Teri Woods

Write a guideSTARTING MY OWN HOME STAGING BUSINESS

Steps to starting your own Home Staging business.

The first and foremost criteria for starting your own Home Staging Business is to obtain training from an interior design professional.  You will need to learn the fundamentals of interior design and the art of "staging" a home to appeal to a mass of potential buyers.  Unlike interior design, staging homes for the real estate market has a very unique concept in designing a home for the "show" and designing each room to impress a wide array of potential purchasers.  You will need specific training in this area. 

Developing your own business is quite easy in that you will need to know some simple basics, such as, how to obtain a business license, tax and insurance information, marketing your company, networking with related business's and the criteria of how to charge your clients for services.  You will need to develope a website and business proposals.

There are many interior designers on the internet that offer workshops and seminars to get you on the right track, however, most are quite expensive and require you to travel to their destinations for training.  The average cost for a two day workshop that would include brochures, guides and classroom training is approximately $800. to $2000. and this would not include your travel cost. 

To keep your training and start up costs at a minimum you might consider purchasing a training course that is on software.  This will enable you to train at your own pace and the resources would continually be at your disposal so that you can revisit any section of the training at will.  As will starting any business you will need determination and patience to meet your goal of "success".

The Home Staging industry has really come alive in the past several years accross the country and realtors are now recognizing the benefits of using Home Stagers to prepare their clients properties.  Stats prove that staged homes sell at a much faster rate and at a higher profit than homes that are not "show ready".  To enter into this field you can rest in confidence that this is a much needed industry and will not phase out in the long term.

Home Stages Designs offers comprehensive training on CD-ROM at an affordable price for those whom wish to start their own business and train with a competent interior design professional.  With twenty plus years of experience you can be perfectly confident when you take her lead in your professional Home Staging training.  See us today for more details at www.Homestages.com!

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