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Why Home Stagers Don’t Need to Provide Furniture Rentals – Part 2
Written by: Debra GouldArticle Overview: The Staging Diva® explains the alternative options available to home stagers who don’t wish to carry their own inventory of furniture to rent to homeowners.
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Why Home Stagers Don’t Need to Provide Furniture Rentals – Part 2
Some home stagers mistakenly believe they need to carry their own furniture inventory because they live in a small town where there isn’t a large furniture rental company. Unfortunately, many of these stagers end up broke and out of business with nothing but truckloads of furniture and a pile of debt.
In part one of this article series, home staging expert, Debra Gould (The Staging Diva®), discussed why home stagers who mistakenly believe they need to carry their own inventory of furniture are putting their business in financial danger. If these stagers would think outside the box, they would see several alternative means of sourcing furniture without going out and buying it themselves just to rent to their clients.
In this economy, it’s not difficult to negotiate with furniture retailers savvy enough to recognize an opportunity to earn additional revenue. Offer to rent some of their showroom furniture for staging projects. Don’t forget to consider used furniture stores and antique shops as well. Homebuyers don’t expect to see all brand new pieces in a home they’re viewing— in fact, some previously loved furniture will help to make the home look less staged.
There are many pros and cons to owning your own furniture inventory that are discussed in the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program. The first question a new home stager needs to consider is whether they are going into home staging to be in the furniture rental business. Because make no mistake, the furniture rental business is its own business, it is not just a service provided by stagers. Just because many stagers build up their own furniture inventory doesn’t mean it's always the best business decision, or that it has to be that way to grow a successful home staging business.
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About the Author: Debra Gould RSS for Debra's articles - Visit Debra's website Debra Gould, aka The Staging Diva®, is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by many requests from aspiring home stagers wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program. Gould has trained 4000+ students in over 20 countries to start staging businesses. Buying decorating and selling six of her own homes in four years lead to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a career with the launch of sixelements.com in 2002. Since then she has staged hundreds of homes in addition to teaching home staging training. Gould is the author of several home staging resources including a series of popular home staging guides made up of a Design Guide, Color Guide, Portfolio Guide and Twitter Guide. For more information about Debra Gould visit stagingdiva.com. Click here to visit Debra's website Home Stagers Rescue First Time Real Estate Investors 5 Steps to Starting a Home Staging Business Part 1 Why Home Staging is a Perfect HomeBased Business Virtual Staging or Just Misleading Pictures Home Staging Helps Real Estate Investors and Builders Maximize Profits |
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