Designations, Certifications and Accreditation. What does it all mean for the home staging and redesign industry?

Do you want your industry to be taken seriously? Perfect! So does the Real Estate Staging Association® (RESA®), the trade association for professional home stagers.

Every industry starts someplace. Let’s compare the staging industry to the real estate industry. At one point, there were no licensed real estate agents. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® was founded as the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges on May 12, 1908 at the YMCA Auditorium in Chicago, IL. With 120 founding members, 19 Boards, and one State Association, the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges' objective was "to unite the real estate men of America for the purpose of effectively exerting a combined influence upon matters affecting real estate interests."

They continued on, over the years to add in a code of ethics, more boards, adopted the tagline of “The Voice for Real Estate”, launched a public awareness program and encourages its members to display the REALTOR® logo as a sign of their membership and support to their industry.

This was all started with a group of people that had the common sense to stand up, unite and make a difference.

Sound familiar? This is exactly what RESA® is doing. We are self-regulating. We are people with common interests coming together to advance professionalism, excellence and legitimacy in the home staging and redesign industry. Click to read more

Home Staging - Training

Currently there are many Home Staging Training programs available to individuals wishing to further their education in home staging. These home staging courses were developed to give home stagers skills they need in order to service their clients and run their home staging businesses more efficiently.

RESA® encourages anyone interested in starting a career in home staging to research their home staging training provider and choose the training provider that best suits their needs.

Redesign Training

Currently there are many Redesign Training programs available to individuals wishing to further their education in Redesign. These Redesign courses were developed to give home stagers and redesigners skills they need in order to service their clients and run their home staging and redesign businesses more efficiently.

RESA® encourages anyone interested in starting a career in home staging or redesign to research their home staging or Redesign training provider and choose the training provider that best suits their needs.

Home Staging Resources

RESA® works to bring many benefits and resources to our members. We have complied a list of home staging vendors that will help your home staging business. We work with home staging website designers, home staging business insurance, home staging furniture rental companies, home staging inventory tracking software, home staging greenery, home staging moving and storage solutions, home staging merchant accounts, home staging business coaching, and we even have the RESA home staging legal resource center. While most of these resources are for all home stagers, RESA® members enjoy preferred rates and special programs. If you are a RESA® member, please log in and go to the exclusive deals page for your special offers. If you are not a member, but would like to join click here to join RESA®.

The Consumer’s Guide to Real Estate Staging™ DVD is the real estate industry's most powerful resource.

A Lunch and Learn is a presentation that positions you, the home stager, as the resident expert in home staging.
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As a RESA approved instructor you will be able to provide agents with continuing education credits.
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The Consumers Guide

to Real Estate Staging™ Canada

The Consumer's Guide to Real Estate Staging™ Canada is a
FREE publication on the benefits of staging.
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Link to the Consumer's Guide

Download the FREE

The Consumers Guide

to Real Estate Staging™

The Consumer's Guide to Real Estate Staging™ is a
FREE publication on the benefits of staging.
Click here to watch a short video

Link to the Consumer's Guide

The purpose and functions of RESA

The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) is a member governed trade association for Home Stagers. RESA was formed in order to support all professional real estate stagers also known as home stagers in North America. RESA is a portal to the home staging industry and is a source of education and business tools focusing on the needs of home stagers. Members have access to up-to-date information relative to the home staging industry, marketing support services and access to home staging continuing education providers.

Members create Chapters in their area that serve as a resource for their local real estate community.

Why does the home staging industry need RESA?

As the home staging industry continues to grow, it becomes important to move home staging from an unregulated environment. Creating acceptable practices, a code of ethics and a means in which to support home stagers benefits not only the home staging community, but the consumer as well.

It is very important for every professional home stager to take part in creating the industry that you want to be a part of. Every home stager has a voice and is now able to actively participate in the growth and direction of THEIR industry. Learn how and why you should get involved