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Stagedhomes.com Announces Home Staging® Training Developed by Barb Schwarz, Creator of Home Staging®, Scheduled for the Month of June, 2010

| May 1, 2010 | Comments (0)

Stagedhomes.com announced today its upcoming schedule for Home Staging® classes for the month of June, 2010. Classes will be offered in Birmingham, AL; Brookfield, WI; Newton/Boston, MA; San Jose, CA; Torrance, CA; and Portland, OR. Barb Schwarz, Creator of Home Staging® and CEO of Stagedhomes.com will personally teach a class in Tampa/Clearwater, FL. Following a [...]

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Real Estate Agents: Need CE Credits? Earn Your ASP® Real Estate Agent Designation*!

| February 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

Did you know that by completing the ASP® Real Estate Agent designation you can earn CE credits? That’s right (only in eligible states – please see below). Learn from Stagedhomes.com, the world leader of Home Staging training and choose from classroom or online training courses. The Accredited Staging Professional, ASP®, Course and ASP® Designation were [...]

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“Your Job Sounds So Fun!” – The Reality of a Home Staging Career by Jennie Norris, ASP Master, IAHSP

| September 18, 2009 | Comments (2)

Seems that most people believe that Home Staging is a “fun” job . . . probably ranking up there with Genie, magician, dolphin trainer, or some other “job” where a person appears to get to do something others perceive is lots of fun but don’t really understand all the work behind the result. I haven’t asked, but I think they believe that we just move a bunch of decor around and diddle with fabric or bedding, and tossing pillows is the most labor intensive thing we do.

What the public sees is the transformation of a house – room by room – where we use creativity and skill to enhance what the public sees when buying a house. What they don’t see is all the work and planning that went in to that successful transformation.

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Virtual Staging – Selling a House is not the Time to Air Brush for Perfection

| August 17, 2009 | Comments (1)

Photos do help sell a house, but how do we know that the images and dimensions in a “virtually Staged room” are accurate? How can we be sure that certain flaws have not been removed? Since Buyers are not imaginative, can we trust that they can translate what is in a little photo to a large empty room?

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Sellers – Are You Ready for Your Close Up? – Posted by Jennie Norris, ASPM, IAHSP

| July 20, 2009 | Comments (5)

However, when Buyers come in to a house, they notice EVERYTHING – and they do get Close-up. They notice not only the floor-plan, but how well cared for the house is. They notice smells. They look at grout, window tracks, windows, sinks, toilets, carpet stains, caulking in the tubs or showers – and if there is mildew, dirt, or debris, the assumption is that the house is not well-maintained. This causes a Buyer to be hesitant about purchasing a house – because they assume that they may have deeper issues to deal with should they purchase a house that is not “Show Ready.”

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