Real estate blog entries tagged with staging business

Blog entries tagged with "staging business":

staging business: Staging Tool Box - 07/22/08 02:43 PM

I've worked with other stagers and have seen their mega rolling tool kits. These stagers have everything in there. Nails of every size, every kind of tool, those gummy sticky things, carpet cleaner, breath mints, extra baggies (never did understand that one). I thought I wouldn't arrive at success until I had … (7 comments)

staging business: Contractors and Your Business - 06/16/08 07:30 PM

This is a part of our job that I am sure many more experienced Stagers and Redesigners are used to but it has been a real learning experience for me being new to the business. There are so many things to consider when you are handling the details of a job for a client when … (8 comments)

staging business: What To Do if You Don't Like What Your Stager Did - 03/19/08 12:41 PM

It's happened before and it will again. A Realtor has a vacant home to stage, doesn't know who to contact, panics and chooses the first stager on-line they find. Then when they go by the finished staged house and don't like one thing or everything in the house.
If this happens to … (2 comments)

staging business: Austin Housing Market & Staging Picking Up - 02/25/08 09:47 AM

I'm not a Realtor or an economist but from my standpoint the housing market here is picking up. Many of my staged homes have sold recently and I have three homes this week to stage. I am doing a sales office for a major builder here in Austin as well.
I … (4 comments)

staging business: I have been MeMe'd - 01/19/08 04:42 PM

I was contacted by Kimberely Uksik, that it was my turn.
I was born in Bermuda in 65'. That puts me over 40, More like almost 43. I Left when I was 3, because my parents made me. I do go and visit when I can. I have lived a city life in … (11 comments)

staging business: Don't Give Up - Restructure - 01/06/08 08:09 AM

Lori Polk has written a blog about a friend who has given up on her business after a short period of time. Any business takes a good 5 years to establish and by that I mean even break even.
Staging as we know is a fairly new industry. In some parts of … (13 comments)

staging business: Decor and Design magazines: I'm up to my eyeballs! - 11/19/07 10:58 AM

Hello Everyone,
I was just wondering, do any of you subscribe or buy off the stand decorating or interior design magazines? And if so, which ones? I'm crazy about:
Southern LivingHouse BeautifulReal Simple (occasionally)Living Space (may be out of production now)No, I'm not endorsing any of these, but I have found that since I … (34 comments)

staging business: Part-timer or Full-timer? Has the current market effected your status? - 11/08/07 10:36 PM

Yes, I'm already addicted to AR!
I was just wondering, and forgive me if this question has been posted before I've only been a member for a few months, but in this current housing market that seems to be slumping a little at the moment, how many of you are staging full-time and … (27 comments)

staging business: Home Staging In The Real World: Knowledge, Communication and Realism - 08/11/07 02:51 PM

Recently, at a networking event, I became engrossed in a conversation about home staging. As a Realtor® who is also a home stager, it seems I was "ripe for the picking". I was subjected to some "complaints" from a builder and a couple of Realtors® who had hired stagers (not me) … (36 comments)

staging business: Another new "TOY" for Stage It Forward Members - 08/04/07 11:19 AM

With Stage It Forward on the Go and on the Grow... I thought it might be good to have yet another new FREE "toy" for members to use to show their affiliation to one of the busiest groups on Active Rain.
This new "toy" is a custom widget... which is a little tool that you … (12 comments)

staging business: FEED ME SEYMOUR! Prop inventories can be a Shop of Horrors for Home Stagers - 08/01/07 12:41 PM

With more and more stagers entering the industry... I think it is important that they get a real understanding as to just what it takes to run a staging business.
Many stager's have been coached to stage with what the seller already has in the way of furnishings and decorative accessories (props). Which is all … (27 comments)

staging business: Starting your Staging Business Can be Difficult at Times, BUT DON'T GIVE UP - 04/20/07 10:03 AM

I have received numerous emails the past few weeks regarding marketing materials and tips for getting started in the staging business. I have been so blessed to be able to share with you what has worked and what has not.
Honestly, it is all about LOVING what you do, having an EXCITEMENT … (11 comments)

staging business: Home Staging 101: Investing in Inventory - 03/05/07 08:33 AM

What if I could tell you how to make more $$ in your staging business without actually staging houses? You would probably read this blog! Inventory is the secret to my staging business success. But what I am about to tell you will make some of you upset, and some of you … (24 comments)

staging business: Home Stagers... Your Website is the Display Window of Your Talent & Skills - 03/03/07 04:35 PM

Knowing that the home staging industry is in the business of creating great first impressions, I often search the Internet looking at the websites of home stagers to see what kind of first impression they are or are NOT creating for the consuming public.
I first started checking out home staging websites 3 1/2 years ago when … (19 comments)

staging business: Staging Training Pride - 02/10/07 11:40 AM

From the moment I found Active Rain I knew it was a very special site. It was amazing to see how Realtors from "rival" companies reached out to colleagues to freely share information to help and better their "competition". I believe because of this generosity, Active Rain is the success it is for ALL … (29 comments)

staging business: The "Future" of my Business - 02/03/07 09:45 PM

Late today I went for a 'psychic reading' with someone that was highly recommended to me because of her accuracy. I must tell you that I consider myself to be very spiritual and highly in tune with the world of 'spirit'. Because of this, I was eagerly anticipating my appointment early … (7 comments)

staging business: STAGE IT FORWARD... - 11/03/06 08:33 AM

Active Rain has given me a platform from where I can share my voice. So I get a LOT of stagers asking for my advice, my help, my thoughts and I am honored and humbled... and a bit frustrated.
I am “frustrated” because I see a huge need and want to help. There … (30 comments)