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| Home Staging for Profit: How to Start and Grow a Six Figure Home Staging Business in 7 Days or Less OR Secrets of Home Stagers Revealed So Anyone Can Start a Home Based Business and Succeed | 
 enlarge | Authors: Barbara Jennings, Css/crs
Publisher: Ahava Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (23 reviews)
Sales Rank: 27793
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2009 - 12th Update
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0961802626
EAN: 9780961802622
ASIN: 0961802626
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
A Real Gem - A Giant Bargain at Any Price For Sure March 23, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was blown away by how much there is in this book of genuine value -- it is unquestionably the best of the bunch and since I am also a trainer, I have purchased many books for my personal reference and library. I have to admit, I was sure amazed. I found many ideas and suggestions to add to my own training processes, which was an added bonus to me. If you can only buy one book, get this one. If you can buy more, only buy this one. Seriously. Only buy this one.
By Far the Best on the Subject March 14, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
In a sea of books that deliver generalities, this book stands out as refreshingly filled with tips galore and the best useable, practical help of all. I was astonished at the openness of the author and her willingness to divulge literally everything one ought to know. Her checklist on the tasks a stager should consider when taking on a project was the most complete I've ever seen and goes on for pages. She gives you a list of questions to ask homeowners up front so you know in advance whether they are do-it-yourself types or not. I found this important so I'll know how to proceed in my presentations and calculating my pricing. Excellent.
Her advice on how to work with clients is well thought through and mirrors my own beliefs. I consider myself to be pretty savvy as a business person, but I found gems everywhere that gave me pause to think and reconsider what I was doing. The lists of questions for agents and owners, and pricing guidelines are worth the price of the book just by themselves. She also gives a pretty thorough list of tools you'll need on the job and a list of the kinds of furniture and props you might inventory if you want to stage empty properties.
There are books out there that never get to the really "good" stuff, but this one is filled from cover to cover with topic-specific practicality. I also enjoyed her occasional humor. I can imagine it's very difficult to write for beginners as well as experienced readers, but I thought she did a masterful job of explaining the basics while getting into the meatier details too. She kept me interested at every step.
Most books of this nature have no pictures to speak of, but this one has plenty. I appreciate the "on the spot" nature of them and that they are representative of all the varied types of homes and predicaments a stager will run across.
The "ready to use" forms at the back of the book are adapted to the industry, yet generic enough to be used by any one just as they are. And since the book is the same size as a sheet of paper, you don't have to make any adjustments or resize them in any way. I appreciate that the author obviously considered this when electing to do a large sized manual. More kudos to her for that as well.
Of all the books I've purchased on the subject, I found this one to be by far the best and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to start a staging business. It's clear the author is an expert and also a very generous person. On a different note, I also purchased her other book on redesign, and found it to be excellent as well.
Excellent Book March 1, 2008
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I began an interior design business a year and a half ago. I am specializing in window treatments. This book showed me how I can incorporate home staging and redesign into my current business. This book was wonderful in encouraging me to pursue home staging. I would suggest anyone looking to go into home staging to pick up a copy of this book.
A MUST have Reference for Home Stagers February 28, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
As an interior designer, I was looking to expand my business into the home staging arena, but wasn't really interested in spending thousands of dollars on one of those 3-day courses. After reading many reviews, I decided to purchase this book and I am so glad that I did! I think the author provides an in-depth guide about home staging as well as steering you in the right direction to operate your own home staging business. I found her book to be very informative and thought she provided great tips and examples. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in running their own home staging business. Also, I would recommend her other book, Rearrange It! - How to Start and Grow a Profitable Home-Based Redesign Business - In my opinion, I think you would need both these skills to successfuly run either business.
Great training! Excellent! February 21, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I'm more than pleased - I'm excited about improving my business. I wish I had found this book a long time ago as it has instantly made a huge difference in how I conduct business and how I market and promote my business. The tips are totally useful, totally sensible and totally easy to implement. I had expected a general treatment of the subject, but instead my eyes were opened wide to the possibilities I had not even begun to tap as yet.
Whether you're a beginner or not, whether you're doing fine in your current business or not, you will learn a wide assortment of tactics and strategies to improve your profits.
The book doesn't try to cover more than the subject at hand, which is to its credit. I bought the book for specifics in the staging industry and that's exactly what I got. There's quite literally no stone left unturned when it comes to starting and growing the business, leaving me excited and wondering which of the many tactics I should implement first. A nice problem to have.
It has taken away virtually all my questions and given me the confidence I needed to take the next step - a giant one at that. I take it with me everywhere and refer to it often.
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