We are all in the real estate business -Realtors, inspectors, escrow people, home warranty companies, sign companies, printers, PROFESSIONAL HOME STAGERS. It starts with the client and Realtor, and these days the home staging professional. The first line of contact is Realtor and home stager, sometimes a termite or inspection company. So, it helps to have a relationship with those people because we can cross refer for business.
I was recently talking with a group of home stagers and was told that their ratio of direct calls and consultations from homeowners was up about 25%. In years past that might have been 10% as most of their referrals came from Realtors.
So do you want to know what they know? Meet the vendors & service people they utilize? WANT THE INSIDE SCOOP? What do home stagers bring to the table?
What are the staging and selling trends? How can you collaborate with home stagers for more business for both of you? What about marketing? Can they help you market your business? What about feng shui? Websites? Cross-marketing? Client communication models? Ancillary products, revenue streams?
You might think you'd have to pay hundreds of $$$ to get this kind of information all in one place. WRONG! Realtors and the public are invited. Would you like to know all this and meet the vendors & service people that home stagers use and purchase their inventory and accessories through? Join us at StagersLISTExpo.com in Orlando on the 17th of March for all this and more. Orlando is a great place for a vacation and for all of the Florida Realtors, just a hop skip and jump. Hope to see some of you there... you'll gain valuable insight into the staging arm of the real estate industry. And get some business skills training to boot.
Terrylynn, that Orlando event sounds like a great venue to get the inside scoop, plus a nice tourist venue as well. Good luck and have a good time if you visit the show.
Gary, it was fantastic...thanks for commenting. Hope to see you when we come to Houston.