HSR Certified Member Success Stories

Kristine Ginsberg of Elite Staging and Redesign is a force to be reckoned with!  Home staging in Morris and Essex County of New Jersey, she works tirelessly at transforming homes.  In fact, Kristine tells me she has a staging job every day of next week she is so busy!  "Business is booming and I couldn't be more happy about it!" she says.  "When you do what you love, you don't feel like you're working!"  It's very clear that staging and redesign is what Kristine was always meant to do but her journey getting to here was not always easy.

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HSR Certified Donna Dazzo of Designed to Appeal was recently featured in a New York Times Magazine article, "Ruthless Came the Stager".  Donna has been staging New York City and the Hamptons  homes for years and this particular home that she staged recently went under contact for over $100,000 OVER asking price!

I stated in last month's newsletter that the real estate trend is turning, so that staging works to sell homes for more money (like in 2000-2006) rather then just helping to sell at all.  I'm hearing more stories like Donna's from home stagers all over the country saying that the homes they staged sold for more than asking price.  Now is the best time to stage because it becomes a potential financial "windfall" for the clients and makes the agent look fantastic!

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Rhonda Sageser, a Denver home stager of Design Staging Solutions has had an amazing journey building her business in the last year!  In her interview, I outline a few keys to her success that I think is important to follow as a stager and redesigner.

Here is her story and transformation...

Lisa Ryan, a home stager in Liverpool, NY is a classic entrepreneur who knows how to adapt and flex her business to the changing economy, trends and needs of her clients.  Lisa's passion and drive allowed her to complete our program within three weeks and within seven months she was already hiring another stager to help her with the amount of work she was getting! 

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Linda Cunningham and Karen Scranton of Show Ready Home Staging in North Texas, transforms a client's dining room for a Christmas dinner and party to remember!

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Robyn Guinn of StageAZ  is a six+ figure earner in our industry, has been featured on HGTV and has an incredible talent with vacant and model homes!  When I met Robyn three years ago, she had a dream of following her passion enough to be able to quit her full-time job:

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In one of the most amazing staging transformations I have ever seen, Linda Shepherd of Buyers Desire Home Staging works wonders in her first staged home!  She had to work with a pink, brocade couch and oversize "dragon mirror"!

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New Member Has Instant Success

The very first day my website was online I received a call from a realtor who had seen it.  From that call I received my first staging job which went so well that the owner paid me extra because he was so pleased with the transformation of his home!

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Previously Trained Veteran Stager Gives Feedback About HSR!

"If anyone is standing on the other side of the HSR "members area" like I was, and is wondering if it is really worth it to step to the other side?  Could there be so much more to learn?  Is this the right course to invest in?.... Just like my clients make more money and in a shorter amount of time by using me to stage their homes...I think HSR trained stagers reap those same benefits from their training. Jump on in. This is it!!! "

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Starting Her Business in a Down Economy has Paid Off!

When Lydia first joined HSR she told me that she has a graphics background and MBA in Marketing and is excited to finally fulfill her lifelong passion in design.  She was concerned about starting her business in a "down economy" but now talks about how it has "paid off!"  A year later she has exceeded her business goals in one of the most competitive areas in the country...

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5 Home Staging Resource Graduates Named As Finalists for Real Estate Staging Association Awards!

HSR is so proud of Birgit Anich & Luci Terhune (North Region), Max Ruthven & Cyndee Long (South Region), and Linda Turner (West Region) who were recognized and honored for their amazing work as stagers by the Real Estate Staging Association.

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Cancer Survivor Follows Her Lifelong Dream of Design With Huge Success!

I distinctly remember when Karen Honore of Staging on a Budget first joined the HSR program almost two year ago, because when I interviewed her, she said "After being diagnosed almost 2 years ago with breast cancer, it was a wake up call that life is fragile and I vowed to live with no regrets!"  Her perseverance, generosity and plain "gutsiness" has helped her build a fantastic staging business and I think you're going to LOVE her story...

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Professional Organizer Adds Staging

Sherrie Castaldi of Organized by Design,  joined HSR the moment we became the first Accredited Training Company through the Real Estate Staging Association.

Sherrie uniquely combined her Real Estate and Organizational background with home staging for a winning combination...

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Mother of Six Kids Becomes
Vacant Staging Guru

I get the question "can I do this with kids" a lot and the answer is a resounding YES!

Only two months into her business and Amy Anderson is already handling several vacant homes due to her furniture store partnerships and the Vacant Staging training she received from the Home Staging Resource! 

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Working Full-Time While Building
Your Staging Business

Can you have a full time job or kids AND start a staging business? Absolutely! 

Here is a wonderful story of an HSR Member who did just that...
 

Staging for Home Builders and Model Homes

Dear Audra!
Year two is treating me better than what I imagined! I have been so surprised at the jobs that I have done. I mostly stage for builders that have model homes. I also have had the privilege of doing design consultation for a local builder which I had no idea when I started this business that I would get involved with! 

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Staging and Selling for "Out of Town" Owners

The house is in Del Mar, but the owner lives in Northern California and had cleaned up the house after her Mom passed away.  It has been for sale for 6 months and had two offers from "flippers" offering $100k less than the asking price.  I completed a Staging Report for her and she decided to go ahead and stage the home. Sure enough, the home just went into escrow not even two weeks after staging!

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Interior Designers Adding "Staging"
to Their Services

Prior to joining HSR, Lulu graduated with a Fine Arts degree in Interior Design and had been practicing residential interior design for over 10 years.  She's added staging to her services and has watched her business grow over 90%!

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Staging and Redesign for Retail and Commercial Spaces

Tammy Benson of Finishes by Design launched her business with a bang by giving generously of her design talents and getting lots of business in return!  Her retail space transformation alone shows her extraordinary talent! 

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Staging with Feng Shui!

When Audra and I were first discussing creating the Feng Shui training module, we both had interesting stories pertaining to "traditional Feng Shui" solutions - how it challenges staging and good design... "Good Feng Shui" and "Good Staging" are common sense based! 

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