Some home stagers keep stats on the homes they have staged. This helps to show how staged homes sell faster than unstaged homes. Speedier sales: The length of time on the market for a home dropped from an average of 163.7 days to 8.9 days for homes that are staged. The days on the market [...]

When you are hiring a home stager, or if you are thinking about becoming a home stager, it’s important to realize that this territory is kind of like the Wild West. There are no governing bodies for home staging. There ARE several training companies that will grant you certification after you have completed their program, [...]

Check out this blog from an awesome home stager. This post (in the trackback link) discusses the difference between home staging and interior design. The first focuses on depersonalizing a space whereas the latter focuses on bringing out the homeowner’s personality! Very different jobs! Rebecca technorati tags:home+staging, real+estate, realtors, home, selling

Click Here! Here’s a great little site from Down Under. The page link above goes straight to their props page, which is quite excellent. I looked at their services and they have a one hour pre-open house blitz! What a great business idea for new home stagers looking for work fast. Rebecca technorati tags:home+staging, real+estate, [...]

Check It Out Here! I was surprised to see so much FOOD on the list. I was always told that was a low-margin business to get into. Now Real Estate, on the other hand, can pay handsomely if you buy right and learn how to stage your home to sell fast and sell for top [...]

Read It Here! This is an honest look at what it’s been like for one couple in the Twin Cities to start their home staging business. This is their second year but they still have some difficult business choices to make, even though their business is successful. It’s also interesting to note that about half [...]