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Free Home Staging Course

Posted by admin on Dec 14, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

Yes believe it or not the course I wrote on how to be a home stager is absolutely free.  Just click on the chapters and read!

Please enjoy all that I can tell you about how I started my Home Staging Business.From curb appeal, to interior redesigns I have photos of all kinds of easy and simple staging ideas.  There over a thousand photos to enjoy and lots of decorating tips.  Please browse at your leisure but you may want to bookmark the site so you can find us again!

How to Start a Home Staging Business

Posted by jbuck on Jan 11, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

When I first started my home staging business I didn’t begin with an expensive course or a certificate.  I started with a customer!!

I mean if you spend thousands of dollars on certificates and you can’t find a customer who wants to hire you what is the point?  You could use those thousands of dollars to invest in publicity, marketing, supplies and other business necessities.  Save those thousands and learn everything I did to start my own business!

I will tell you the first 5 things I did before I ever even hung up my Home Staging Shingle!

1. Let realtor friends, builders and acquaintances know you are interested in Staging

You only need one person to allow you to stage their home to get your start.  With that first stage you have before and after photos and references

2. Free Advice at First

Get your reputation going by offering free advice and consultations!  You can charge for your advice once it becomes known that you are the authority on Home Staging!

3. Underbid your  competitors

Keep costs at  their lowest so that any work you are doing is so much less that your competition that realtors, builders and home owners will choose you over the Home Stagers they have already known about.  They will be willing to give you a chance to prove yourself if they are saving money.

4.  Display a confident Attitude

Don’t even think of asking the builder or realtor if they agree with your opinions.  Set yourself apart as the “Taste” authority.

5. Make sure the results justify the Cost of Home Staging!

Even million dollar homes can be redecorated and made to look even better than they were before the change.  But putting $200,000 in updates will not necessarily get the seller $200,000 more than than they would have if they had done nothing or very little to get their house ready to sell.  Staging must be cost effective, so dream big but dream cheap!  Staging must be worth the price it costs in exchange for   an increase in it’s selling price  or a decrease in it’s expected time on the market.

 

10 Tips for Finding Potential Home Stager Clients

Posted by jbuck on Dec 29, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

You can take all of the courses on becoming a Home Stager that are out there.

Professional Home Stagers don’t need Certificates they need Clients to become successful! (KMP Interiors, Roswell, GA)

You can spend thousands of dollars and have a Gold Plated Certificate.  But if you don’t get a customer what is the sense of spending all of that money?  My course is designed with one thing in mind!  Finding your first customer and getting more customers after that!

Professional Home Stagers can help sell a house for more money and in less time. (KMP Interiors Roswell, Ga.)

The feeling I had when I got my first contract was the incentive to keep working at home staging and developing my successful business.  My first customer came through a realtor friend named Carol.  She knew another realtor who had just accepted a proposal from another Home Stager and talked him into allowing me to give him a proposal.  And the story began right there!!

 

Places to find Customers who Need a Professional Home Stager?

• Real Estate Offices – “Pound those pavements”
• Realtors that you know or have heard of through, school, church, little league or your mother in law!
• Realtors at Open Houses
• Home Sellers who have lousy curb appeal and MLS photos
• Fliers with tear off tags at the Supermarket
• Silent Auction Recipients at Charity Events
• Friends, neighbors, acquaintances who are selling or plan to sell their houses!
• Direct Mail to Realtors
• Websites that Use my Secret Tips
• And a car left at the Supermarket every Sunday!!

Becoming a Home Stager Means Becoming a “Jack of All Trades”

Posted by jbuck on Dec 29, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

When you imagine yourself as becoming a Home Stager  do you envision yourself as a marriage counselor?  A matchmaker or a grief counselor?  No I didn’t think so. But guess what – alot of Home Staging is Psychology!  It involves dealing with the human being in state of change, crisis, loss, depression, hope and conflict.

They say that moving  or selling a house is one of the most traumatic experiences one will have in their life time.   The Home Stager is right in the middle of this situation.  That is why Psychology 101 is one of the most important chapters in my Home Staging Course.

 

The Home Stager can find oneself wearing many hats:

A nimal Trainer, Advertising Executive, Accountant and Architectural dreamer

 

B oss, Bookkeeper and babysitter

 

Cleaner, Cook, Color Expert, Cost Estimator  and Coach

 

Detective, Draftsman and Desktop Publisher

 

Energy efficiency expert

 

Fashion Advisor, Furniture Repairman and friend

 

General Foreman and Gardener

 

Heating and Cooling Advisor

 

I. T. Officer

 

Joker and Comedian

 

Landscaper

 

Media and Marketing Analyst

 

Networking Expert

 

Occupational Health Administrator

 

Photographer, Painter and Psychologist

 

Reality and Truth Teller

 

Storage Solution Expert, Social Worker and Smell Improvement Enforcement Officer

 

Trash Tamer and Toy Reducer

 

What Not To Wear” TV Host

 

Upholsterer, Umpire and Urban Planner

 

Varmint Exterminator

 

Window Washer, Word Processor and Writer

 

Zoo Keeper

 

 

Yes- becoming a Home Stager can mean wearing many hats and acting as a

“Jack” or “Jill” of all Trades!

 

At the end of a long day of Home Staging you might have worn many hats but you will go home feeling satisfied and fulfilled.  Your client’s outlook for selling their home as well as your  your checking account balance will be greatly increased! Your reputation has been enhanced and your next client has already scheduled a consultation appointment.

How much do Home Staging Courses cost?

Posted by admin on Dec 27, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

There is a lady near me who offers Home Staging certification classes for $3000 to $5000.  One of my clients wanted to take the course.  I was shocked.  I responded “Does she get you a job?  A customer?  Atleast a trip to Disney World?  What is the point of setting up a business and getting alot of training and investing time and money in something if you can’t make any money in return?  And how can you make any money if you can’t find a customer.  So lets find a customer for you and then help you start a business!

Try my course and get everything you need to know for FREE and save thousands of dollars!