I attended a Chamber of Commerce business card swap. I was disappointed that in a fairly good sized crowd there was only one agent there. I did however have a lot of interest from others in what I did and several asked me if they could have a few of my cards.
I approached the gentleman who quite a few members had pointed out to me as a realtor. I went over introduced myself, made some small talk, and then asked him if he used stagers. He's been in the business for 20+ years so I was sure that at some point he'd had some interaction with a stager. By the look on his face when I asked him if he used stagers he looked at me as if I had suggested he do a lap around the room totally naked. I gave him some statistics on staged homes and asked him if he thought it was something he might want to try at some point. While our chat was pleasant enough, I felt like the subject was making him uncomfortable. He told me he was "very firm" with his sellers, which I took to mean he thought he knew about staging himself and could "handle" his clients. I plan to follow up with him anyway... I'm thinking of dropping him a note, repeating some statistics and perhaps offering him one free consultation for his seller of choice... I'm skeptical, but I'm stubborn. I'll keep you posted. Wish me luck!
As an update to this blog I have gotten one consultation and one other phone call from this card swap! And they even served those little hotdogs in a blanket. Life is good!
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