Indianapolis, IN (1888PressRelease)
January 13, 2009 - Linda Barnett, Founder of Home Matters, to Offer Staging and Redesign (SAR) Certification Courses
Nearly five years after having founded one of the most successful and fastest growing home staging and redesign companies in Indiana, Linda Barnett is expanding Home Matters to include a new training division. Starting in January of 2009, Barnett will offer a series of 5-day Staging and Redesign (SAR) certification courses for stagers and 2-day SAR certification courses for real estate agents.
The SAR Certification Course for Stagers combines classroom training with field experience to provide a strong foundation for the art and business of staging and redesign in vacant and occupied homes. The SAR Certification Course for Agents utilizes classroom and hands-on training to give real estate professionals the tools to improve the marketability of their clients’ homes and generate faster, more profitable sales. Each course includes personalized instruction, as well as ongoing professional and marketing support, to help ensure participants’ success.
Both of the SAR courses were created and certified by Melissa Marro of Charleston, SC, who founded First Impressions Home Staging and Interior Redesign in 2005 and helped it become one of the premiere staging and training companies in the southeast. Marro holds several leadership positions in the staging/redesign industry, including the South Carolina State Chapter President of the Interior Redesign and Staging Industry Specialists (IRIS). Marro tapped Barnett to become the Midwest SAR Instructor because of her longstanding record of success in the Indianapolis metropolitan area and her leadership in the staging/redesign industry.
This collaboration between Barnett and Marro marks the latest step in their efforts to enhance standardization and elevate professionalism within the staging/redesign industry. Also to this end, they are both active in—and have been nominated for various awards by—the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) of North America and have served as moderators for RESA’s Stage it Forward (SIF) Roundtable Forums, a series of nationwide conferences for staging and redesign professionals.
Barnett—an Accredited Staging Professional, interior decorator and former realtor—founded Home Matters in 2004, and has since worked with more than 600 homeowners, realtors, builders and investors throughout the Indianapolis metropolitan area, helping them sell homes for an average X% of the list price and in an average of X days on the market after staging. Barnett and Home Matters have been featured in numerous media, including The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis House & Home Magazine, Indianapolis Business Journal, REAL ESTATE Lifestyle Magazine, FOX 59 News, and WISH-TV/Angie’s List segments. Barnett served as Technical Editor for the Home Staging for Dummies manual, which was released by Wiley Publishing, Inc. in May of 2008. Also in 2008, Barnett and her husband Gary became Co-Presidents of the Indiana State Chapter of RESA.
For further details about Home Matters and the SAR Training Program, please visit our website: www.homemattersllc.com. To schedule an appointment with a Home Matters consultant, please call 317/209-9801or email linda ( @ ) homemattersllc dot com.
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