I just finished staging a beautiful 4,500 square foot home.  The staging is about 75% done, but I am finished staging because the house was sold WHILE it was being staged. 

I put up a sign, you know, like the ones the realtors have, but instead, it is a sign that alerts everyone passing by, that the home is being staged.  Whenever I am doing a staging, I put out a sign every day to arouse curiosity and hey, it's free and great advertising.   I was on the 3^rd day of staging, and a car came around the circular driveway.  They told me that they had been looking in the area, and didn't see the house I was staging listed in the MLS.   They saw the sign, which alerted them that it was getting ready for the market.    They asked me if they could see the home.  I told them that I have a professional policy that prohibits passerby's to come in without the presence of a realtor.  I joked and told them I wouldn't call the police on them if they wanted to peek through all the windows.  The whole back house is full of windows and you can pretty much see the whole house from the back.  That they did!

They must have liked what they saw, because as I was staging on the 4^th day, I saw them again, this time, with their Realtor.  They asked me where they should put this and that furniture, what I was going to do with this and that accessory.   Once people start replacing their own personal items with things in the house, I consider it as good as sold.  I told the builder but he didn't want to get too excited.  They brought an offer and it was sold the next day! 

I know this is just the beginning, and nothing is final until day of closing, but WOW, too bad I didn't get the commission for this one, because if it hadn't been for my sign, who knows.  They might have bought another house before this one went on the market.

You can get a sign made at your local sign store.    GO GET SOME!

I'm a little bummed about not being able to finish for my portfolio.  This is just a teaser I got to do before being told it was sold.