Recorded live Jan 4th attendees submitted their industry related questions in advance and RESA CEO Shell Brodnax answers live. 

Hear Shell Brodnax Answer the following questions:

• How much do you charge an hour?
• How do we implement insurance in case our furniture is flooded at a listing?
• I'm a contractor with a larger well established staging company. They have insurance but do I need my own personal staging insurance?
• Do most home stagers have a certification?
• How do you get started in this business?
• How can I get realtors to see the value in occupied staging?
• What are the best inventory management programs for stagers?
• Would like to start with a focus on redesign and occupied jobs and prefer to avoid buying by furniture inventory. Suggestions on how to market to this niche?
• How to get Real Estate Agents to buy into staging in a market where houses are already selling quickly?
• What are some of the best places to purchase inventory that are cost effective AND have a short lead time?
• Can you discuss the importance of scaling down furniture to maximize visual space?
• What do you think is the best way to get business, through realtors or owners?
• What is one thing you should absolutely have on your website? And Why?
• Wondering how the RESA organization can benefit my new staging business?
• Contracts
• What movers to use

RESA Professional Development are a monthly educational webinars free to RESA members only. All Professional Development Webinars in January are free to all.