I’m pleased to welcome a talented artist to the Staging Diva Graduate community of professional home stagers, and our first Graduate in Germany.
Tina Humburg views home staging as a natural evolution of her current business which is doing custom paintings.
She found as she was in … Read More →
When you decide to hire a home stager to decorate your property to sell faster and for more money, you need to make sure you’re investing in the right person. After all, you’re trusting someone with the sale of your largest asset, your primary real estate. You have to be careful to put that trust… Read More →
I hope you are almost convinced that your pricing strategy has the power to make or break your home staging business by highlighting some of the biggest time sucking clients you will encounter in the home staging industry.
We’ve already discussed The Distracted Client, The Chatty Client… Read More →
In my last post in this series, I talked about the danger of charging a flat rate when you are dealing with The Pack-Rat Client.
In this post, I’ll talk about one of my biggest pet-peeves which will cost you over and over if your pricing strategy doesn’t include a cancellation fee; “The… Read More →
I hope you’re enjoying these home staging business posts about the different time-sucking client types you might encounter at your home staging consultations.
I really believe that when you charge a flat rate, all you’re doing is setting yourself up to lose your shirt.
Today’s installment… Read More →
In the first installment of this series of posts about home staging client types that can make you wish you didn’t charge a flat rate, we discussed The Distracted Client. Today I’m going to talk about another common time-sucking client type that can help bankrupt a home staging business operating… Read More →
Through a series of blog posts, I will be highlighting the different client types you are likely to encounter at your home staging consultations. The goal is to show you why charging a flat rate in these scenarios can drastically limit your home staging business profits.
I will start… Read More →
I have a Florida home staging job for a 1700 square foot home that’s minutes from the beach in Niceville.
The client asked me to recommend a home stager now, even though the property won’t be listed for about two years.
The owner is looking for expert staging advice that he can learn… Read More →
Even though most of us hang on to as much summer as we can, as soon as the calendar changes from July to August the department stores want us in ‘back-to-school’ mode. With school-aged children, besides dreading another year of packing lunches, you’ve probably already started to think about… Read More →
I have a client in Grand Rapids, Michigan who would like to meet with an expert home stager before she lists her 4300 square foot home. The list price is anticipated to be $350,000. Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a population of over 1 million, making it the ideal location… Read More →
