Linda Barnett, owner of the one of Indianas largest and most prolific home staging and redesign companies has been asked to share her expertise as a member of the Panel of Experts at the upcoming Real Estate Staging Associations (RESA) International conference in Las Vegas which will be held on January 23, 24, 25, 2011
“It was quite an honor to be asked to set on the experts panel.” Barnett stated. “The RESA International conference is known to be the only one of its kind by providing all International Stagers regardless of their designations or affiliations an opportunity to gather for professional development in the Home Staging Industry. You really have an opportunity to learn firsthand what the Home Staging Industry leaders are doing.”
The Key note speaker at the conference will be Matthew Finlason, Real Estate Staging expert and star of the HGTV show The Stagers. The panel of experts is made up of International Home Staging business owners including; Linda Barnett, Home Matters Home Staging and Redesign, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dana Smithers, PRES® Staging Resource Centre, Vancouver, Canada. Kathy Nielson, Georgia Interior Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia. Michelle Minch, Moving Mountains Design, Los Angeles, California. Annie Pinsker-Brown, Stage to Sell, Los Angeles, California. Karen Otto, Home Star Staging, Plano, Texas. Kathleen Garvey, Enhanced Interiors & Home Staging, Naples, Florida and Melissa Galt, Melissa Galt Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia.
Barnett—A Staging professional, interior decorator, former realtor and Home Staging Trainer— founded Home Matters Home Staging and Redesign in early 2004 and today operates one of the largest and fastest growing Home Staging companies in Indiana having serviced over 1,000 clients with 5 design/staging specialist. Linda was trained in 2004 as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP™) and extended her education in 2008 by becoming SAR™ Certified and again in 2009 by becoming certified as a CSP™. Linda is also an Indiana State certified instructor through the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency and the Indiana Real Estate Commission offering certified training to Home Stagers and Real Estate agents including a GRI Continued Education class for the Indiana Association of Realtors at the IUPUI Campus at Kokomo, Indiana. Linda served as Technical Editor for the Home Staging for Dummies book, which was released by Wiley Publishing, Inc. in May of 2008.
Home Matters has received media coverage from television segments as well as many newspapers and magazines articles. Linda and her teams extensive body of work earned her a nomination for the 2007 & 2009 Professional Stager of the Year Award from the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) and have been named “Best in Class” Home Staging & Redesign Company by the F.C. Tucker Real Estate Company for 2008 & 2009. Home Matters also enjoys the highest customer satisfaction ranking among all Indiana staging companies by Angies List. Also in 2008, Linda became Presidents of the Indiana State Chapter of the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA).
The Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) is an international 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.
For further details about Home Matters, Home Staging and Redesign or for contact information please visit our website: www.homemattersllc.com.
For further details about the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) or for contact information please visit their website: www.realestatestagingassociation.com
