This is the second to last post in this ‘5 Massive Mistakes Homeowners Make When Hiring a Home Stager‘ blog series. The first post was about focusing on price, the second about focusing on credentials and the third was about not looking at a portfolio or website before hiring … Read More →
Copying Home Staging Website Content Isn’t Flattery – It’s Plagiarism
Home stagers, how would you feel if your child failed a course or was kicked out of school for plagiarism? Most parents would be embarrassed, angry and disappointed and they’d expect there to be consequences. Just as schools are now using software to detect and penalize students who… Read More →
5 Massive Mistakes Homeowners Make – Part 3: Not Looking at a Portfolio or Website
Welcome to the third installment in this “5 Massive Mistakes Homeowners Make When Hiring a Home Stager” blog series. If you’ve read my first post about focusing on price when hiring a home stager and the last post about wasting time searching for home stagers’ credentials… Read More →
Home Stagers: Are You Ready for Fall Real Estate Market?
With the Labor Day weekend behind us and the kids back to school, the next major event if you’re a professional home stager, is the start of the fall real estate market.
But are you ready to meet it head on with a polished and professional business image?
Whether you’re new to house… Read More →
Staging Diva Announces First Graduate in Germany
I’m pleased to welcome a talented artist to the Staging Diva Graduate community of professional home stagers, and our first Graduate in Germany.
Tina Humburg views home staging as a natural evolution of her current business which is doing custom paintings.
She found as she was in … Read More →
5 Massive Mistakes Homeowners Make – Part 1: Focusing on Price
When you decide to hire a home stager to decorate your property to sell faster and for more money, you need to make sure you’re investing in the right person. After all, you’re trusting someone with the sale of your largest asset, your primary real estate. You have to be careful to put that trust… Read More →
Home Staging Business Time Suckers – The Chatty Client
In the first installment of this series of posts about home staging client types that can make you wish you didn’t charge a flat rate, we discussed The Distracted Client. Today I’m going to talk about another common time-sucking client type that can help bankrupt a home staging business operating… Read More →
Is There a ‘Back to School’ Career Change in Your Future?
Even though most of us hang on to as much summer as we can, as soon as the calendar changes from July to August the department stores want us in ‘back-to-school’ mode. With school-aged children, besides dreading another year of packing lunches, you’ve probably already started to think about… Read More →
Home Stager Needed in Grand Rapids, Michigan
I have a client in Grand Rapids, Michigan who would like to meet with an expert home stager before she lists her 4300 square foot home. The list price is anticipated to be $350,000. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of over 1 million, making it the ideal location… Read More →
Home Stager Needed in Albuquerque, New Mexico
I have a client in Albuquerque, New Mexico in immediate need of an expert home stager. Their 3156 square foot home has been on the market for two months and is listed at $549,000 (after a substantial price drop). The home is unoccupied, but fully furnished. What a great opportunity to show a … Read More →
