Home staging instructor Joanne O'Donnell offers courses in home staging in San Diego, and is the main source for this story on home staging from Realty Times.
She points out that home staging is NOT home decorating. "Decorating is optional, staging is mandatory in order to sell the house for the most possible money in the shortest amount of time," she says.
Home staging as a career is being pursued by many people from a variety of backgrounds. Often simply asking your realtor for a recommendation or two will get you a list of people in your area who work as home stagers. There are also a large number of San Deigo companies offering home staging services on the Internet.
Real Estate agents will often hire a stager as part of the selling package as a standard feature (because it is far easier to offer a benefit than explain to home owners that their home needs some serious work).
Or, simply grab a book, detach yourself from your property, and give the 'do it yourself' option a try.
She points out that home staging is NOT home decorating. "Decorating is optional, staging is mandatory in order to sell the house for the most possible money in the shortest amount of time," she says.
Home staging as a career is being pursued by many people from a variety of backgrounds. Often simply asking your realtor for a recommendation or two will get you a list of people in your area who work as home stagers. There are also a large number of San Deigo companies offering home staging services on the Internet.
Real Estate agents will often hire a stager as part of the selling package as a standard feature (because it is far easier to offer a benefit than explain to home owners that their home needs some serious work).
Or, simply grab a book, detach yourself from your property, and give the 'do it yourself' option a try.
"People don't see that a lot of things that are in their houses are part of themselves and when you try to sell a house you want to make it as neutral as possible, not necessarily in the colors, but in the way it's presented," says Gerin Canin, a lawyer from New York who is transitioning into a home staging career.
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