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Home Staging Expert Debra Gould answers 50 questions about being a home stager

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Ask Staging Diva® Live: Volumes 1, 2 and 3

Imagine if you could ask one of the world's leaders in the home staging industry 50 questions about what it's like being a home stager, how to handle home staging business challenges, and more!

Imagine if you had 3 hours to ask all the "how," "when" and "what if" questions that have been holding you back from becoming a home stager!

Debra Gould, also known as The Staging Diva, has been a professional home stager since 2002, and has been teaching and mentoring students about the business of home staging since 2005.

In other words, she knows what she's talking about because she has personally grown her own home staging business and taught over 4000 others to do the same!

If you've been thinking of taking home staging courses from Staging Diva, or any other home staging school, you owe it to yourself to check out Ask Staging Diva Live: Volumes 1, 2 and 3!

Debra charges $300 per hour for one-on-one business coaching and her home staging courses cost $249 each. But with this product, you'll hear her answer 3 hours of audience questions for the low price of only $129

Listen and Learn!

Professionally edited audio recordings of a number of Ask Staging Diva Live Events have been bundled together in these three volumes to give you 50 great audience questions and Debra's answers.

You'll be amazed at how candid she is answering questions about how much money she makes staging houses while busting through many common myths people have about the staging business.

Read and Learn!

As a special bonus, you'll also get a 60 page transcript of the recordings to make it easy for you to skim through and quickly locate an answer to any of the 50 questions. As you highlight key points and take notes in the margins, you'll find this transcript makes a handy reference tool to expand your learning.

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Here are the 50 questions answered on the recordings:

How did you decide to start your home staging business?

Why did you create the Staging Diva Program?

What is a day in the life of a home stager like?

How does the economy affect the home staging industry?

Does home staging work better in a seller's market or a buyer's market?

Should I diversify my staging business by offering organizing services?

How can I convince a homeowner to rent furniture if they’re already losing money?

Does the agent or homeowner pay for home staging fees?

Can I run a staging business without warehousing an inventory of accessories?

What is the difference between redesign and staging?

What if a potential client asks how much experience I have as a home stager?

When renting furniture for clients, who signs the contract with the rental company?

Where do you see the future of the home staging industry going?

How can I tell if my market is already saturated with home stagers?

Why did you choose to go into home staging instead of interior design?

Do you recommend staging model homes for developers?

How can I build a staging business that fits my lifestyle?

Does the Staging Diva Training Program provide instruction on website design?

What if a home I stage doesn’t sell?

Do I need to have a flair for decorating in order to be a home stager?

Is there a market in staging foreclosed homes?

Do you recommend marketing to owners of vacation/rental homes?

How do you deal with a client’s ugly furnishings?

Should I set up a merchant account so I can accept credit cards?

How should I deal with real estate agents who say that staging doesn’t matter?

Do you have any suggestions for targeting FSBO (for sale by owner) properties?

How can I get before and after pictures for my portfolio when I’m just starting out?

Is it okay if I link to your Staging Diva site from my own staging website?

Do you recommend contractors and trades people to your clients?

What is the best way to market to homeowners?

If a client does a bad job staging their home, will this affect my reputation?

Is it necessary to keep your rates competitive with other stagers in your area?

Do you offer any advice on design and decorating in your program?

How do you handle eyesores (like pink carpet) in a client’s home?

How long did it take you to start making money in your staging business?

Do you work with contractors to complete renovations to your client’s homes?

Is it necessary to have a certification as a home stager?

How much of your income comes from the actual staging versus commissions?

How much investment is necessary to start a home staging business?

How much time do you spend doing project management for clients?

How do you find most of your clients?

Do I need to get liability insurance for my staging business?

How can I determine what rates to charge in my area?

Is it necessary for stagers to be bonded?

Are client contracts necessary?

Is it a good idea to start a home staging business with a partner?

Is it possible to be a stager without having to move furniture?

Do home sellers with average incomes hire home stagers?

Do you typically use a client’s existing furnishings when staging an occupied home?

What are the pros and cons of part-time staging?

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Home Stager The training program is very motivating, and Debra provides simple and logical answers to 'how-to' questions."
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As an established home stager, I was looking for the marketing piece of the puzzle. Debra's practical examples were just what I had been missing." Staging Diva graduate
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