Our Home Staging Certification Course crafted specifically for Realtors
Our realtor staging certification takes the average realtor just one to two weeks of part time study to complete
- Four Units Best Suited for Realtors, with Lifetime Access
- Quick and Easy Online Exam (99% pass rate)
- Certified Staging Expert™ Certification
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- Last Updated: 4th November 2024
The Home Staging Course Trusted by Thousands of Realtors
Who Is This Staging Certification Course For?
As a Real Estate Agent you are well aware of the strong competition in your industry. Learning the fundamentals of home staging, and earning a staging certification, can help you win more clients, and help your clients make more money on the sale of their homes.
Our staging certification for realtors is designed specifically for real estate agents who want to begin offering staging advice or services, but don’t plan to own their own staging business.
- Realtors wanting to increase their income
- Realtors motivated to offer additional services
- Realtors determined to help their clients sell for more
- Realtors eager to get more clients
Here's What You'll Learn in Our Staging Certification for Realtors Course
Unit One - The Basics of Home Staging
- Discover the “deal breakers” that have no place in a staged home.
- Learn how to accentuate the positives and downplay the negatives of any house.
- We'll reveal how to trigger the key emotions buyers need to feel when looking at places.
Unit Two - Knowing What Changes to Make
- We let the cat out of the bag on #1 reason buyers actually invest into a home.
- Uncover the quick fixes that take minutes to do, but look like they took hours, to make a house beautiful.
- What is a vignette, why it’s important, and how to do one?
Unit Five - More Home Staging Tips & Tricks
- Services you can offer as part of your home staging business.
- Four of the most common problems in a house and how to solve them.
- The list of home staging decorating do's and don’ts.
Unit Six - Frequently Asked Questions
- How to always be ready to meet your potential clients.
- How to price consultations, walkthroughs, and any other services you want to offer in your business.
- Learn the answer to the question, “Should I ever do my first staging for an agent for free?”
Plus Free Access to Our Resource Bundle
Nothing gives you a deeper understanding of home staging than getting access to a pack of resources used by actual home staging companies.
We’ve spend over 100 hours creating these over the years, so getting your hands on them today, for free, is an absolute no-brainer.
- Contract template
- Wholesale Vendor Lists
- Home Staging Checklist
- Home Staging To-Do List
- Agent Contact Form
- Business Mileage Form
- Home Report Form
Then You'll Take a Quick & Easy Online Exam
- Multi choice questionnaire
- Short written answers on home staging theory
- Two retries allowed
- No time limit
- 99% pass rate
Plus Earn Badges To Boost Your Marketing...
Here's What Other
Home Stagers Are Saying
(Updated October 2024)
This course is packed with practical tips and insights I could apply immediately
. I entered this course feeling unsure of my abilities, but I left with a newfound confidence in my staging skills. I now feel equipped to tackle any project and prepared to attract clients and grow my business!
I have really enjoyed the course!
The information was very valuable and helped me to better understand the home staging business. It also motivated me to move forward with my home staging business!
extremely comprehensive
. I learned a great deal and feel armed to engage in the work of home staging.
It is definitely worth the time and effort to complete this course
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well paced class to help me begin my own home staging business
. All of the information was well formatted and easy to understand.
I felt that it gave me the confidence to get started and be successful
. I would highly recommend this course.
It was a lot of fun as well. I enjoyed it.
I absolutely loved this course
, it was straight forward and contained all the information a stager needs to start their business.
I'm so grateful to have found this course! It has been incredibly helpful in jumpstarting my new career as a home stager
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It was awesome
. My favorite part were the assignments, they really got me to focus and think about all aspects of the business not just the pretty parts.
business development side of things a breeze
. Thank you!
Multiple sites highly recommended this course
. Compared with other companies online programs, this course was not commercialized. This course helped me take time to think about and lay out my staging business.
I'm so thrilled I found the Home Staging Institute! It was something very affordable as well
. I'm very pleased.
I am so glad that I chose to use Home Staging Institute for my home staging certification!
I purchased the package that came with templates and checklists that are so useful. They present all of the information you need in a clear and concise way that is easy to understand and take in. They have you do real life staging scenarios and practice, which is so helpful.I have learned so much from Home Staging Institute, and I suggest you get your certification from them as well!
It allowed me to take the course at my own pace. I really enjoyed the assignments.
From the time I begin taking the course I begin to pay attention to how spaces are furnished or staged and make mental notes of what I would do to accentuate the space or pull vision away from the negatives.This was a great course and I'm happy that I took it
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After taking the course I am more confident now
Home Staging Institute kept showing up as the number one home staging course online!
. So happy with the results of this course!
I absolutely loved this course
. I have been in property management for the past 4 years and have staged homes as a "side gig" for the past 2. I went into this course pretty confident that I wouldn't learn much and just wanted my certification to add to my website.I was pleasantly surprised that I have finished this course with pages of notes with new information to walk away with and apply to my future projects
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This course has been a wonderful experience!
I loved being able to work at my own pace. Having that flexibility was amazing. The course had great content and outstanding resources.I would recommend this course to everyone!
interesting and full of information
. I learned so much through each course and made me more interested on what I want to do.I am grateful for everything that I have learned
and hopefully use in the future.
it was highly recommended by others
. I enjoyed taking the course and it was easy to follow and understand. I will recommend this course to other new Home Stagers. Thank you
realized you have a good standing reputation
and I can go at my own pace
I have been super successful and put each and everything I learned in the course content to use
. Thank you!
so very happy I chose yours
. There is a sincere quality with yours in truly desiring a person to succeed. I'm enjoying every minute of it!
I will recommend your course to friends
. Thanks again for the great course.
I am so excited
, you have no idea! Thank you so much for this course, it is great.
* These are real testimonials from recent Home Staging Institute customers. Where a profile photo wasn’t supplied with the testimonial, we have opted to use a placeholder.
Home Staging Certification for Realtors Course Summary
Who it’s aimed at
Realtors who would like to offer home staging services to their clients and earn their real estate staging certification.
Typical student
Real estate agents who are looking to maxmize their income with the smallest amount of effort.
Length of course
Roughly three hours worth of reading, the real estate staging certification course takes the average student one to two weeks of part time study to complete.
Cost
$197 One-off payment.
How it Works
- Purchase the real estate staging certification course below (one-off payment)
- We automatically email you your login details (it usually takes 30 seconds)
- Login and start learning
- Use the lifetime email support to answer any of your questions
- Sit the quick and easy online exam whenever you feel ready (it takes 15 minutes)
- We send you your Certified Staging Expert digital diploma which you can put on your website and show to clients
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Frequently Asked Questions about Realtor Staging
What is home staging, and why are realtors interested?
Home staging is essentially a marketing tool. For realtors home staging means decorating the preparing the property to show off it’s best features, while minimizing the properties flaws.
Does the property need to be vacant?
A good home stager can work with both vacant homes and occupied homes. It is cheaper to stage an occupied home, as the stager can work with what the seller already has which saves on rental costs. Staging isn’t always about making large changes to each room, often little touches such as decluttering and depersonalizing can make a big difference.
Why should the realtor pay for the home staging consultation?
In most cases we recommend the realtor “pays” for the initial consultation, and the client pays for any additional staging services that flow on from the initial consultation. The word pays is emphasised, because if they have completed a staging course for realtors then the initial consultation can be offered by the realtor themselves, meaning a third-party doesn’t need to be paid.
Organizing things this way keeps the client happy, and shows you are doing all you can to get the best price. It also gives potential clients one more reason to choose you to sell their home. Staging often results in a higher sale price, which can lead to slightly higher commissions, not to mention the house is likely to sell faster when staged well.
At the end of the day, this all means happier clients, and more word of mouth referrals.
How do I sell this to my clients?
The simplest way is by explaining that the National Association of Realtors found in a recent publication that staging most realtors have found that staging increases the sale price of properties by between 1 and 10%.
This means on a $500,000 property, you’ll see a gain of between $5,000 and $50,000. You’ll struggle to find a home seller who declines home staging services after showing them that figure.
What timeline should I keep in mind as a realtor?
In general, the average occupied home (with tidy décor) can be staged in 9 hours or less. If the home is vacant and empty, then you’ll need to allow 1 to 2 days for the staging to be completed, and the stager will need to be booked at least 2 to 3 weeks before you want the property to be photographed and listed for sale.
Of course, this varies based on the size of your home and time of the year. Our advice is to always call the stager you plan to use as soon as possible.
Can a staging certification for realtors get me more listings?
Of course! Showing that you have a home staging certification gives you that extra edge over other realtors eager to sell the property. It shows you have professional training in this field, that you are determined to help the seller achieve a high sale price, and that you can be hands on throughout the process rather than outsourcing to another professional that the seller has to worry about.
Pitch yourself as the realtor that goes the extra mile, gives extra value, knows the importance of marketing, and becomes known for having incredible listings.
Our staging certification for realtors is designed specifically for real estate agents who want to begin offering staging advice or services, but don’t plan to own their own staging business.
What are the benefits of staging homes for sale?
Home staging helps to create an emotional connection between the potential buyers and the property for sale. It helps them envisage living in the property, and adds a certain level of comfort and coziness compared to a vacant home. This often results in both a faster sale, and a higher sale price.
Who pays for home staging?
There are a number of options here. Let’s go through them one by one, as it is one of our most frequently asked questions taking our staging certification for realtors course.
Option 1 is the home seller pays. Many sellers, especially those selling investment properties, will understand that home staging often results in higher selling prices and will gladly pay the fees.
Option 2 is that the realtor pays. Most home staging jobs begin with an initial consultation, which can cost $200 to $500, and will result in enough advice for the realtor or home sellers to make the recommended changes to the property. Anyone who has taken a staging course for realtors can offer this service themselves, and either pitch it as a way to get more clients (eg you’ll be saving them $500!), or you can add this to the marketing costs and increase your own revenue. With this option, be sure to make it clear that this cost is for the initial consultation and that any additional staging fees are the home seller’s responsibility).
Ultimately, the choice is yours. You’ll know best what is normal in your market, and how eager your sellers are to obtain the best price. Our advice is to complete a staging certification for realtors course and offer the initial consultation yourself. The clients will appreciate it, and if you do need to offer full staging services, you can either do this yourself, or outsource it to your preferred partner.
The seller’s budget is very limited. Should I push for home staging services?
We might be biased, but our answer is always YES. For the lowest cost option, at least encourage them to invest in an initial home staging consultation. This can be anywhere from $100 to $500. If you’re savvy and have earned your realtor staging certification, offer this yourself for a discounted price. Real estate is all about relationships, and if you can keep a budget conscious seller happy, you’ll earn referrals in the years to come.
What should the staging consultation include?
Upon completion of the consultation, the seller should have a thorough list of everything they can and should do to prepare their home for sale. Based on this information, they can then decide whether they would like to save money and work through the checklist themselves, or hire a professional home stager. Recommendations will include things like increasing curb appeal, cleaning, maintenance, flooring, lighting, decluttering, furniture and accessory placement, bedding tips, and preparing for the photoshoot.
When earning your home staging certification for realtors through the Home Staging Institute, you’ll be provided with a complete room by room checklist you can use during your consultations.
