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.
Her clients, who found her online had their house on the market on and off for 18 months. They didn’t have a single offer on the property despite all that time on the real estate market.
After they hired Holly to stage the house, the couple had 7 showings in 7 days and one resulted in an offer.
That offer was not accepted because it was too low and the sellers knew with all the activity happening on their property thanks to Holly, they wouldn’t have trouble selling it.
Holly believes the offer (which had come from someone who’d seen the house before), was because the prospective buyer felt an urgency to take action.
They were afraid that since the property looked so good after staging, someone else might snatch it up first.
That’s what home staging is all about…perception of how desirable a property is. And that’s why home staging works.
Besides working full time as a home stager, Holly works part time as a nurse and is a busy mother of four children.
When someone has as hectic a schedule as Holly, it makes a lot of sense to market online because she has something promoting her staging business 24/7 while she carries on with her full life.
According to Holly, the fee she made on this one project, which was a result of her online marketing efforts, covered the cost of her home staging training program and her Staging Diva Directory of Home Stagers listing.
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Holly,
What an inspiring success story, Holly! Congratulations not only on your staging victory, but on your tenacity in juggling your MANY careers (Mom, nurse, home stager). Amazing! I wish you the best for your certain continued success!
Jayne
Congratulations Holly on a job beautifully done. You and your clients must be thrilled. I must also say that it felt like déjà vu, reading this story. Within a month of my directory listing “going live” I received a call to stage a vacant home. After staging, the home sold in one week. And the buyer? Someone who had seen the home during the 5 months it was on the market prior to staging. This one job also paid for the cost of my course and directory listing. I’ve found one of the biggest benefits of Staging Diva training is helping understand your value and to set your prices accordingly – along with giving you the confidence to do that!
Great job, Holly! Way to go and it’s proof that this business is not only FUN, but profitable too! As “TheHomeDecorGenie” I’ve staged many houses in the Denver area with great success as well. Debra’s training gave me tools I needed to be successful.
Hi Holly: I am still getting the newsletters as I plan to be a Staging Diva one day soon !. Still a little scared since I don’t have any experience. Your story was so inspiring and I loved your website ! I will be moving to Mississippi/Louisiana area in a couple of months. I too am a Nurse. Congrats…everything was beautiful !
Ellen