrated brilliantly in a quote about leadership from Adlai Stevenson,… Read More →
I talk to so many new home stagers or people wanting to get into the home staging business and almost every single one of them eventually mentions how their own fear can get in the way of moving forward.
Depending on where they are in their business, these fears can range from “what if the… Read More →
Before finally hiring Staging Diva Graduate Fabia MacNair, a desperate house seller had accepted an offer of $250,000 for her home knowing it was worth more. She wasn’t interested in doing the work needed to complete the home staging to-do list, however, because she just wanted to sell. … Read More →
What could make a stronger case for hiring a home stager than an offer coming in after a home was staged…from a person who saw the home before staging without any interest?
That’s exactly what happened with a Maryland property transformed by home stager and Staging Diva Graduate, Holly Battaglia.… Read More →
I’ve featured New York home stager Donna Dazzo before here in the Home Staging Business Report after one of her impressive media appearances. I’m happy to have the opportunity to write about Donna again because she is such a model student!
In January, this Staging Diva Graduate… Read More →
This time last year, I released a special report called, “Can I grow a home staging business in a depressed economy?” with the intention of helping aspiring stagers who were feeling defeated by friends, family members and negative news headlines.
Thousands of you downloaded that free report… Read More →
Despite home staging proving it’s ability to sell homes faster and for more money, there are STILL real estate agents who don’t “get it.”
These examples that prove yet again that home staging works should inspire anyone considering becoming a home stager.
Let… Read More →
Home staging business success relies on a few things.
Teaching thousands of stagers since 2005, I’ve noticed the biggest barrier that stops so many in their tracks.
This metaphor occurred to me one of the many times I thought I was lost.
I lived in 3 different cities in 4 years and learned… Read More →
Many home owners choose to sell on their own instead of working with a real estate agent and giving 5% or 6% of their selling price over in real estate commissions.
These properties are known as FSBO, an acronym for ‘For Sale by Owner.’
The very fact that they’ve chosen to sell without … Read More →
I haven’t heard a story that demonstrates the power of follow up better than one recently sent in by Staging Diva Graduate, Susan Atwell of New York-based AtWell Staged Home.
On a spring day, Susan was out touring model homes being built nearby, a practice she considers “continuing education… Read More →
