Staging - is it the fidicuary responsibility of the Realtor ???

I'm really serious about this. We, stagers, know that staged home sell faster and for more money. We can't guarantee a sale. We can make the home look it's best for potential buyers.

Isn't it possible that Realtors should suggest to their clients that they should talk to a stager?

Stagers know how to talk to the sellers about preparing their home for sale. Isn't it better that they prepare their home for sale than take many price reductions?

Everyday I see fliers that come to me saying a house has had a big price reduction and the photos show that the house is really nice. It needs to be professionally prepared. A consultation with us could save them thousands of dollars.

Would you go out to a great resurant in your jeans and T-Shirt when you know the dress is formal? No, you prepare for it by putting yourself out there as best as you can.

Why don't we do that with the houses that are going on the market?

Here is a great site thorougly describing the concept of fiduciary responsibility:

http://www.efmoody.com/arbitration/fiduciary.html

Basically it defines "responsibility" as being bound to use the "utmost care"to insure the maximum protection of the seller's assets and describes that the bound individual (REA)  is required to use any special knowledge he may have obtained through education, training or experience to so.

SO, in essence, if you are a true agent touting your experience in the RE field, you can't reallyl legally get around NOT at least discussing the possiblilty of staging.

Stage-Show-Sell , offers affordable home staging solutions in the Birmingham – Bloomfield and surrounding areas in getting your home ready for the market. We service both home sellers and realtors. We have the experience, our own rental furniture and accessories to stage many homes. We specialize in Estate work. The house can be put into our hands for the whole process of getting the house on the market.

I'm looking for brokers who want to be pro-active and not re-active to the market.

I want to talk to them about the benefits of staging.