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David Peterson & Nik Murrow have found Synergy in their Home Staging

Portland, OR home stagers David Peterson & Nik Murrow have been two of my top home staging professionals for years. Their work is clean, sleek, and stunning. They have the kind of aesthetic that you immediately know it’s them when you see the photos. I’m excited to have the opportunity to tell their home stager story.

How long have you been a home stager? 5 ½ years

Why did you decide to become a home stager? My partner and I moved from LA to Oregon. He was working as a Costume Designer in LA and we were looking for a new opportunity. After speaking with our Real Estate agent we learned of Home Staging which was a great way to incorporate Nik’s design skills and my experience in Real Estate.

Advanced Design & Marketing with Matthew Finlason: Portland, OR 2012

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Progress on our Jacksonville Home Staging Company Opening

The launch for our Jacksonville Home Staging Company, Rave ReViews, is in full force. Since my last update, just about two weeks ago, I’ve set up an agent meeting and lunch & learn at Watson Realty, the largest real estate company in our area. I have also registered for Real Estate School, which begins on Monday.

Why real estate school when I’m a home stager?

Just Perfect! Home Staging Turns Seller into a Believer.

Angela Batchelor, one of Wilmington’s best Realtors, shared this fantastic video of one of her most recent home seller clients. Angela, a proponent of home staging, (You may remember her from our impromptu dinner conversation at the RESA convention where she discussed how to have the home staging discussion with home sellers.) requires as part of her sales package, that the homeowner consult with a home stager and follow their advice. Just Perfect! Home Staging & more is Angela’s preferred Wilmington Home Staging company.

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The next step on setting up my Jacksonville Home Staging Company

If you are following, you’ll know that I’m in the process of setting up a new home staging company in Jacksonville, FL. Not to let any grass grow under my feet, the final decision set on Monday, here it is Friday and I’ve already accomplished quite a bit.

had designers create a new company logo
set up my facebook fanpage & invited my friends to “like” me
bought 2 URL’s, Rave ReViews Home Staging & Jacksonville Home Staging
had SAR’s web team set up my wordpress template
have started writing content for my new site, adding photos & designations
wrote my first blog / press release

If you are considering starting your own company, we are here to provide home staging training, continuing education, mentoring and business coaching.

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Looking for a little mentoring for your home staging business?

I regularly hear the struggle from home stagers who haven’t quite figured out their markets yet. I often hear that they simply didn’t get enough of the “business” part of the industry in their home staging training, or they just don’t know how to get agents “on-board” with what they are offering.

It’s been years since I’ve really had to earnestly market my home staging company. Having done it so well in the beginning the last time I started one, all I needed to do was continue maintaining what I built. For the last year or so, our goal was actually slowing growth because of the heavy investments in inventory (as our market was primarily vacant homes).

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Starting a New Jacksonville Home Staging Company – My Journey

Despite the rational knowledge that I’ve got a lot on my plate between Market Ready Real Estate, Staging & Redesign Home Staging Training, and The Hive arts & crafts community, I find myself longing for my home staging days. Shopping, I find myself far too often uttering the words, “but we don’t do that anymore” when finding the perfect lamp, piece of art or other potentially phenomenal staging prop. The words are said with complete and utter sadness, mixed with the heartbreaking reality that selling my company in South Carolina, which was the right decision to make on many levels, might be the biggest regret of my career. Read more….

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The Lisa McIntee Home Staging Business Model

The company does around 40 consultations a week. Per WEEK. During that time, she does not inside on an all-or-nothing deal. Whatever the homeowner needs, Lisa’s team and her subs will take care of it. No, you read it right – that includes, renovations, new flooring, kitchen cabinets, redesign, furniture rental, everything! Read more…

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Featured Post on Pinnable Business, a site for Pinterest Marketing

Today, Melissa Marro, President of Staging & Redesign, was featured on PinnableBusiness.com, a site for Pinterest Marketing information. Her post: Image is Everything. Are your posts pinnable? discusses the importance of having stand out photographs in blogs and marketing in order to compete.

Marro provides tips on making the most of your home staging before & after photos, guiding the language of your pinned items and helping to create a viral message. Be sure to check it out.

Still trying to figure out Pinterest? Take our Pinterest for Beginners ($17) or Pintapalooza Advanced Marketing for Pinterest ($27) courses. You can also take both courses for the low price of $37.

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Why is an antique artichoke Lisa McIntee’s favorite home staging prop? Her home stager story….

If you are a home stager on Facebook, you probably know Lisa McIntee, owner of The Staging Professionals in Niagara Falls, ON. Of course, it’s only recently that we’ve actually been able to put a face to her. An amazing business powerhouse, Lisa has flown under the radar, until recently when her massive growth became a remarkable story. Now, only days away from her start in reality TV, the perfect circular moment in her career, Lisa shares her home stager story with us…

Jessica Pirone: Just Perfect Home Staging & more! 210 Moss Tree Drive

For more information and to schedule a showing, contact: Harold Chappell, Realty World Cape Fear 910-512-1948
www.haroldchappell.com

Staging and furnishings by: www.justperfecthomestaging.com

Photography by: www.JoshuaCurryPhoto.com

The Intensive 2 day Advanced Design and Marketing course for Home Stagers consists of classroom training, which will increase existing Home Stagers skills and knowledge in areas such as operating a Home Staging business, creating intense relationships with clients, advanced design and creativity, future trends, and secrets to designing stunning installations to attract the luxury markets, just to name a few. Best of all, it is instructed by one of the premier experts in the real estate design and home staging industry - Matthew Finlason himself.

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