Today’s guest is Geoff Lewis, the co-founder of one of Australia’s leading home staging companies, Bowerbird Interiors, based in Sydney. Geoff and his wife Lauren started the business like most of us do, working out of their house, and built it into the size it is today.

We talk about a unique service that Bowerbird has brought to the market, which many in the industry considered controversial and even reckless, but which Geoff explains was an extremely considered approach. That service is something they call Bowerbird Black, and is essentially no sale, no fee home staging. So if the house doesn’t sell, the client doesn’t pay. We ask about the success of the service, some of the issues, and what COVID-19 has done to both Bowerbird Black, and Bowerbird as a business.

You can follow Bowerbird here:

Website - https://bowerbirdinteriors.com.au/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BowerbirdInt/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bowerbirdinteriors/?hl=en

Today’s guest is Paloma Harrington-Griffin. Paloma runs her Home Staging businesses in the UK and in Brazil, although she calls London home.

Founder of the Home Staging Association UK & Ireland, she is also the Vice President of the International Association of Home Staging Professionals in Europe.

In this chat Paloma explains how she got started in the home staging industry and how she eventually founded the Home Staging Association, which she now runs. We talk about the important role industry associations play and why she’s so passionate about educating people involved in the industry, from home stagers to real estate agents.

You can follow Paloma here:

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paloma-harrington-griffin-60bba889/?originalSubdomain=uk

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/palomahgriffin/?hl=en

Home Staging Association Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/homestagingassociation/

Home Staging Association Website - https://www.homestaging.org.uk/

Today’s guest is Tori Toth, a best selling author, award-winning home stager, founder of Stylish Stagers and creator of the youtube channel, Home Staging TV which has over 12k subscribers.

In this chat with Tori we speak about her background as a news reporter, some of the transitions she’s gone through over her career, how writing and publishing a book has impacted her professionally, how she’s built the Home Staging TV youtube channel, and what she’ll be focussing on going forward.

This was a really great conversation with someone who has been in the industry for quite a while, so there’s definitely a lot to learn from Tori.

You can follow Tori here:

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/stylishstagers

Website - https://toritoth.com/

Today on the podcast we have a very interesting topic and one that we haven’t spoken about before – buying an established home staging business. And to answer all of my questions I’m joined by Steve Gerken, who is the owner of a business called Staged Homes, based in Melbourne.

Staged Homes had been operating for 12 years before Steve bought it in 2017, and in this chat I ask him all the important questions – how the process works, what he was looking for and what was most important to him, how the purchase price was determined, and some of things you might not have thought were important.

I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you’ve ever considered selling your business, or even if you haven’t but want to build a business of value, this is an important episode for you.

You can get in touch with Steve via:

The Staged Home website - https://www.stagedhomes.com.au/

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-gerken/?originalSubdomain=au

Today I have our first repeat guest on the show, Imogen Brown from Home Staging Brisbane.  Imogen was one of the first people I spoke to on the podcast, and that episode is still in the Top 5 most listened to episodes we’ve ever had. It’s fair to say she has a lot of experience and wisdom to share. In that first interview we cover Imogen’s background and journey to being one of Brisbane’s most well known home stagers, so definitely go and listen to that.

In today’s chat, we speak about what Imogen’s been up to in the last 12 months and there have been a couple of really important changes she’s made, including identifying her niche and really doubling down on it. She knows exactly what she wants her business to stand for, and I wanted to know what impact she’s seen since making the change. I also asked how Imogen has landed two of Brisbane’s most prestigious agents.

And given everything that has been happening in recent months, we of course spoke about the impact coronavirus has had on the industry, and what long term changes we might expect going forward.

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you in the next episode.

In today’s episode I speak with Judy Sharp from Sharpen Up Property Styling, a home staging business based in Adelaide.  Judy started her business with her husband Adam 10 years ago, so naturally we speak about working with your partner. Judy also touches on why they give indicative pricing on their website, when most stagers prefer not to share their pricing publicly.  I also asked Judy what impact COVID-19 has had on their business and what they’ve done with the spare time that’s been forced on them. And I finish up by asking Judy what her favourite social media platforms are.

You can find Judy online here:

Website - https://sharpenup.com.au/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sharpenupstyling/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sharpenuppropertystyling/

Welcome back to the Foxy Property Chat Podcast - this week I chat to Dave Stewart from Market Buy. Market Buy is a website that facilitates offers for private property sales. Based out of Melbourne Dave and his team have recently expanded into the USA, so it’s exciting times for Market Buy and we chat a bit about that.

We also chat quite a bit about the industry as a whole and how/where property sales will be conducted in the future.

Interested to learn more about Market Buy? Head over to their website - www.marketbuy.com.au

On this episode of the podcast I chat with Leanne Pilkington. Leanne is the Founder of Real Women in Real Estate, Managing Director of Laing+Simmons, President of the Real Estate Institute of NSW, she has 40 years of experience in all aspects of real estate and that’s only the tip of the iceberg!

Leanne also hosts the Courageous Conversations Podcast, and I dive into that, asking why she started the podcast.

We cover a range of industry topics including recruitment, technology and social media.

Thanks for listening - see you in the next episode.

You can get in touch/follow Leanne here:

https://www.instagram.com/theleannepilkington/

https://www.facebook.com/leanne.pilkington

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannepilkington/

Email: [email protected]

On this episode of the podcast Cody chats with Canberra based agency owner Holly Komorowski. Holly started her Real Estate journey about 10 years ago, which has led her to start her own agency, home.byholly in 2016. She started it by herself and has grown it to a team of twelve in this time. We cover a decent amount of ground in our chat, including:

You can get in touch/follow Holly here:

https://homebyholly.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/hkrea

https://www.instagram.com/hkrea/

Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this episode and we’ll see you back here for the next one.

My guest today is Sherrie Storor.  Phoebe first met Sherrie when she was one of the biggest agents in Brisbane, but since then a lot has changed for Sherrie, and we talk a lot about that journey in this chat.

A few of the highlights include that in recent years Sherrie has changed focus, with her main business shifting from being a sales agent, to that of being a sales coach, specialising in real estate.

She’s also launched and runs a Women in Real Estate Breakfast series, which in 2019 had over 1200 agents attend events in four cities around the country.

She’s a speaker and has given keynotes at a number of high profile industry events.

She’s a BMW brand ambassador.  And she’s just launched her Build Your Best Life coaching program, which I’ll let her tell you about.

There was one topic in particular that I thought was particularly interesting.  And that is Sherrie’s concept of the Celebrity Agent, and how everyone (whether an agent or a stylist) should think about how to build a celebrity profile. I know some of you listening will hear that and think “that’s not for me, I don’t want to have my face all over social media”.  But hear what Sherrie has to say first.

There’s a lot to learn from Sherrie, so grab a pen and paper, a cup of tea, and please enjoy this conversation with Sherrie Storor.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sherriestoror/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherriestoror/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherriestoror/