Working in my new blog topic, Home Staging Training Tips, I recently wrote Home Staging Training Tips: Keeping your files organized. Here I mentioned that before filing my properties away after staging that I add an Avery Label with tasks for each property. In this blog I'm going to share with you what goes on my labels. This helps me stay focused and give each property the attention it deserves!
First let me show you roughly what it looks like:
[ ] Signed Contract [ ] Farmed @ staging
[ ] Contact Sheet [ ] Farmed @AC
[ ] Payment [ ] Farmed @ close
[ ] RES [ ] Thank you note
[ ] Photos to agent [ ] Survey Sent
[ ] Posted on AR [ ] added to spreadsheet
[ ] Posted on FB
It's this sticky label that helps things not fall through the cracks... When there is a lot to get done and you are working on multiple projects at a time, sometimes it is helpful to have a way to track each file. This way you don't have to try to remember what you did for each project all at once. When you have a few moments to sit down and work, you know exactly what still needs to get done!
On another sticky label I provide quick contact information on the property as well as when the contract ends and space for things like Days on Market and close date. Again, if we need to pull the file in 3 months for any reason, we have all the info at our fingertips!
I hope this is helpful information for those who are just starting out, or getting busy & wondering how they can get more accomplished in less time!
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Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocate and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry. In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance. With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities. Selling her successful home staging company in January 2012, Marro is now a full time speaker and instructor for Staging And Resign and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.
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Lots of great tips. It is important to have a way to keep track of clients and timelines.
I have similar things for just about everything I do. I love lists and systems!
This may be a stupid question, but what does "farmed @ ......." mean?
Joan - we have so many factors to deal with... so far it is the best way I've found to keep track of all the variables without having to create a program to track it.... and I'm no programmer!
Shelley - I'm a list girl too... just love them. There is something so satifying about physically crossing something off a list too!
Beth - not a stupid question. I've written about it before, but I guess I'll need to make it my next home staging training tip!
and here I thought that I was the only one who made lists after lists. I even have lists within lists. You have added some that I had forgotten,,,,thanks I will add to my list...
Mary Lou - nope! I love lists!! The problem is remembering to bring them with me... lol!
I am catching up on paperwork and have the mother of all lists sitting on my desk as I speak ; )
Such a wonderful wealth of info, Melissa, thank you!
Claudia - you are welcome! Good luck getting through the list!