Kitchens are one of the most important rooms when determining the selling price of a home. That’s because they’re the most expensive and time-consuming to renovate.
Put a home on the real estate market with an ugly kitchen like the one seen here, and you can expect lower offers… Read More →
A home staging business beats out an interior design business when you’re looking for what type of business to start. It’s important to know that as a home stager you can also offer interior redesign services and color consulting, much like many interior designers do.
People… Read More →
We all feel more comfortable trying something new when others recommend it. Home staging testimonials or rave reviews from your past clients are a great way to attract new customers for your home staging services.
Testimonials provide what Robert Cialdini calls “social proof”… Read More →
Many home stagers have faced the dreaded question, “Can you wait until closing to get paid for your home staging services?” How you answer that question will have a big impact on how long you remain in your home staging business.
You’ll hear this question mostly from real… Read More →For my 1,000th post in Home Staging Business Report I thought I’d discuss 3 dirty little secrets all home stagers share— whether they’re really experienced or just starting out.
I want to thank a home stager I coached this week for inspiring me to write this.
She is exactly where… Read More →
When you start out in home staging, and even if you’ve been at it for a year or two, you’re probably not too worried about how you’ll organize all your home staging photos for your portfolio. At this point it’s pretty easy to remember the homes you’ve staged.… Read More →
Many of my readers are HGTV addicts, in fact that’s how many of us eventually find our way into home staging.
Have you dreamed of being a home stager on HGTV? Several Staging Diva Graduates have already appeared on TV and this could be your chance too! I have to say from personal experience… Read More →
Home staging is a great cure for awkward rooms, especially the ones you find in many of today’s condo projects.
You know those tall towers with the weird jutting out points encased in glass? They might make the building look interesting (or fit it into an oddly shaped lot), but what are… Read More →
Home staging is a great career for perfectionists.
After all we make everything “just so” in every room of a house, and sometimes outside too.
We fuss over the precise roll of a towel, the angle of a throw over a chair and exactly how many green apples belong in the bowl on the counter.… Read More →
It’s much harder to get clients when no one can find your home staging website in a search engine.
Trying to learn about Search Engine Optimization or SEO for your home staging website can feel like “falling down the rabbit hole” into another universe, where the language… Read More →
