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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!
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.
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...
OK, here's the situation. You have already purchased your next home, yet still have to sell your current home. But you have run across the concern that empty homes don't show very well and are difficult to properly stage. There are essentially two options available to people in this situation: focus on the home's exterior and do as much as possible to make the outside as amazing as possible.
As more informed homeowners hire Real Estate Stagers and more buyers have the chance to view homes that have been staged, other home sellers will realize they too have to follow the practice otherwise their un-staged homes will look even worse by comparison.
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.
Something that most home buyers will run up against at some point in their home search is the staged home. It's not too hard to pick them out of a crowd. They look like show homes, there are no personal pictures, everything is sparkling clean, and sometimes even the furniture looks brand new. There is a reason for this; the home has been professionally staged.
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.
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.
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.
Too many of us are being sucked in by all of the negative news coming from every direction. But we aren’t taking the time to step back and look at things from a more balanced perspective. A steady stream of negative news stories about the real estate industry might have you particularly concerned if you have been hoping to start a home staging business.
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.
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.
How important has staging your home become in today's real estate industry? Realistically, it has become one of the most important steps in any home sale. Viewers have come to expect more in a home show due to the large number of homes that are competing for attention.
There is no two ways about it, when your home is listed on any real estate market is is directly competing with the other homes that are listed in the area. It is up to you as the owner to ensure that your home shows in a way that is beneficial to the sale and takes full advantage of any special assets that your home has.
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.
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.
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.
Staging a home is a critical step in the selling of any home. Many people simply refer to this process as "cleaning", but over the years a simple clean that was once more than enough, just doesn't hold up anymore. Home staging has developed into an industry unto itself with businesses offering home staging services cropping up everywhere.
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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