Karel Rogers

Local Agents in the Reno -Sparks Areas

HUGE (5) Model Home & Accessory SALE

When:Saturday May 16th 8:30 -4pm (No Early Birds)

Where: 72B Webb Circle (Webb Business Park -

Off Old 395 towards Stead-Look for signs

5 Homes of furniture and all the accessories will be sold:

Sofas

Loveseats

Chairs

Coffee tables, endtables

TV Entertainment centers

Dining Tables

Queen Beds

Bedding

Night Stands

Lamps

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Pillows

Plants

Florals

Trees

Desks

Kitchen accessories

LOTS OF ACCESSORIES & MORE!!!!

Directions:

North on 395 Freeway

Take the STEAD BLVD exit, EXIT 76
Turn LEFT onto STEAD BLVD.

Turn LEFT onto N VIRGINIA ST. GO 0.5 mi

Turn LEFT onto WEBB CIR. Webb Business Park)

Go to end - turn right and look to left for open gated area.

Ideas for outdoor living space

With spring lurking in a few months this is a great time to start thinking and purchasing items for your outdoor living space. In Nevada because of our beautiful warm weather our outdoor areas are seen as an extension or another room to our home.

The possibilities are endless when it comes to outdoor spaces. It can be another eating area, lively gathering place, calm refuge or a place for our children to play all without leaving your backyard. Choose a theme that reminds you of a favorite setting or vacation destination. Then get started on creating a wonderful space that you will love to be in.

Personalize your outdoor living space with items such as: Statuary Yard art (fountains. unique walking stones, stakes, sculptures, wind chimes, weathervanes, flags and colorful windsocks. Use trellis and garden arbors or Stepping-stones to break up and to connect other areas of the space. Welcome birds by utilizing birdhouses and decorative feeders. Don't forget to use colorful plants in the ground, pots, railings, window boxes, and/or hanging baskets.

Hang outdoor fabric to create walls and help to define space. Paint a rug pattern onto your cement or deck, or cut out a square piece of your cement and plant a garden of flowers. Another way to give your drab cement a new look is to stain or paint it. It can also have an overlay of a thin layer of cement and then use a stamp to make it look like brick or pavers.

Invest in comfortable furniture including chair cushions, pillows, tablecloths, and umbrellas that establish the theme you have chosen. Mix in wood furniture to add interest. Then add non-breakable dishware that will make eating outdoors safe. Other items to consider are a swing or glider loveseat, hammock or even a gazebo to add additional seating and interest to the space.

Evening lighting will always add interest and drama so use candles throughout your seating space and string lights to accent an arbor, railing, umbrella, or put them in your trees for light and sparkle. There are solar lights that can be used as a floodlight to highlight trees or garden statuary or fountain. Also use solar lighting to line a walking path, pathways, around gardens, railings and window boxes. These are inexpensive and free to operate.

Fireplaces help to warm the space in many ways and are available in many different styles, from built-ins to small mobile types. These help to extend your comfort into the evening hours and add a lot of ambiance.

Start now and plan your space, then start to pick up items as you see them. That way when spring has sprung your pocketbook won't be crying the blues. Have fun and be creative to create a space you will love to be in!

Growing your business in a down economy is possible but you better be using great business concepts such as:

Marketing your Staging Business- Staging Business Concepts,
business plans, business names, branding, trademarks, logos

Grow your Staging Business-How to develop a staging team and
find new revenues for your business

Inventory Investment- Determine if renting or owning products
is best for your company

Creative Ways to BOOST Your Inventory-How to build inventory
on a shoe-string budget

Creating Visibility- Marketing ideas and systems. Pitching to the
media and repeat and referral business strategies

Presentation Skills-How and what to present to a handful or
a roomful of clients

Technology- Websites, yours and others, e-newsletters,
blogs, database programs. systems for efficiency

Digital Photography-How and Why perfect pictures are critical

Mindset Motivation- How to stay motivated, on track and focused

Staging for Vacant Homes-Create strategies to appeal to
homeowners, Realtors, Investors and Builders

Staging for Occupied Homes- how to approach clients
in furnished homes and provide a unique staging service to them

Alliances-Who they are and why you need them

Smart Growth- When and how to add help, rent space, buy new
equipment and more services and sources

Staging Business Concepts- Solid business concepts
including forms, documents, contracts, insurance, time
management and more for a small business. Customize your business to fit your future goals

Okay.... we all know there is a lot to do when you own and operate your own business. I'm sure that some of these ideas and concepts you are already doing and others you haven't started for many reasons. That's where a business coach can help. Hi my name is Karel Rogers. I am the founder of Real Estate Staging Unlimited the largest home staging business in the Reno area. When I started my business I hired a coach to help me start my business -it was money well spent. I knew that having a good foundation for the skyscraper (my staging business) that I was hoping to build was critically important if it was going to stand erect, be unique and tall enough to stand out from the rest and not topple down from some strong storms.

For most stagers you get your training, open your business and depending on many factors you either experience success or not. Starting a business or keeping one running successfully requires a lot of planning. It's not just being creative, having an idea, getting a license, business cards and opening your doors for business. If it were that easy there would not be the high failure rate seen in the first five years of business. Not to mention the huge debt that often follows due to errors made in the early years of establishing a business.

If your business is new or established, business coaching can be a very affordable growth opportunity. I started Staging Business Solutions last year and it is designed to help home staging professionals by providing business tools to help grow a healthy-happy business that will stand out and above the home stagers in your area. We guarantee it!

If you want to take your staging business to the next level call us @ 775-828-1133

Staging Business Solutions ONE-ON-ONE Coaching

www.realestatestagingunlimited.com

FREE Lunch & Learn Schedule
For Realtors Only

Learn how staging can help you to sell houses in this slow market and make you more $$$$ annually!

FREE

Lunch & Learn on how and when to use Staging

RENO

When: Thursday, January 22nd 11:30-1pm

Where: Stewart Title

1070 Caughlin Crossing, Reno, NV

Space is limited and RSVP is required by 1-20-09

Call 828-1133 and leave a message or

sign up at the top of this page and be sure to state which class you are attending.

So after you decide that you are going to stage who will pay for it? I would say that about 70% of the time the homeowner pays for the service. After we build a relationship with a Realtor we find that they want every house staged because they see the benefits and then they pay for the staging or share the cost with the seller.

We encourage Realtors to have the client pay for the service up front and then reimburse the seller 50-100% on closing. This becomes a win-win for both the seller and agent because they save money on marketing because the home is in showcase condition so pictures and presentation come across excellent. And time is money so with the use of staging the property usually stays on the market less time and everyone gets paid faster.

Savvy Realtors and homeowners understand that staging a home really helps them to get the sold sign posted! So if you're not using a stager on your team do some interviewing of the companies in your area...it will be time well spent.

We have the largest staging company in Reno so we can provide a higher level of service and products than most other staging companies. We own all of the furnishings and accessories and we have a lot of them. And it's our products that always makes a house beautiful and unique. Best wishes for getting the SOLD sign posted!

www.RealEstateStagingUnlimited.com