Why Stage®
your home with an Accredited Staging Professional™
(ASP)
You may ask yourself, "Why would I need or want to
Stage® my home with an ASP?"
"What is an ASP anyway?" And, "Can't anyone
Stage® a home professionally?"
Barb Schwarz, founder and CEO
of Staged® Homes states, "It is interesting
to see how many people have started to call themselves Stagers®
out in the world today. Basically they have just proclaimed
themselves as Stagers®. After teaching the concept of
Home Staging® across the country since 1985 and after
Staging® 2,000 homes myself since 1972 I have begun
to see self-proclaimed Stagers® appear who have no training
or Home Staging® experience at all. These people have
not studied how to Stage® Homes... they just heard about
the idea and began to call themselves Stagers®.
As in any industry it is so important that training and
professionalism be the norm, not the exception. This is
what we are all about at Stagedhomes.com® and also our
International Association of Home Staging Professionals
Association, www.iahsp.com .
At Stagedhomes.com® we provide the most detailed and
finest Staging® training in the Staging® industry
today. Our Designation of ASP means "Accredited Staging
Professionals™". In other words our graduates
are Accredited and are thoroughly trained to Stage®
Homes as Staging® was intended to be done. This is what
the public can now count on. ASPs™ have invested a
great deal of time, talent, and financial investment to
become Accredited Staging Professionals™. The ASP™
Designation now sets the standard and is the benchmark of
excellence and training in the Staging® Industry I am
privileged to have first started in 1972!
ASPs™ have the guidelines, skills, talent, and knowledge
to be able to serve the client creatively in the best way
possible and at the most reasonable cost. ASPs™ follow
a professional code of ethics and
have set policies, as standards of excellence to follow,
as they serve their clients.
As the woman who actually invented Staging® and created
the Staging® movement and industry I feel it is crucial
for the homeowner, the buyer and the Realtor to make sure
that the Staging® is being done and performed by a ASP™
who has been professionally trained. Before or when you
list your home and then have it professionally Staged®
by an ASP™ you will be served in the highest way possible
to help ensure you receive top dollar for your home in the
most reasonable amount of time. You will find the perfect
ASP™ right here on our site (http://stagedhomes.com)®.
Just go to 'Find an ASP™ Now' on our menu bar above
and enter either the zip, city, state, or even country where
you live and you will find our ASPs™ ready to serve
you. You can also go to our ASP™ Featured pages found
through the banner on this page to find featured ASPs™
who have also written more information about themselves
for you.
I hope this helps you, the visitor to our site, know more
about why you should always work with an Accredited Staging
Professional™. The proof is in the training, and the
education our ASPs™ have and in the quality of work
our people do for you!"
The information above comes directly from the Stagedhomes®.com
website written by Barb Schwarz, Founder and CEO of Staged®
Homes. Staged ®Homes is the only staging® company
recognized by the National Association of Realtors.
Why Should
You Stage® Your Home?
When you are ready to place your home on the market, it
becomes a product, and similar to a product on the shelf
at your local store, the product has features and benefits
as well as pluses and minuses, but most importantly it has
competition.
To beat the competition in any market, your product must
be priced right, and look better than the other products
on the shelf. For example; imagine you are walking through
a grocery store and you see two cans of green beans. Both
cans are exactly the same, except one is dusty and dented,
while the other appears to be in excellent condition. Which
can would you choose? The clean well maintained product,
right?
Selling your home is no different. Your home is one of
many homes for sale in the marketplace, therefore you must
present it to potential homebuyers in the best way possible...the
first time...and every time. That’s why it is so important
to Stage® your property first, before putting it on
the market. Any real estate agent can tell you that the
majority of showings happen within the first 2 weeks of
putting a house on the market. Since you only get one chance
to make that first impression, does it not stand to reason
that you want every person who walks through your door to
see your property in its best light?
In today’s competitive Real Estate market, properties
that are not “move-in ready” are often crossed
off the potential buyer’s list, even though your house
may actually be the perfect property. While all potential
buyers have their own style and taste, buyers today live
extremely busy lives and are often two income families looking
for “move in ready” spaces. Equity Enhancers
recommendations will help transform your property to “move
in ready”. Potential buyers will see that they can
move in, and then slowly make changes to fit their personal
taste and lifestyle.
Staged® Homes traditionally present themselves better
than the competition by being clean, clutter-free, and ready
to show to prospective buyers.
Accredited Staging Professionals™ follow a proven
system for arranging furnishings, to create a positive impact
on buyers the second they walk through the door. An Accredited
Staging Professional™ maximizes property appeal for
the broadest market segment possible… more interest…
more chances to sell! An Accredited Staging Professional™
teaches the Seller why his/her HOME is now a product that
needs marketing & how to keep it Staged® right through
the selling process. The focus is making the property more
marketable by appealing to the greatest number of prospective
buyers. The Ultimate goal of Staging® is to place the
home in its best showcase condition, to allow it to sell
for the best possible price in the shortest possible time.
The information above comes directly from the Equity
Enhancers website written by Jason Maxwell,, National
Staging® Expert for Equity Enhancers - Home Staging
and Design, Inc., Dallas, Texas.
Staging®
Benefits for Sellers
Before buyers decide to buy, they need to mentally move
their own things into a home.
If a home has too much or too little in it, it is difficult
for most buyers to visualize how their own things will look
in the home.
Jodi has been consulting and Staging homes® to live
and sell. Trust her expertise to help you with a personalized
written “Plan of Action”. Her knowledge, passion
and ideas to get to know her clients first helps make her
clients homes go from ewe to AWE!!
Jodi devotes as much time as necessary with one goal in
mind...to make a buyers First Impression a Lasting Impression!
Staged® homes do sell faster and/or for more money!
Home Staging® by Jodi, Accredited Staging Professionals™
is certified by Barb Schwartz,
the creator of Staging® in the United States, and is
a members of the International Association of Home Staging
Professionals™.
email Home Staging® by Jodi at Homestagingbyjodi@myactv.net
for more information
Staging®
Benefits for Realtors
Successful Realtors use Staging® to help Sell Their
Listings!
Benefits of using an Accredited Staging Professional™include
a piece of mind knowing your "Stager" is trained
to the highest of standards.
Your listing will stand out from the competition.
Successful Realtors recognize "Staged"® homes
as being sale ready.
Staging® is not decorating! There's a
world of difference. Decorating is for living. Staging®
is for selling. In Staging® we don't always renovate
or decorate. We make a difference with what they own, so
the house shows better!
Staging® makes the property more marketable
by appealing to a greater number of prospective buyers.
On average Staged® homes sell faster and for more money.
You only have one chance to make a first impression;
make sure it is the Right one.
email Home Staging® by Jodi at Homestagingbyjodi@myactv.net
for more information
Top 10 Benefits
of Staging by Jodi
Benefit #10 - A Certified Staged Home let's everyone know
the home is "Move in Ready" (Just as we detail
our cars before selling we must detail houses to sell)
Benefit #9 - Home Staging by an ASP™
provides additional website advertising, open house support
and unique results.
Benefit #8 - Staged Homes do not have a problem
getting offers, even when the market is slow.
Benefit #7 - Staging is an organized plan
to smoothly help with selling and moving.
Benefit #6 - Staging gives sellers and agents
an edge in the real estate market.
Benefit #5 - Authentic Staging may be the
power needed to move the real estate market in a positive
direction again.
Benefit #4 - Staging is a progressive marketing
tool used by the best realtors and sellers in the nation.
Benefit #3 - An investment in staging is always
less than a price reduction.
Benefit #2 - A small investment in staging
creates a large WOW enhancement.
#1 Benefit of Staging - An Accredited Staging
Professional (ASP)™ can be the "heavy" when
diplomatically telling the sellers their house needs "depersonalized".
This way the realtor can focus on the buying and selling
of homes.
