Public Disclaimer to Ventura County Star article

September 14, 2008

While honored by the opportunity to be included and featured in an article about home staging and the industry in the Ventra County Star Newspaper, there are some gross mis-quotings that occurred which we felt must be addressed publicly.

Connie Tebyani, owner of Platinum Home Staging, Inc located in Moorpark, CA is not, nor has ever been, affiliated with IAHSP, HSP or any company owned or facilitated under Barbara Schwarz or any of her programs, trainings or accrediting courses.

Never during the course of the verbal interview with the writer of this article was IAHSP ever mentioned, with the exception that, as stated by Connie Tebyani, "There is currently no governing or nationally recognized oversight body for the home staging industry such as the Better Business Bureau as a whole." Connie went on the explain that, "There are some agencies that will ‘certify' or ‘accredited' only their own members which have taken their training courses. Other organizations such as the Real Estate Staging Association are member based organizations with a strict code of ethics and any Home Stager can join regardless of their training or affiliation." Connie Tebyani is an active member of the Real Estate Staging Association, of which no mention was made in this article.

A retraction request has been submitted to the Author of this article as well as the Supervising Editor on September 14, 2008.

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