Their real estate agents
assess a sales price, devise a marketing plan to get the home sold and prepare
to put the listing in the multiple listing service. Especially given today’s market conditions, homes will compete against a huge
inventory of available homes. Now more than ever, especially in the current
buyer’s market, it’s extremely important to make a listing stand out in the
marketplace. So what can consumers and their agents do to catch the attention of home
buyers? They need to:
• Make the first impression of the home positive and inviting
• Enable buyers to envision themselves living in the home
• Show the full potential of the home
• Make the home visually appealing for online listings
In short, sellers and the real estate agents representing them need to Stage their
homes with the assistance of an Accredited Staging Professional®. Defining Home Staging
Home Staging is professionally preparing homes for sale, so that they appeal to
the most amount of buyers and generate the highest price in the least amount of
time on market. Staged® Homes traditionally present themselves better than the
competition by being clean, clutter-free, and ready to show to prospective
buyers. Home Staging is NOT decorating, fluffing, interior design or redesign. Instead,
Home Staging is detailing, de-cluttering, depersonalizing and preparing a seller's
1home to give it a "model home" appearance so that the potential buyer can "see"
themselves living in the home. Introducing the Accredited Staging® Professional Master®
• An Accredited Staging Professional Master (ASPM®) is a dedicated
Accredited Staging Professional®, who has studied, learned and mastered
the proven and powerful techniques of Staging homes.
• An Accredited Staging Professional Master (ASPM®) has successfully
completed an extensive, detailed, 5-day ASPM® course exclusively with
Barb Schwarz, the Creator of Home Staging®, President and Founder of
StagedHomes.com and the International Association of Home Staging
Professionals. Each ASPM® has also completed the prerequisite 3-day
ASP® course exclusively taught by StagedHomes.com and designed by
Barb Schwarz before completing specialized ASPM® studies and passing
a mandatory thorough examination on preparing homes for sale and
particulars of the Home Staging Industry with Barb Schwarz.
• An Accredited Staging Professional Master (ASPM®) is committed to
the principles and practices of marketing properties in accordance with the
StagedHomes.com Code of Ethics and recognized as the leaders of the
Home Staging Industry. ASPMs® are taught to follow the below in the ASPM® Course as they earn their
ASPM® Designation:
• Renew yearly their detailed ASPM® License agreement of membership
with Stagedhomes.com, the World's Leader in Home Staging Education
• Agree to and uphold the ASP®/ASPM® Code of Ethics
• Agree to and Uphold the ASP®/ASPM® Consumer Foundation of Service
Creed
• A Business license for their ASPM® Staging Business as an ASPM®
Stager.
• Staging Insurance as an ASPM® Stager
• A Sales Tax ID number in the state where they work as an ASPM® Stager
• A commercial Checking account for their Business
• To continue their education by returning to additional ASPM® Courses to
stay up to date in the Home Staging Industry and their ASPM®
Designation.
