House staging is a great way to get the homes you're selling ready for buyers to view. A professional house stager can evaluate the homes, find the good and bad areas of it and prepare it for a sale.

You should do some research on house staging before selecting a professional house stager to stage your homes. Knowing what types of homes each company stages will help you select the right one for the job you need done. You can then find the right house staging provider for your needs. You may also want to train, or have someone in your office train, to be a professional house stager.

1. Research house staging information to find exactly what kind of staging your homes need.

2. Read about different companies to find the right house staging provider for your homes.

3. Train to become a house stager, and help your business grow.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Find house staging information

When you research house staging, you'll be able to search for and find the right house stager for your homes. Knowing everything you can about house staging will help you understand how the service works so you can sail through the process and sell your homes faster.

I recommend: Realtor.org provides a house staging list of websites to help you find all of the information you'll need to stage your house. Six Elements allows you to email one of their coaches with any questions you have about house staging. You can also request information on learning how to stage houses.

Find a house staging provider

Once you have learned all you can about house staging, you'll want to select a house staging provider. By researching different companies, you'll be able to find the right one for you. There are many different houses, and many different decorating options. To find the right stager for your homes, compare different companies, and find the one that will work best for your needs.

I recommend: Stage This House provides a professional home stager to evaluate your home through a buyer’s eyes, and find all of its assets and flaws. The House Stager has a team of professional decorators that can stage your home for selling. You can also find a house staging directory of accredited staging professionals at StagedHomes.com. Click on your state, and choose from several professional home stagers.

Learn how to do house staging

Instead of looking for a house stager outside of your company, train to be a house stager, or have someone in your office train to do so. By providing this wonderful service yourself, you'll save money, and be able to get the work done on your schedule.

I recommend: Home Staging Resource offers an online, 21-day HSR Certification training course. QC Design School offers a distance-learning home staging course.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  Once you find the house staging company you want to use, see if they'll work out a discount with you for using them on all of your homes.