Comments on: Earn extra money with weekend home staging consultations

By: Debra Gould, The Staging Diva

Debra Gould, The Staging Diva — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Agents are not the best source of business for staging consultations, you need to get to home sellers. I discuss how to do that in course 4 of the Staging Diva Training Program. It does take time to get your business known and you have to keep at it.We are just at the start of the spring real estate market so getting your name out there in as many places as possible is key. Don't give up, the business will come but you have to keep working it. You can read additional information about why the current economy and slumping house prices make this the perfect time for home sellers to hire home stagers in this free report: "Ask Staging Diva: Can I grow a home staging business in a depressed economy?"

By: Peggy Scorey

Peggy Scorey — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:23:23 +0000

Hi Donna,

I agree with you. I spent last weekend hitting open houses, giving brochures to lots of real estate agents. I was told “staging is done”, ” in this economy people can’t afford staging”,one real estate agent said they do their own staging. Another agent said “staging is exactly what people need in this economy”. It’s really frustrating as you say. So many differnet opinions, and my opinion is in this economy everyone needs stagers so that they have the “wow” factor. It feel like you’re pushing a boulder up a mountain!

By: Donna Dazzo

Donna Dazzo — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:20:10 +0000

As a full time stager, even I would love to be able to do consultations every weekend. I announced an April special concerning consultations via a newsletter that went to close to 500 people on my contact list. I got 2 responses – a real estate agent who wants me to do a consult on her own house which is for sale, and another agent who said she would let her clients know. Now I know it’s only 4 days into the month, but I thought I’d get a better response than this. Also, whenever I do sales presentations to real estate agents or when I’m at networking meetings and events, I always promote consultations as a way for “staging” to be done for only a few hundred dollars – an investment of a few hundred dollars that could yield thousands. I don’t know….I throw out the bait and none of the fish bite. Very frustrating.