Introducing Our Stagedhomes.com Trainers: Sandra Holmes

Around the country and Canada, our wonderful trainers teach the Accredited Staging Professional Course. Virtually every week, often every day, I receive word from course participants about how much they loved their trainer. I’ve asked each trainer to introduce themselves. Today, Sandra Holmes will share a word about her background. Barb Barb Schwarz, ASP®, ASPM®, […]

A Note from an Accredited Staging Professional

I have to share this story with you. Kim Young, ASP, IAHSP, wrote this to me this weekend. He and his wife Trish Kim, ASP, ASPM, IAHSP have a very thriving business in the DC area. They were packing up from Staging a property when something happened that Young said, ‘blew him away’. Here is […]

Guest blog: Kids vs Staging – How to Integrate Kids into Real Estate Sales

Staging homes can come with a variety of challenges. Kids and clutter go together like peanut butter and jelly, which can be a real mess when selling a home. To entice family buyers and avoid turning off buyers without children, these tips can help Stage in a home with children. Downsize One of the biggest […]

Introducing Our Stagedhomes.com Trainers: Rebecca Henderson

Around the country and Canada, our wonderful trainers teach the Accredited Staging Professional Course. Virtually every week, often every day, I receive word from course participants about how much they loved their trainer. I’ve asked each trainer to introduce themselves. Today, Rebecca Henderson will share a word about her background. Barb Barb Schwarz, ASP®, ASPM®, […]

Is it Worthwhile to Be An ASP® in a Rural Small Town?

Becoming an Accredited Staging Professional® can open a great many doors in a larger city. As Staging has been proven to influence the selling price of a home, many individuals will hire an ASP® to help with the process. However, can the workflow for becoming an ASP® be justified if you live in a rural […]

Business Plan 2014: Tip 4. SWOT and Gap analysis

What makes your company stand out in your marketplace? Are there issues facing the real estate industry that may come to impact your business next year and beyond? What is likely to happen in your local market? Is there anything holding you back that could be mitigated? One of the key tickets to success for […]

Guest Blog Post: Using the Right Lighting Can Improve Your Staging

It’s well known that the right lighting can set the mood for any circumstance. This is also true when you’re setting the stage to sell your home. Lighting can be vastly important to specific areas and can accentuate aspects of the home you want to bring more attention to. By improving the lighting of the […]

STAGEDHOMES.COM PRESENTS: 2/3 Day ASP® Home Stager Webinar Course

  STAGEDHOMES.COM PRESENTS  2/3 Day ASP® Home Stager Webinar Course OCT 16th- 18th   Enroll in our ASP® Home Staging Course Webinar now and become an ASP® Home Stager no matter where you live.    You will receive true expert instruction from the curriculum built by and upon Barb Schwarz  Staging methodology and the techniques  she invented and has […]

The Stories behind my Staging Sayings – Part One

For nearly forty years I’ve shared my knowledge of Home Staging through presentations across the country, and through the Accredited Staging Professional and Masters Courses. During those years I’ve developed many sayings in order to effectively communicate the benefits of Home Staging to real estate professionals, sellers and of course Home Stagers. In the following […]

How would you Stage this room?

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. Earlier this year we started a new feature at our Facebook page called “How would you Stage this room?” […]