• Welcome to the Stagedhomes.com Blog

    Welcome to the Stagedhomes.com Blog

    | February 24, 2011 | Comments (0)

    Welcome to the Stagedhomes.com Blog. We are glad to have you here. It is our pleasure to share ideas, the latest in ASP® Home Staging updates, and education with you. As the Creator of Home Staging® I know that Staging works in every market. I have personally tested it myself year after year for over [...]

  • Make the Most of the Stagedhomes.com Blog: Read Past Articles

    Make the Most of the Stagedhomes.com Blog: Read Past Articles

    | February 23, 2011 | Comments (0)

    A little more than two years ago we recognized that ASPs® wanted a place to learn about new benefits with their ASP® and IAHSP® memberships, programs and events, and new features they immediately could put to use in their businesses. We heard from many who wanted to find a way to interact with us here [...]

  • Become an Accredited Staging Professional® Home Stager

    | February 22, 2011 | Comments (0)

    Join the Hottest New Profession in Real Estate! This three day intensive Accredited Home Staging Training course designed by Barb Schwarz, the Creator of Home Staging® is for home-based professionals who want to start, build and run a profitable Staging business or for professionals interested in adding the ASP® designation and Staging services as part [...]

The Tools You Need to Be Successful By Stacey Gibson, ASP®, ASPM®, IAHSP®

| May 20, 2013 | Comments (0)

You don’t need to join other staging associations or to take sales or other classes… Your ASP® Training gives you everything you need to succeed! The only designation I will ever need is the ASP® and then the ASPM® designations that I earned from Staged Homes.  Every tool you need is in the manual.  The [...]

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Respecting your clients

| May 2, 2013 | Comments (0)

Guest blog post by Joan Inglis, ASPM®, ASP®, IAHSP®, REALTOR® of Carolina Spaces, LLC I consider one of the most important aspects of my Home Staging training through StagedHomes.com® is that I was taught to be sensitive to my clients.  I hold this philosophy near and dear and use it foremost in my Staging business.  [...]

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How would you Stage this room?

| April 28, 2013 | Comments (0)

As part of our ASP® Home Staging Course participants get to Stage a home on the market. It is a great hands-on activity that trains future ASPs® turn all they’ve learned in the course into action. On Tuesday, April 30, we’ll start a new feature at our Facebook page called “How would you Stage this [...]

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StagedHomes.com Green Home Staging Tips to Sell, Live, and Work…

| April 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

Barb Schwarz, The Creator of Home Staging®, trains Accredited Staging Professionals® (ASPs®) techniques specific to Home Staging.  Whether you are preparing a house to sell or simply want to create a better living or work space, be sure to incorporate eco green concepts! Keep in mind the Recycle Reuse and Reclaim concept.  Anything that was [...]

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The Longer We Take the Less We Make

| April 1, 2013 | Comments (0)

Time is Money. We have all heard that before and yet have we really taken that to heart in our Staging businesses?  I want to encourage anyone reading this blog that is in the business of Staging we have to find ways to make our time most productive so that we maximize our profit.  We [...]

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Are You a Tweaker?

| March 26, 2013 | Comments (0)

Are you a Tweaker when it comes to your hands-on Staging projects?  Whether occupied or vacant home Staging projects, I have encountered Staging Tweakers – and the fact is Tweakers lose profit and drive themselves insane because they just don’t know when to stop! I have witnessed Tweakers in action during the many Staging projects [...]

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Have Your Staging Photo Featured at the Stagedhomes.com Facebook Pages

| March 20, 2013 | Comments (0)

For some time we have featured photos provided by several wonderful ASPs® and ASPMs® as cover photos of our Facebook pages. We have done that in an effort to showcase your work! Each week we feature a photo of a Staging project, and ,of course, we give credit to the ASP® who has provided it [...]

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Pricing Your Home Staging Services

| March 19, 2013 | Comments (0)

I am exchited to share the following article written by Joan Inglis, Accredited Staging Professional Master® Barb Schwarz, ASP®, ASPM®, AB, IAHSP® Pricing seems to be one of the most guarded and mysterious aspects of the Home Staging profession.  No one wants to “fix” pricing or do anything unethical, so it may seem like pricing may [...]

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Charlotte home stager reveals how to get your house ready to sell, featuring ASPM® Joan Inglis

| March 16, 2013 | Comments (0)

Received from Karen Mendenhall, ASPM®, IAHSP® International Board: When I opened the Charlotte Observer on Saturday, I saw a picture and full page article about Home Staging through International Board Member Joan Inglis’ eyes. Fabulous tips and great photos. Joan Rocks! Click here to read Charlotte home stager reveals how to get your house ready [...]

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Boundaries

| March 13, 2013 | Comments (0)

STAY IN CONTROL OF YOUR OWN ASP® STAGING BUSINESS! DO NOT GIVE YOUR POWER AWAY! “Everyone needs to be in control of their Own Staging Business and stay in control for the best results!  In our ASP® Courses we teach this important fact.  There is NO one better to represent you than YOU!  Giving into [...]

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