Think I'm only a home stager? Think again...I'm also a source of referrals & listings. Many professional home stagers are - especially the home stagers that are good at marketing their services to consumers.
Because I put a lot of effort in reaching out to Los Angeles home sellers as my potential clients, I am contacted by people getting ready to put their home on the market on a daily basis. Some of them already have a real estate agent, and some of them don't. Inevitably, I am asked if I can recommend a good Los Angeles, Pasadena or Arcadia Realtor that can list their home.
This past week alone, I was asked by 2 different Arcadia home sellers and home staging clients to recommend an Arcadia real estate agent. Since I stage so many homes in Arcadia, I'm very aware of which agents do a good job of marketing their listings and which ones are not as good. Since my goal is to have the homes I stage sell faster and for the highest possible price, I am happy to refer listing agents that I think will do the best job meeting those criteria.
Its a win-win-win proposition: The home seller gets their home sold quickly and for top dollar, the listing agent I referred gets a listing that is easy to sell because it looks great, and I have another happy home staging client that will refer me to their friends, plus great statistics on another home sold quickly.
Home sellers that first contact professional home stagers in Los Angeles are usually highly motivated sellers. They've been pre-screened by virtue of the fact that they want to hire me to stage their home before they even have a listing agent. And they are willing to listen to what I, and the listing agents I refer, have to say about marketing and selling their home.
My home staging website (the one not associated with Active Rain) usually gets 100-200 hits per day. I'm on page 1 of Google for all my relevant home staging search terms. That's potentially 3,000-6,000 home sellers, some of whom could be looking for a listing agent.I have no idea how many hits I get from my Active Rain blog, but I'm sure that's a respectable number too.
What's my criteria for recommending a Pasadena, Arcadia or Los Angeles real estate agent?
- They have to be a believer in the value of home staging
- They have to have awesome marketing packages for their listings
- They have to be internet saavy and excellent internet marketers
- They have to create stand alone websites for all their listings
- They have to be well connected in the real estate community and community at large
- They have to return phone calls and emails promptly
- They have to have hired my Pasadena home staging company, reached out to me or referred me to their clients (how else would I know about all of the above)
I don't expect payment for these referrals, just that the listing agent does right by my client and continues to refer me. OK, and maybe lunch:o))
Oh, by the way, I'm also a source of home buyers, too.
So, if you think I'm just a home stager (the same goes for many other professional home stagers) you'd be wrong. I'm also a source of listings and buyers.
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2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year
Michelle Minch, owner of Moving Mountains Design, is one of the most successful home stagers in Los Angeles, CA.
Michelle measures her success by the speed in which her staged homes sell, often with multiple offers above listing price. She works with home sellers, listing agents and asset managers to prepare homes for sale.
Some of Moving Mountains Design's services include vacant home staging, occupied home staging, color consultations, corporate and executive relocations, move organization, redesign, and interior design. We also stage model homes, REOs,foreclosures and auction properties.
For more information about our home staging services, contact Los Angeles home stager, Michelle Minch (626)441-8975 or by email.
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