The Gold Standard for Staging Advice “Nice listing . . . congrats.” —Uttered by exiting Buyers’ agents at a broker open; when the listing agent knows the price is right and the home is likely to sell quickly.  See, “Realtor Compliments.“ The equivalent for a staging job well done is when the client appreciatively remarks...Read More

Tom Sawyer would be impressed by one of my favorite stagers. Sawyer, of course, managed to get paid both by the homeowner whose fence he painted, and the boys who paid him for the privilege of actually painting it. By contrast, depending on the project, my stager gets paid by one of four parties:  1) my client (the homeowner); 2)...Read More