Training for New Comers, Knowledge-Bound Stagers
and Results Driven Realtors

Linda Barnett founded Home Matters, Home Staging & Redesign in early 2004 and today operates one of the most prolific Home Staging companies in Indiana, having serviced over 1,800 clients with 5 design/staging stylists. Linda was trained in 2004 as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP™) and extended her education in 2007 by becoming SAR™ Certified and again in 2009 as a Certified Staging Professional CSP™. One of her most celebrated accomplishments was receiving her RESA-PRO designation. She began her teaching career in 2007 and became an Indiana State certified instructor through the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency and the Indiana Real Estate Commission offering certified training to Home Stagers and Real Estate agents.

Linda is also a former Realtor and Interior Decorator and both of those educational backgrounds has served her well in the real estate staging business. Linda served as Technical Editor for the Home Staging for Dummies book, which was released by Wiley Publishing, Inc. in May of 2008. also in 2008, Linda became President of the Indiana State Chapter of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) and still holds the position today. Home Matters has received much media coverage from television segments as well as many newspapers and magazines articles. Linda and her teams’ extensive body of work earned her a nomination for the 2009, 2011 and 2012 Professional Stager of the Year Awards from the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) and have been named “Best in Class” Home Staging & Redesign Company by local real estate companies for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Home Matters also enjoys the highest customer satisfaction ranking among all Indiana staging companies by Angie’s List and in 2010received the coveted “Angie’s List Super Service Award. Linda is excited to share her business and staging knowledge with anyone looking for a home staging career or wants to take their business to the next level.

Training Offered

Home Staging Business Coaching

Have you had your home staging business for a while and it has grown quite nicely, but now find yourself at a crossroads? Are you in the Home Staging Industry and are a one person business trying to do the work of ten? Do you find it hard to keep up with all the daily demands of running a staging business and have any time left for you? As your business grows, everything involved in your business multiplies in size and it takes time and you will need a plan to help it grow successfully. You may also find that your old tried and true operational processes may need an over haul and you just don’t know where to start. Everything is coming at you too fast!. “I’ve been there and I know what it feels like to be overwhelmed and tired. I also know what it took to get me backed to balance again and I can help you as well”. Barnett says.

If any of this sounds familiar, what you may need is some expert advise and coaching to help you map out your road to success. As the owner of a highly successful Home Staging Business and a Certified Trainer, I can help you by customizing the strategies that addresses exactly what you need in your business.

Whether it’s how and when to add other members to your business or the successful operational methods to use as your business grows. Call me at (317) 209-9801 or email me at linda@homemattersllc.com to discuss your needs and pricing.

Hands-on Home Staging Training

Have you been through a Home Staging training Certification course online but would like some Live experience staging a real clients home with an expert Home Stager? Call me at (317) 209-9801 or email me at linda@homemattersllc.com to discuss your needs and pricing.

SAR Online Certification Class

Learn at your own pace while taking advantage of the most comprehensive online course in the industry. 14 Modules including a 300+ page e-manual. Packages and ala cart options at www.stagingandredesign.com.

Real Estate Agent Lunch & Learn. (2 state approved CE credits) $35

Real Estate Staging 101-The Consumer’s Guide to Real Estate Staging Course # CE20900948

The real estate professional completing this workshop will understand the fundamentals of home staging, how it works, why it works and how it benefits sellers and buyers. In addition you will learn how to address staging with your clients and how to choose a professional home stager.

You will learn:

• What home staging is and what it is not
• How to present home staging to your clients and overcome objections
• The elements of the home staging process
• The importance of quality on-line photos and how the internet has changed how buyers search for their next home
• How staging can gain remarkable results
• What stagers bring to the table and why sellers respond differently to them than they do their agent
• How to change your listing presentation to include home staging
• Workshop can be held at the Home Matters office and training center or in your office with a minimum of 12 students. Real Estate office Lunch N Learns by appointment only.

Contact linda@homemattersllc.com to arrange your agency ‘s specific time.

Class includes a light lunch and beverages. Visa and Master Card accepted. Inquiries can be emailed to linda@homemattersllc.com. Or Call for more info (317) 209-9801.

"Dear Linda and Gary,

We wanted to thank you both for the business mentoring you provided to us last week. It was so great to see a successful staging company and get insight into how another business operates. We went down there with a list of questions and not only did we get the answers, we came home with lots of new ideas about how to grow, expand and improve our business. We appreciate the extra time you spent with us and your willingness to share your business strategy and your marketing campaign ideas. It was a lot of information to absorb in one day, but you both made it educational and enjoyable at the same time. It was definitely worth the trip!"

Sincerely,
Margaret Gehr and Kathy Lobkovich, Chicagoland Home Staging

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