Melissa Marro - Charleston, SC
Melissa founded First Impressions Home Staging & Interior Redesign in 2005 and helped it become one of the premier staging and training companies in the southeast. While still helping clients with their local staging needs, she also helps other stagers begin and grow their businesses. In 2007/2008 she also held the RESA Southeast Regional Vice President Position & was nominated for the 2007 RESA Staging Innovator of the Year and 2007 RESA Staging Professional of the Year awards. She was also the single national winner of 2009 RESA Professional Stager of the Year Award and nominee of 2009 RESA Staging Innovator of the Year award. These awards were based on her significant industry volunteer work as well as individual and company achievements.
Classes offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Melissa founded First Impressions Home Staging & Interior Redesign in 2005 and helped it become one of the premier staging and training companies in the southeast. While still helping clients with their local staging needs, she also helps other stagers begin and grow their businesses. In 2007/2008 she also held the RESA Southeast Regional Vice President Position & was nominated for the 2007 RESA Staging Innovator of the Year and 2007 RESA Staging Professional of the Year awards. She was also the single national winner of 2009 RESA Professional Stager of the Year Award and nominee of 2009 RESA Staging Innovator of the Year award. These awards were based on her significant industry volunteer work as well as individual and company achievements. Classes offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Bevin Googer - Charleston, SC
Bevin Harmon Googer is co-owner and Vice President of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior Redesign. She was named the 2007 Rookie Stager of the Year by the Real Estate Staging Association. Bevin always found herself in a creative field, and now she turns her passions into a business working hard to help agents and sellers get homes sold faster & for more money.
Classes offered: Lunch and Learn Edu-Sessions
Bevin Harmon Googer is co-owner and Vice President of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior Redesign. She was named the 2007 Rookie Stager of the Year by the Real Estate Staging Association. Bevin always found herself in a creative field, and now she turns her passions into a business working hard to help agents and sellers get homes sold faster & for more money. Classes offered: Lunch and Learn Edu-Sessions
Jessica Pirone - Wilmington, NC
Jessica started servicing a need in the eastern coast of NC by opening Just Perfect! Home Staging + More in spring of 2007. She is very involved in the industry, and has been teaching seminars to real estate offices, and to the public for several years. Jessica was a Top 5 Finalist for the 2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year, and has been published in numerous magazines and papers in the Wilmington, NC area. Jessica presents with a passion that makes learning exciting, and an inner desire to help her clients and partners succeed. You are sure to walk away from her courses excited and motivated with all the new information you take with you.
Classes offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Jessica started servicing a need in the eastern coast of NC by opening Just Perfect! Home Staging + More in spring of 2007. She is very involved in the industry, and has been teaching seminars to real estate offices, and to the public for several years. Jessica was a Top 5 Finalist for the 2010 RESA Professional Stager of the Year, and has been published in numerous magazines and papers in the Wilmington, NC area. Jessica presents with a passion that makes learning exciting, and an inner desire to help her clients and partners succeed. You are sure to walk away from her courses excited and motivated with all the new information you take with you.Classes offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Michelle Molinari - Lafayette, LA
Michelle Molinari is a award-winning Certified Property Consultant and Founder/Lead Virtual Designer for "Feature This..." Real Estate Staging since 2006 and has over 20 years experience in the design industry. She currently heads a staff of experienced stagers in the Lafayette/Acadiana region of Louisiana, and also heads a staff of highly-trained Conceptual Designers for both Interior Staging and Exterior Curb Appeal, and located in Abbeville, Louisiana, Ms. Molinari has aided in the marketing of property around the world with concise, well-researched solutions for property-sellers and buyers alike. Some of her current industry positions include: Vice-President Resa – Acadiana Chapter, Lead Designer – Feature This... Real Estate Staging and Lead Conceptual Designer – CurbAppealForDummies.com
Classes offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Michelle Molinari is a award-winning Certified Property Consultant and Founder/Lead Virtual Designer for "Feature This..." Real Estate Staging since 2006 and has over 20 years experience in the design industry. She currently heads a staff of experienced stagers in the Lafayette/Acadiana region of Louisiana, and also heads a staff of highly-trained Conceptual Designers for both Interior Staging and Exterior Curb Appeal, and located in Abbeville, Louisiana, Ms. Molinari has aided in the marketing of property around the world with concise, well-researched solutions for property-sellers and buyers alike. Some of her current industry positions include: Vice-President Resa – Acadiana Chapter, Lead Designer – Feature This... Real Estate Staging and Lead Conceptual Designer – CurbAppealForDummies.comClasses offered: SAR Online Course, SAR 3-Day Course, SAR 5-Day course, CAS Agent Training
Juliet Johnson - Myrtle Beach, SC
A nationally recognizable voice-over actress for The Cartoon Network, Sirius Satellite Radio and ABC Radio, this former Manhattan Realtor, Juliet Johnson, has been a professional home stager in NJ for the last 6 years. She and her family relocated to Myrtle Beach, SC in the early Spring of 2010.
Juliet was raised in the UK and first came to the US to attend Smith College. Following college, she moved to New York City and after a stint selling Manhattan's residential real estate, she had robust career in live marketing, organizing corporate events, trade shows, in-store promotions and street fairs. Growing up as a third generation Real Estate Agent/Investor, Juliet has trained with several of the industry's luminaries, synthesizing and constantly refining those techniques to best illustrate the value of the property.
Classes offered: CAS Agent Training, Continuing Education Webinars
A nationally recognizable voice-over actress for The Cartoon Network, Sirius Satellite Radio and ABC Radio, this former Manhattan Realtor, Juliet Johnson, has been a professional home stager in NJ for the last 6 years. She and her family relocated to Myrtle Beach, SC in the early Spring of 2010.
Juliet was raised in the UK and first came to the US to attend Smith College. Following college, she moved to New York City and after a stint selling Manhattan's residential real estate, she had robust career in live marketing, organizing corporate events, trade shows, in-store promotions and street fairs. Growing up as a third generation Real Estate Agent/Investor, Juliet has trained with several of the industry's luminaries, synthesizing and constantly refining those techniques to best illustrate the value of the property.
Classes offered: CAS Agent Training, Continuing Education Webinars
Bernadette Flaim - Leonia, NJ
Bernadette Flaim, co-owner of Attention2Detail, is certified in interior redesign and professional organizing and has been an accredited real estate staging professional since 2004. Her firm specializes in interior redesign, professional organizing and real estate staging – using expert design and space planning techniques to dramatically up the “wow” factor and value of any home. Bernadette and her business partner were voted the 2009 New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners Business Woman of the Year and she currently serves as the NJAWBO Bergen County Chapter’s Director of Marketing. In addition, Bernadette serves as President of the RESA-NJ Chapter and has a degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York. As a sales associate for Weichert Realtors in Tenafly, NJ, her diverse expertise allows her to bring something extra to her clients, using her insights into how to augment a home's appeal or help with envisioning a home's full potential.
Classes offered: SAR online, 3-day SAR Certification, 5-day SAR Certification
Bernadette Flaim, co-owner of Attention2Detail, is certified in interior redesign and professional organizing and has been an accredited real estate staging professional since 2004. Her firm specializes in interior redesign, professional organizing and real estate staging – using expert design and space planning techniques to dramatically up the “wow” factor and value of any home. Bernadette and her business partner were voted the 2009 New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners Business Woman of the Year and she currently serves as the NJAWBO Bergen County Chapter’s Director of Marketing. In addition, Bernadette serves as President of the RESA-NJ Chapter and has a degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York. As a sales associate for Weichert Realtors in Tenafly, NJ, her diverse expertise allows her to bring something extra to her clients, using her insights into how to augment a home's appeal or help with envisioning a home's full potential.
Classes offered: SAR online, 3-day SAR Certification, 5-day SAR Certification
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