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Home Stagers an Investment in Your Future is Good Debt

Debra Gould
March 23, 2009
When you aspire to be a successful home stager, drowning in debt is not a good place to be.

You should only borrow money to pay for things that will help you make money. In other words, borrow only to invest in your success.

You already know that itīs not a good idea to drown yourself in debt, but when you borrow money to improve your future, it is not a debt so much as an investment.

Invest in your education. Your education is worth investing in because it can help boost your future income. If you need more information to help you become successful, itīs worth investing in that rather than wasting months, if not years, trying to figure it all out on your own.


Invest in marketing your home staging business. No matter how talented you are as a home stager, if potential clients donīt know about you, you will never have a business.

Invest in buying or leasing a vehicle if you donīt already have one. As a home stager, youīll need to be able to get to and from your clients and suppliers.

Invest in a home thatīs within your means now and that will continue to be affordable in the future, even if your mortgage interest rate eventually goes up. You need a roof over your head, and you donīt want to continue pouring rent money down the drain. When the market rebounds, youīll see a return on your real estate investment.
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Debra Gould

Debra Gould, aka The Staging DivaŪ, is President of Six Elements Inc., an internationally recognized home staging company. Inspired by many requests from aspiring home stagers wanting to start similar businesses, Gould created the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program.

Gould has trained 1000+ Staging Diva Graduates worldwide to start their own businesses. All shared a natural talent for decorating and interest in real estate, but didn't know how to make a living in their own house staging business before learning her secrets.

Debra Gould's mission is to inspire and empower others to use their natural talents to earn a living. She followed her dreams and wants to teach others to be able to do the same.

Gould pursued an MBA in Marketing and began a corporate career before moving to advertising. In the 1980s, she launched one of the first integrated marketing firms, which she ran for 10 years. Wanting a more creative life, Debra gave it up to design home accessories. She created the Debra Gould Home Collection, landing a magazine cover story and book feature, followed by her first of several HGTV appearances.

Buying decorating and selling six of her own homes in four years lead to an interest in real estate staging which she turned into a new staging career with the launch of sixelements.com in 2002. Since that time she has staged homes for hundreds of clients in addition to providing home staging training.

Gould is the author of "Staging Diva Ultimate Design Guide: Home staging tips, tricks and floor plans", "Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The easy way to pick colors for home staging projects", and "Staging Diva Ultimate Portfolio Guide: Winning clients with the perfect home staging portfolio".

In addition to HGTV, Debra Gould's media coverage includes: CityTV, GlobalTV, CBC, CBS Radio, CNNMoney, Wall Street Journal, Woman's Day, Reader's Digest, MoneySense, Entrepreneur, House and Home, Home & Decor, Style at Home, Centre of the City, USAA Magazine, FabJob Guide to Become a Home Stager, Home Style, National Post Homes, This Old House, Home Business Magazine, Globe & Mail and others.