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Becoming a Part of The Solution... my experience with CSP Elite Trainer Melissa Marro

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Home Stager with FEATURE THIS... Real Estate Staging & Interior Decor

This week has been a major turning point for my staging company and for all Home Stagers and Real Estate Agents in Louisiana.

I have come back from my CSP Elite Training Course taught by

the incomparable Melissa Marro

and I am now a CSP Elite Instructor.

Melissa Marro & Michelle Molinari

 

Big Whoop you might be thinking, as you click out of this blog. If you are a Stager or an Agent, you might not want to hit that back button just yet.

This is a revolutionary course that will, beyond a shadow of a doubt, demonstrate not only the impact of real estate staging to Agents, but also provide a step-by-step solution on how to diplomatically implement local staging professionals seamlessly into an Agent's  repertoire.

It is not a Lunch and Learn. It is a full-blown 7 hour course, taught by local professional stagers. Once you take this class, staging and selling the purpose for staging is completely de-mystified. You will walk away with all the tools and materials necessary to be more than just an agent who offers lip service in this arena.

Sellers need you to be an expert in your field. Taking the CSP Elite Course allows you to become an expert in the Gentle Art of Persuading your Seller to Stage - to embrace the best opportunity they have to protect and recoup their equity quickly and to avoid price reductions.

Curious? I certainly hope you would be. Stagers and Agents alike can visit the CSP Elite Website for details.

Melissa Marro, Executive Director of North American Operations for Certified Staging Professionals has opened this class to ALL stagers regardless of designation!

The sooner you get trained, the sooner the Agents in your state can truly get busy making their businesses grow exponentially by finding and utilizing professional stagers effortlessly and with incredible results. Her class is FANTASTIC and she blew us all away with the new Elite Program. She is an incredibly successful stager located in the Charleston, SC area and a true professional.

Agents - you can go to www.cspelite.com and find out if a trainer can come to your location and teach you this crucial business survival tool that will sell your listings faster, generate higher offers for you sellers, and REDUCE YOUR MARKETING EXPENSES - all to make your job easier while you earn and keep more of your commissions.

Don't let this opprtunity slip away. It's beneficial for everyone, and for the Real Estate Industry as well. Become proactive. Move those listings with proven techniques and with proven stagers! CSP Elite will show you EXACTLY how to incorporate staging into your existing services.

~Michelle Molinari

Certified Staging Professional, Feature This... Real Estate Staging,www.FeatureThisDotDotDot.com

CSP Elite Instructor, Certified Staging Professionals, www.CSPtraining.com

Lead Virtual Designer, www.CurbAppealForDummies.com

President of Acadiana Real Estate Staging Association, www.AcadianaRESA.com

 

Comments(8)

Ann Heitland
Retired from RE/MAX Peak Properties - Flagstaff, AZ
Retired from Flagstaff Real Estate Sales

Congratulations. I used to be a skeptic about staging, but now I am a BELIEVER, thanks to our local professional stager.

Jul 25, 2009 01:30 PM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

Michelle - Thanks for the great post!!  (I think I should have looked closer at that pic of me before I let you leave with it though... lol)

Ann - I'm glad you have a great stager who helped you understand how important staging is to saving equity in today's tumultuous market!!

Jul 25, 2009 02:51 PM
Ginger Foust
Certified Staging Professional - Oakhurst, CA
Home Stager Oakhurst CA, Dream Interior Redesign & Staging

I simply have to have this.  Email coming to you Melissa and thanks Michelle for sharing your experience. 

Jul 25, 2009 03:18 PM
Michelle Molinari
FEATURE THIS... Real Estate Staging & Interior Decor - Lafayette, LA
Feature This Real, Estate Staging & Curb Appeal Concepts

Ann - thanks for the encouragement!

You know, this time last year, us were beating dead horses here on AR. But the RE industry is coming around to staging at a break-neck pace, because of successful experiences just like yours. Thanks very much for being a skeptic but trying a professional stager in spite of your skepticism. Now you are "a believer", as you put it, and we are so grateful for gutsy agents such as yourself.

I'll just bet your sellers are even MORE grateful!

~Michelle

 

Jul 25, 2009 06:51 PM
Michelle Molinari
FEATURE THIS... Real Estate Staging & Interior Decor - Lafayette, LA
Feature This Real, Estate Staging & Curb Appeal Concepts

Melissa - THANK YOU!

It was a fantastic class and it was so worth it to be in attendance. I hope stagers everywhere understand that this class is going to CHANGE THE WAY AGENTS SEE STAGERS and alter the industry for the  future of ALL STAGERS. Christine Rae has really made a huge leap forward for each and every one of us with this truly innovative program, and it doesn't matter what , if any, designation you carry as a stager. You will benefit from this eye-opening  program if it is going on in your market. And if you can teach it in your area as well, I'd love to spend an entire day with a roomful of Agents anytime, anywhere, any place.

 

~Michelle

(And puhleeze. You are so photogenic, it's criminal).

Jul 25, 2009 07:06 PM
Michelle Molinari
FEATURE THIS... Real Estate Staging & Interior Decor - Lafayette, LA
Feature This Real, Estate Staging & Curb Appeal Concepts

Ginger -

I knew it would be good, because CSP has really amazing training, visuals, and other materials. I had HIGH expectations.

 

This class is so MEATY!  It's so much more thorough than I anticipated. It's going to be really fun to teach, and actually quite fun for the agents, too.

 

I hope to have my first Agent class in a few weeks. I am chomping at the bit!

 

~Michelle

Jul 25, 2009 07:16 PM
Donna Schoby
Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Michelle, I sooo want to take the CSP training. (I think it to be one of the BEST in the industry) This is one of my goals for next year.  Melissa contacted me about the Elite training and after checking into my state regulations we have to be a licensed broker or attorney in the state of Arkansas to teach a real estate class.

Jul 26, 2009 03:05 PM
Amy Jones
Amy Jones Photo - Mandeville, LA
(licensed in LA)

Congrats! Sometimes staging can make the difference between a house selling or a house sitting on the market.

Aug 19, 2009 09:50 AM