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If you’ve been dreaming of starting a home staging business but are hesitant to quit your job to do so in this recessed economy, you should consider a few things. For starters, all you have to do is turn on the news to know there’s no such thing as job security anymore. Even if you currently have a job, it’s not a bad idea to set up your home staging business on the side!
You know that kitchens and bathrooms sell houses, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore other parts of a house when it comes to staging it to sell. One of the most neglected yet biggest selling features of a home is the garage. Many homeowners think they can simply close the garage door when they put their house on the market and hope potential buyers won’t notice the clutter or hope they will forgive the mess.
I get approximately five calls a week from people interested in shadowing me for a day to see how I work as a home stager. I have yet to say yes, and if you're trying to find a successful home stager to shadow before you start your own business, you're not making a good use of your time.
In this slow real estate market, how long would you let your home sit on the market with no offers before looking for a solution? Would you accept your real estate agent's advice and cut your listing price dramatically to generate interest? What if giving up all your equity by selling at a rock bottom price still wasn't enough to generate a sale?
If you’re considering a career in home staging, you could be heading towards a bright future with many amazing opportunities. Even if the idea is still being tossed around inside your head, there’s plenty you can be doing now to help set yourself up for success if and when you decide to take the plunge and follow your passion.
Becoming a home stager doesn't mean you have to get yourself into credit card debt stocking up on art, accessories, towels and bedding. If you've been putting off your desire to learn home staging because you're not prepared for these expenses, you should know you have other options. When it comes to accessories, towels and bedding - those types of things - when I need to purchase them for a client, I use their money and everything ends up belonging to my clients.
When staging your home for sale, the key is to try to think like your potential buyers. You want to feature the positive things about your home, while minimizing the things that aren't so positive-without having to spend huge sums of money in the process.
Uncertainty rules in real estate and will most likely continue throughout 2008. Homeowners who are desperate to sell are looking to gain a competitive edge in the market. A professionally staged home makes a great first impression and can help the home sell fast.
So your house is up for sale. It's a good house, well-priced for the neighborhood, and in decent repair. But nobody's buying. What's wrong?
Staging your Birmingham, Alabama home to improve both its chances of sale and selling value is a fantastic idea. There are professional home stagers available almost anywhere, but you yourself can achieve the same effect if you do a bit of research and spend the time to do the job right.
If you’re trying to find out everything you can about being in the home staging business, you’ve probably heard of a program guaranteeing employment as a home stager at a rate of $24-$30 per hour. While that might sound like a lot if you’re used to earning minimum wage, it’s actually a very low salary for a home stager.
Some home stagers mistakenly believe they need to carry their own furniture inventory because they live in a small town where there isn’t a large furniture rental company. Unfortunately, many of these stagers end up broke and out of business with nothing but truckloads of furniture and a pile of debt.
Many home stagers mistakenly believe they need to carry an inventory of furniture to rent to their home staging clients who have vacant properties, or need new pieces to supplement existing furniture for a resale home on the market. Sadly, many of these stagers end up broke and out of business with nothing but a warehouse full of furniture and a pile of debt.
If a career in home staging is what your future holds, there are many opportunities ahead for you and there’s no better time to start preparing than today. In part one of this article series, aspiring home stagers were given the first two steps they can take now, towards starting their businesses; determining if home staging is the right career for them, and thinking up a name. The following are three additional steps that can be taken immediately to help build a profitable home staging business...
A career in home staging is unique in many ways including the flexibility it offers, the minimal cash investment needed to get started and the satisfying income you can enjoy as you grow your business. Not all start-ups offer the same benefits as a home staging business does especially in this economic climate. After looking at the following list of other design-oriented business types you’ll quickly see why a career in home staging can be much more enjoyable, secure and profitable...
Selling a home is always a stressful time, but there are ways you can lessen the amount of time and increase your home's selling price. The process is called home staging, and you can do most of it yourself.
Does your home have its best look to it for potential homebuyers? Or, could it use a little bit of sprucing up, some TLC, even the touch of an expert? If so, a home staging professional could help you to successfully sell your home quicker and for more money.
Have you been thinking about starting a home staging business? With the economy slowing down, you may be wondering if this is a good time to enter the field. In this buyers housing market, home staging has become one the most sought out services in the real estate industry today, and the future looks even brighter.
There is a definite art to the staging of a home for sale. There are professionals that you can hire to stage your house for you, but the same effect can be achieved by simply taking some time and thinking about the presentation of the home.
When you aspire to be a successful home stager, drowning in debt is not a good place to be. You should only borrow money to pay for things that will help you make money. In other words, borrow only to invest in your success. You already know that it’s not a good idea to drown yourself in debt, but when you borrow money to improve your future, it is not a debt so much as an investment.
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