Staging to Sell: The Secret to Selling Homes in a Down Market

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xvii

CHAPTER 1 Get Set, Go! 1

CHAPTER 2 The Let-Me-Tell-You-How-I-Work Approach 11

CHAPTER 3 Step 1: Meeting Together the First Time 25

CHAPTER 4 The Career Book: The Key to Your Credibility 39

CHAPTER 5 Prospecting and Uses of the Career Book 55

CHAPTER 6 Step 2: The Exclusive Detailed Report 71

CHAPTER 7 The Marketing Portfolio 83

CHAPTER 8 Recipe for a Sale: Pricing the Property Right 105

CHAPTER 9 The Pricing-Your-Home Triangle 117

CHAPTER 10 Staging the Property: The Outside Story 131

CHAPTER 11 Staging the Property: The Inside Story 147

CHAPTER 12 Staging Completion 195

CHAPTER 13 Stage Your Life and Work, Too! 205

CHAPTER 14 Your Journey Toward Success 213

CHAPTER 15 The S Factor: Staging Success Stories from ASPs and Their Sellers in the Field 221

Appendix: Barb’s Real Estate Words and Tools That Will 249

Work for You!

A Brief History of Staging and the Stage Trademark 261

Index 265