http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness Information Tools and Inspiration to Grow Your Own Real Estate Staging Business Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:56:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Staging Diva Graduate, Patricia Ebrahimi, owner of Show-Smart!, is proving over and over again in Washington DC that home staging works. In the month of May, Patricia staged five properties that sold in record time in her “slow” real estate market. After staging two renovated historic row houses, they each sold for ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/home-staging-helps-two-properties-sell-for-full-price-first-day-on-dc-market/ I have a home staging project for a client in Cincinnati, Ohio. This home will be listed within 30 days and is currently vacant and undergoing renovations. This 2400 square foot home will have a list price of approximately $190,000. For the right home stager, this project is a great ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/home-stager-needed-in-cincinnati-oh/ Staging Diva Graduate, Kay Keeton, operates a home staging business in Dallas called Star Stager and she’s helping her clients sell fast and for higher than average prices even in a slow real estate market. Kay’s recent home staging project was a property that had been rented and needed quite a ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/home-staging-boosts-price-35000-in-slow-texas-real-estate-market/ I’ve heard people suggest home staging is actually a deceitful practice because it is meant to disguise real problems, but this is not the case.  Home staging is about letting a home’s best features shine through, not hiding serious problems that need to be addressed. The entrance of this home says ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/home-staging-not-meant-to-cover-real-flaws/ Nora Lakey's story should be enough encouragement for anyone on the fence about becoming a home stager to go for it. Nora wrote to tell me she had finally completed the final course of the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program and shared her amazing success story with me. Last June, ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/staging-diva-graduate-stages-38-texas-home/ If you've never had to move with kids, it's important to understand how stressful it is for a young family to sell their home. A child's schedule is thrown off when showings coincide with bedtimes or meals. Cleaning and packing are extremely difficult to do around children and there are ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/children-pose-home-staging-challenges/ All graduates of the Staging Diva Training Program are asked to complete a survey about their training and I am especially proud of the results I've been seeing of late. There's one statistic in particular I feel is important to share: 20% of those who enroll in the Staging Diva program ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/will-the-first-home-staging-training-program-you-take-meet-your-needs/ If you've already dreamed up a name for your home staging business but are nowhere close to building a website for it, you should still purchase your company name and your given name as domain names if they're available. In fact, whether or not the domain name is available is often ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/securing-a-domain-for-your-home-staging-business/ Staging Diva Graduate Patricia Ebrahimi of Show-Smart! Home Staging in Washington DC is the featured home staging expert in the Washington Post providing her real estate staging tips to home sellers. Patricia, who started her company in 2005 writes, "Things are great for in DC for staging! Five of the homes ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/staging-diva-graduate-offers-tips-in-washington-post/ Congratulations to Anne Gunson of Home Staging by Anne who is featured on an upcoming TV segment of Australia's A Current Affair. The show followed Anne from her initial home staging consultation right through to the final completion of staging the property before it went on the real estate market. The ... http://www.stagingdiva.com/homestagingbusiness/staging-diva-graduate-shows-australian-tv-viewers-that-staging-works/