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I wanted to share some great staging tips from Nate Berkus and Barbara Corcoran.   Barbara is thee real estate expert to listen to and she has some great things to say about staging your home

(psst......it's not optional anymore)


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Ready to stage your home?    I'd love to talk with you about how staging can help.  Together we can find creative and affordable solutions to get your home sold.  

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

I wanted to share an excellent article written by fellow stager Birgit Anich of CT.  She brings to our attention many mistakes home sellers make when faced with selling a vacant property.   

Via Birgit Anich (Birgit Anich Staging & Interiors, Fairfield county, CT):

There are many reasons why a house might be vacant when being sold – various reasons include:

  • new construction
  • relocation property
  • seller has already moved into their new home
  • it was a rental property that is now for sale

In all these cases the bottom line is that SELLING the property FAST is CRITICAL. There is a lot of money on the table because of ongoing mortgage costs, maintenance cost, insurance cost, and other carrying costs that need to be paid for all these months that the property is sitting on the market without any income stream.

Selling fast in a buyers market and a down market is a challenge, but especially it is difficult for vacant homes. Vacant homes sell typically slower than occupied homes. What are the 5 biggest mistakes when selling a vacant property?

Mistake #1:Selling the house as a VACANT property

We just said that vacant homes sell slower than houses that are occupied. Why is that?

a. People don’t buy houses, they by homes, they buy a lifestyle! Without furniture, wall art, rugs, lighting, décor,… there are no emotional connection points in the house – the house does not show its soul and any lifestyle buyers can aspire to.

b. Buyers do not have a point of reference

  • empty rooms look smaller
  • buyers cannot see how much furniture they will be able to fit in the room
  • they cannot envision how to set up the room functionally – how should I face the sofa, where does my TV go, can I fit…..

Adding the right furniture, rugs, lighting, wall art and other décor that reflect the target buyers’ lifestyle will make them feel drawn to and helps them envision themselves living in that home.

c. When a room is empty, buyers focus on the negative details
It is so much easier to notice cracks in the walls, paint chips, missed repairs,… if buyers have nothing else to look at. Providing them with a welcoming home they will focus more on how they can live in that house rather than what they don’t like about it. With staging we emphasize the positive features of the property while downplaying the negative features.

d. Only 10% of home buyers can actually visualize the potential of a home

Nine out of every ten people walking in your home have no imagination of the wonderful possibilities your house has to offer.

Mistake #2: Wait to see if it sells vacant

As a home stager in Connecticut, I often receive the response from clients “I want to see first if it sells vacant before I consider staging”. This can be a very costly mistake.

Selling a house is all about FIRST IMPRESSIONS. On a new listing most of the traffic is generated within the first 2-4 weeks.

The Real Estate Brokers open house will get the buyers’ Realtors into the property. They are your “sales staff”. If these brokers do not get excited about what they see, they are less likely to bring their buyers to your property instead of your neighbor’s house on the market.

Let’s say you change your mind down the road and have the property staged and then have another Realtors open house. It will be hard to get Brokers to come back to the property as they have already seen it and do not want to waist their time, nor will their buyers come back for a second time.

So, now you have wasted all that traffic and time on the market without showing the house at its’ best potential. If you had it staged upfront you may have it already sold by now.

Mistake #3: Not make it stand out from the competition

Put yourself into the shoes of a home buyer - 94% of home buyers start their search online first looking at all the photos of houses within their qualifying criteria. This is what they might see:

House #1:

House #2:

What makes your house different from these other vacant houses? Why should they visit your house? There is nothing that would draw a buyer into these houses.

Remember – A SALE CAN BE LOST BY ONE MOUSE CLICK - if your house does not stand out and attract these buyers for a visit, you have lost a potential sale.

Mistake #4: Price has now become your only marketing strategy

Selling a house, typically the home owner’s most valuable asset, is not any different than marketing a commercial product. Location, Condition & Showcasing, Price and Promotion need to be considered together. There is nothing that you can do about the location of the property, but you can influence the other marketing factors. The price is being influenced by the Location and the Condition & Showcasing (the packaging) of the house. The Promotion to bring the traffic into your house will be most effective if the Showcasing and Photographs are professionally done.

So, if there is no showcasing, the promotional pictures will not stand out, so price is now your only marketing strategy.

Buyers are willing to pay more if they feel emotionally connected to a house – on average staged homes sell for a 5-10% higher price tag.

Mistake #5: Seeing home staging as a COST instead of an INVESTMENT

Staging a house for sale can help you MAKE money. It is an INVESTMENT into your home selling process – most investments into home staging range between 1 and 3 percent of the listing price, which yield in a 5 to 10 higher sales price –how nice is this, but this is not all. If selling your house faster you will SAVE ongoing mortgage payments and carrying costs. See more details and examples on how Birgit Anich Staging and Interiors helped their clients MAKING a PROFIT by staging.

Barbara Corcoran, one of the biggest real estate experts in the US, says: “Never sell a home without furniture!” “Once the staging is complete you might even find that you can raise the price”

– see Barbara’s 2 mintues segment on The TODAY SHOW

 

About the Author: Birgit Anich is the President and Creative Director of Birgit Anich Staging & Interiors one of the most innovative real estate staging and design firms in Fairfield County, CT. Our distinctive approach is creating a lifestyle experience that sells homes fast and at the maximum price. Birgit’s focus is working with home sellers and their real estate agents to prepare their property to appeal to the most likely buyers. As Certified Advanced Stagers, trained by HGTV star Matthew Finlason, Birgit Anich Staging and Interiors transforms a property into a buyer’s dream using Targeted Lifestyle Marketing Techniques.

Birgit also won the most prestegious awards in the Staging Industry - Regional and National Awards of Rookie Stager of the Year by RESA.

Copyright © 2011 Birgit Anich Staging & Interiors, LLC – All Rights Reserved

Birgit Anich Staging & Interiors

RESA Rookie Stager  RESA-PRO SAR Advanced Design Specialist

Fairfield County, Connecticut   I    www.BirgitAnich.com   

 

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

Here at Stage A Star, we work with lots of Cincinnati Investors.  We stage at all price points for our Investor clients and those properties have been selling fast!  I love seeing the transformation of these investment homes and being a part of their success.  

I wanted to share with you a particular home of one of our very talented Investors.  This was a higher end investment at $299K for the Cincinnati real estate market.   We stage investment properties anywhere from $60K and up so this one was DEF. a price point that needed to sell quickly.  It was also a tougher price range in the Loveland, Ohio area (suburb of Cincy) because there are so much competition!

The 2 major drawbacks to this house was the steep driveway that buyers aren't crazy about around here and the backyard was really small.  Our goal was to have potential buyer's fall in love with the home as soon as they walked through the doors.  Well, I'm happy to report that we acheived that goal!  This beautiful home received 2 offers and had an accepted contract within 10 days of listing it.

Here are the Stats:

Listed: April 29th, 2011

Offer:  The first offer came 1 day after listing it.  It was too low so moving on with it...

Feedback:  Home had 8-10 showings with negative feedback about the driveway and yard (no surprise!)Interior feedback was excellent. (yeh!)

Offer: The 2nd Offer came after 10 Days on the market.

SOLD: 98.5% of the list price and offically closed June 24th, 2011

 

Here are some of the Before/After Photos.  Please excuse my "Before" quality- my camera decided to kick the bucket that day so I had to resort to my iPhone. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staging is working in our Cincinnati real estate market.  Are you ready to stage yours?   Just give me a call or send an email and I'd be happy to chat with your about your particular property and if staging can help get it SOLD too.

All My Best,

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

Here in Cincinnati, more and more homeowners and agents are staging and of course that means that myself and team at Stage A Star have been staying very busy. I'm going to dive right in and start with this property that we staged back in September 2010.  I wanted to feature this awhile back but never had the chance to fully finish the blog entry.

This home was on the market for 8 months and after it was staged received 3 offers!! AND it was somewhat dated.   While we always recommend doing some minor updates to help sell a house, sometimes this just isn't an option.  This example I'm going to share with you is a somewhat dated property with great bones and location that was staged only. 

Here goes:

January 2010...a house in the suburbs of Cincinnati called Green Twp. is listed. The homeowners are hopeful for a quick sale. After all, they've already moved out and the house has been freshly painted and is spic and span. It's been a great house for many years for the homeowners and they are confident someone else will think so too!

 

196 Days Later- September 2010:

Our homeowners are pretty frustrated. The feedback they keep hearing is the house is DATED esp. the original 1950's bathrooms (those buyers don't find that charming?...) and the cork floor in the kitchen. They're tired of the negative feedback and no offers. Maybe its time to look into "staging" and see if that can finally do the trick?

 

Meet The Stager:

I met with the homeowners at their vacant property and right away noticed it was a very attractive ranch on a quiet cul de sac street lined by big, beautiful trees. Who wouldn't want to live here? Inside, the home had great hardwood floors and a really interesting fireplace.

The not so nice features potential buyers were calling "dated" were the kitchen and bathrooms.

The surprise feature of the house was the basement. A nice sized finished room was hidden away with an awesome bar and even a beer keg built right in!

My overall impression? A really great house that was not showing well at all. Being vacant, the "dated" parts were sticking out like a sore thumb and buyers were unable to see past this. They weren't able to see the "good" selling features that this home had to offer.

 

The Staging Secret Revealed:

Staging these spaces would help show potential buyers that you can take something dated and still make it look great and very workable. The homeowner most likely will update the kitchen and bathrooms down the road but it's so important to show them how they can make the space work NOW.  We also wanted to showcase the great layout of the home and define how each room could work for their lifestyle.

Success!

Guess what? Not only did this home sell within weeks of staging, the homeowners had THREE offers in 2 days! How about that! They also ended up selling it for 99.3 % of the list price!**

 

Here's what our happy sellers had to say:

Teresa:
It was a pleasure meeting you. Our home at 5572 Edger Drive had been on the market since the first of the year 2010. When you entered the home you immediately understood that it did not show well without furniture. I remember you saying that you wanted to show off the good things and minimize the bad.You were instantly able to visualize and plan a way to show the house for the potential it had. The week after your photos were posted, we had two offers one day and another potential buyer the next. We have sold our house because of your incredible talent and ability to project the home’s assets. You and your crew are to be commended for your skill and professionalism, and we are extremely happy with the results. We would certainly recommend your services.

Kathy & John- Green Twp./Cincinnati, OH.

 

Here's some of the Before/After photos. Staging really did have a big impact on the presentation which led to an unbelievable 3 offers after being on the market for 8 months.

 

 

 

 

 

No More Stress and Frustration....

I hope sharing this success story inspired and gave you hope that your property can sell too! I'd love to talk with you about your particular property and let's see if staging can't help you too.

All My Best,

 

 

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

It's been a little while since my last blog back in the start of the Spring selling season where I encouraged home sellers to position themselves in the upcoming Spring months of March-April-May. This was so they would be SOLD by the beginning of summer and moving on to more enjoyable things in life than stressing over selling a home in this challenging market.  If you missed it, you can read it HERE

I thought it would be fun to revisit the homes that I featured back in March and see how they did now that it is officially SUMMER (June 2nd as I write this...)   The wonderful home sellers and their real estate agents were proactive, properly prepared and staged these properties for a successful sale.  And you know what?  All of these homes had A LOT of competition to go up against but as you'll see here- they had no problem selling their home! 

As you read through the results, keep in mind that should you choose to stage your property moving into the summer season of June-July- August, you could be SOLD too.  We have so many more success stories that I will be sharing.  This market is difficult but Staging is making a difference!

Hyde Park-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 90 Days-93% List Price

Norwood-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 9 Days-99% List Price

Hyde Park-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 1 Day-98% List Price

Hyde Park-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 3 Days-97% List Price

Indian Hill-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 54 Days (previously on market for 297 days!)-93% List Price

Kenwood-Cincinnati, Ohio: SOLD 1 Day-100% List Price-First Buyers in Bought It!- Was previously on market 6 months

Staging got the results...SOLD!  We celebrated with these happy homeowners when they got their offers!  I love getting that phone call or email with the wonderful news- makes my WEEK!   Here's what one SOLD client had to say about working with Stage A Star:

 

"I highly recommend using Teresa's services at Stage A Star. We had been trying to sell one of our properties for 6 months with no results. This was a completely renovated home in the Indian Hill school district. As soon as Teresa's company came in and staged the home - gorgeous - the first person who toured the home bought it! Wow, I wished we had staged it long ago. It is amazing the results a staged home gives, even to a completely renovated home. The price was well worth the results. Teresa was very personable and very willing to help. She goes above and beyond to help you sell your home. Folks have a hard time visualizing living in a home that is empty or on the other end, cluttered or outdated. We will be using Teresa for our rehab projects moving forward. Stage A Star will actually SAVE you money by selling your house faster and for a better price. You can't lose!"

Dawn, Investor- Cincinnati, OH.

 

 



Would you like to know more about our Staging services?  I'd love to chat with you about your property and see if Staging might help you get your property sold too! 

 All My Best,

 

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

Here at Stage A Star, our team has been bustling since the beginning of the year.  See, when you are in the home staging business, Spring comes early for us as we help sellers prepare and stage their homes for this very important time of the year.    

As a seller, you should be thinking in terms of putting your best foot forward in the next 3 months- April, May, June.   Whether you are putting your home up for sale for the first time or you have been listed since last year in 2010....now is the time to position yourself to SELL and take advantage of the Spring market. 

Are you sure you are doing everything you can to make the best impression possible? We'd love to talk with you about your property and how we might be able to help to get you SOLD in the next few months.

Here's a sampling of some of our recent home staging projects here in our beautiful city of Cincinnati. I love living and family room spaces so I've featured these rooms in the photos below.  Check out our Facebook fanpage to view more detailed photos of these amazing homes and we'd love it if you became a FAN while you're there too!

 

 

Here's to a successful sale in the Spring!

All My Best,

 

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

I received a phone call from INC. magazine (a national magazine for Entreprenuer's and Small Business) back in January asking if I would be interested in being interviewed about using Evernote for my business.  Apparently, INC. magazine came across my blog article I had written on using Evernote in my home staging business in Cincinnati.   They had asked me in a subtle way if I was being paid to review Evernote- which I was not.  I thought that was funny. Nope...I'm just an enthusiatic business owner thrilled to find something that makes my life easier.


When I found Evernote, I was so excited to share this tool with my Active Rain community. It really is a great tool for anyone needing to better organize all of their stuff online.  Whether you are a Real Estate Agent, Home Stager, Mortgage Broker or Inspector, it's worth checking out.  For blogging, it's an excellent way to keep all of your reseach and article ideas you come across in one place.

 

 

By the way...for home sellers or home buyers, it's a great way to keep all your stuff together and organized during the home buying or selling process.  You know how much there is to keep track too!

 

So the next time you write an article in your Active Rain blog, you just never know where it may take you!

 

Read the INC. magazine online article: "My Favorite Tool for Staying Organized"

 

 And here's the original article that started it all in case you wanted to check it out: "Evernote: An Amazing Tool for Business/Personal Stuff...I'm in LOVE!


 Happy Organizing!

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

I wanted to share with you a few of our recent success stories.  Most of these homes Stage A Star staged were previously on the market 6 months without much interest and definitely no offers.  After they were staged, offers were made and they were officially under contract within weeks.   Our happy sellers will be closing next week and we'll be de-staging two of them on the same day. I'll be back next week to share the Before/After photos so you can see the dramatic difference staging makes.

Below: Pending in 15 Days after 138 days on market

 

Below: Pending in 19 days (with multiple offers!) after 243 days on market

Below: Staged BEFORE listing: Pending 1 day after listed. The first buyers to look made the offer!

 

 

Convinced yet?  The best present you can give yourself this year is a SOLD home.  Staging helped get these homes sold and it can help get yours sold too.  

I'd be happy to talk with you today about your house- let's work together to get that offer!

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

stager of the year finalist teresa meyerWow! I am honored and completely thrilled to have been selected as one of the finalists for the RESA 2010 Professional Stager of the Year :)  I am looking forward to the convention in Las Vegas come January!

 

Winners to Be Announced in Las Vegas at the industry's yearly convention January 24th, 2011

Cincinnati, Ohio- November 18, 2010. Cincinnati Home Stager Teresa Meyer is named as a finalist in the Real Estate Staging Association Professional Stager of the Year-Midwest region. Home Stagers from all over North America submitted their before and after photos for consideration for the industry's most prestigious awards.  

The RESA® Home Staging Industry AwardsTM are the most prestigious awards in the home staging industry. Home Staging professionals from all across North America compete for the RESA Professional Stager of YearTM and the RESA Rookie Stager of the YearTM awards. RESA will recognize professional stagers in six different regions of North America and each of those winners will compete for the overall crowning of the RESA Professional Stager of the YearTM and the RESA Rookie Stager of the YearTM.  RESA also recognizes a product or service of the year, a REALTOR® of the year and innovator of the year.

"RESA congratulates and recognizes each person for their contributions to our industry.  Our Industry Awards are a wonderful way to give back to the staging industry as a whole and to recognize some amazing people" said, Shell Brodnax, President/CEO of RESA.  

"I am truly honored and thrilled to have been nominated as a Finalist in the Professional Stager of the Year category by my peers." said Teresa Meyer, owner and lead property stylist of Stage A Star Home Staging in Cincinnati, Ohio.  

Meyer, a professional Home Stager-founded Stage A Star Home Staging & Consulting in 2005 and today operates one of the leading Home Staging companies in Ohio. Teresa was trained in 2006 as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP).  She is also a RESA Instructor certified in the state of Ohio to teach continuing education to Ohio real estate agents and presently serves as the RESA President of Ohio.

The finalists will be judged by a panel of industry professionals and the winners will be announced at the RESA Home Staging International Conference, January 24th in Las Vegas.

For more information regarding Real Estate Staging, please visit www.RealEstateStagingAssociation.com or www.RESAConference.com or call 888-201-8687 For more information on Teresa Meyer of Stage A Star in Cincinnati, Ohio please visit www.StageAStar.com or call 513-379-5488 to speak to Teresa directly.                                                                                                      

                                                               

 

Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 

After reading my good friend, Linda Barnett's blog on her adventures with all this technology we use to run our staging businesses "The Technological Travels of one Indianapolis Home Stager-and the Journey Lives On!", I was inspired to share with all of you one of the technologies that I cannot live without! I'm seriously in love as it makes my life and business so much easier to manage.



It's called "Evernote" I have NO IDEA how I lived my life without this beautiful program. If you've never heard of Evernote, after I tell you what this can do for you, you won't be able to click over to the website fast enough!



Let's face it, as home stagers (and agents too!), we are managing many projects, clients and all aspects of business simultaneously. We need to keep track of so many things and obviously there is lots of paperwork to go with it. Back in the summer, I was sitting at my desk surrounded by massive paperwork. Invoices, client info sheets, contracts, proposals, receipts and many of my own notes jotting down ideas, messages, reminders, etc. I'm like..."There has got to be a better way!...I am sick of all this PAPER!!" So I started to search the net for keeping track of information better and came across Evernote. I signed up immediately and have been hooked ever since!


Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your notable life using your computer, phone, and the web (that's straight from their website...)


In other words, Evernote is a place to keep track of EVERYTHING! You'll remember things too because its all right there! Using 'notebooks' you create, you can keep record of just about anything.

For my staging business, I've got notebooks for "marketing", "blog ideas", "website ideas", "staging articles", "lighting options", etc. Within the notebook, you can add tags for easy searching, url addresses, screen clippings and your notes. You can also attach documents too. Each of my current clients get their very own "notebook" labeled with their property address. In it, I keep track of EVERYTHING. Emails (yes, Evernote works with your Outlook), documents, photos, lists, contracts, proposals, etc. ) I love the fact I can go to one place, look up my current staged property and its all there! Here's an example straight from my own notebook:

Personal stuff? Evernote's the best. I've got notebooks for recipes, organizing, decor ideas, health, holiday lists, kids, etc. I'm constantly finding things on the internet and Evernote makes screen clipping easy so grabbing the image is a snap.



I know...I know...you're ready to leave me and head over there, right? Just one warning...you really need to give yourself at least an hour to read over the website, watch some videos and dig into their very cool blog chocked full of ideas. I haven't even scratched the surface of what Evernote can do. And the partners they've teamed up with...WOW! You'll be amazed! Got an i-phone or droid? There's a free app for that and you'll never be without your information. And the best thing of all....it's FREE!! (of course, there's an upgrade but I haven't needed it yet)

I hope you love Evernote as much as I do! Let me know what you think!



Teresa Meyer is the Owner and Lead Staging Designer at Stage a Star, Cincinnati's Premiere Real Estate Staging company located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Teresa is an Accredited Staging Professional and recently awarded 2011 Midwest Stager Of The Year.  She is a member of RESA, Real Estate Staging Association, RESA Instructor and currently is the State of Ohio RESA President.   Teresa can be reached at 513-379-5488 or by email: teresameyer@fuse.net to answer your questions about the staging process and looks forward to assisting you in preparing and staging your house for the Cincinnati real estate market.

     

Stage A Star provides home staging services to Hamilton county Ohio, Butler county Ohio, Warren County, Ohio, Clermont county Ohio, West Chester, OH., Liberty Twp, OH., Mason, OH., Fairfield Twp., OH., Monroe, OH., Hyde Park, OH., Loveland, OH., Maineville, OH., Morrow, OH., Deer Park, OH., Indian Hill, OH., and surrounding Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky areas.

 

 
  
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