My First Real Estate Show!

Juliet: Thanks for pointing that out, and so politely as well. I'm not sure if I can fix it, but I'll give it a try.

Kathy: You are a sweetheart. Thank you.

Janice: Thank you. Get to work, Girl!

Jo: All photos were stills, shot with a Nikon D40. The pans & zooms are all part of Real Estate Shows.

Rhonda: Thank you.

Jackie: Glad you liked it. Thanks

Karen: I really enjoyed working on this one. Thank you.

Jason & Deanna: Breckenridge is a little far for me, although I have staged as far away as Kansas City. It can get a little pricey. There are a number of very talented stagers in the Denver area. BTW, I used to work for Thurston Kitchens at their Denver showroom, Kitchens at the Denver (I never did understand that name). I always enjoyed going to Breckenridge to look at projects.

Barbara: Shucks, you're making me blush! Thank you.

Sarah: I really enjoy home staging, and hope to continue doing it for many years to come. I work very long hours (as do most stagers & business owners) and at the end of a staging day, I am physically exhausted. Despite the fact that I usually have 2 or 3 assistants (on the payroll) working with me, I am still doing a lot of toting and hauling, running up and down the stairs 45 times, etc. When I am not actually staging, I am spending my "free" time going over the accounting, payroll, inventory, repairing damaged props, shopping, etc. That doesn't include the time I spend speaking to Realtors, going to open houses, marketing & blogging to improve my SEO. I spend a lot of money on insurance, for me and my employees, workers comp, liability, loss of business property, etc. Insurance is not required by any licensing agency, at least not where I operate, but I highly recommend it. Without it, I would not sleep at night. I have a pretty high functioning operation, so I am working at least 40 hours per week. As the boss, I can dictate if we are starting at 7:30 AM or 9:30 AM, but I wouldn't say I get to pick my hours. If we are not working, then there is no money coming in. There are other stagers here on AR that have a different business model and they may get to pick their hours.

I use rental furniture from Brook Furniture for all the larger pieces and upholstered pieces and I supply all the Persian rugs, lamps, most of the artwork, accessories, throw pillows, etc. They deliver all their rental inventory and set it up for a fee.

There are many fabulous stagers here on Active Rain that have blogged quite a bit about which training program is the best, how to start and run your staging business, etc. I would suggest you check them out and decide what works best for your sister.  Good Luck.