When you start your own home staging business, it’s because you want to make money as a home stager.
Otherwise, you’d just keep it as a hobby.
A home stager will struggle to make money when they don’t charge enough for their staging services.
And it’s a common problem… Read More →
Knowing what the current home staging competition is like in your area, isn’t as simple as you might think.
I often hear form aspiring home stagers who say:
“There are no home stagers in my area, so there must not be a demand for this service.”
Just as often, I am told the exact… Read More →
Last week, I wrote a blog post in which I confessed that I hide my own business dreams and life dreams under stacks of paper.
Now I’m trying to dig through all those piles and figure out where the good stuff is.
Decide what I can finally give myself permission to let go of.
It’s not … Read More →
If you love decorating and you’re looking for a profitable and easy-to-start home-based career, home staging might be the perfect business for you.
Here are my top 5 reasons why you should think about home staging as your home-based business idea:
1. Home staging is a low-cost business… Read More →I receive several emails and phone calls a day asking how to compare home staging courses.
It can definitely feel overwhelming if you don’t know what to look out for.
For example, is one home staging certification better than another? Does it matter who you learn from? What support … Read More →
If you’re faced with a stack of photos and trying to organize your thoughts and ideas after a home staging consultation, struggling over the report you’re preparing for the homeowners you are really wasting your time.
Unless…
You just love doing paperwork.
You enjoy knowing you have a lengthy… Read More →
Whether you’ve been a home stager for years or you are only starting to research the industry, I have a helpful FREE online resource to tell you about – the Home Staging Glossary by Staging Diva.
In your reading and conversations you have probably come across terms or phrases you aren’t… Read More →
If you’re wondering when you’ll stop feeling nervous about how a home staging project will come together, you should know that you may always feel that way and that if you do, you’re completely normal!
You’ll never be able to anticipate every problem or surprise that could come up and it’s … Read More →
With FSBO properties being so common in the marketplace nowadays, you’re probably wondering how to attract some of them to your home staging business.
Targeting FSBOs or “For Sale by Owner” properties is a great idea but remember, they’re selling their homes themselves so they don’t have… Read More →
Part of the appeal of a home staging business is the many variations of ways to work with people depending on the situation they’re in. As home stagers we get to work with real people, in their own homes where they are their most comfortable, natural selves. This is a very welcome contrast from… Read More →
