Home Stager: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for home stagers and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need home stagers, who else gets a call that same week?
Home stagers sell to individuals and households, and most of the work starts when somebody puts a house on the market. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Home salewhen somebody puts a house on the market
- Death / probatewhen somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
- Aging / care transitionwhen an aging parent needs a different living situation
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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Real Estate Agent (Residential)
They send you work83Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
Residential real estate agents hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Financial Advisor
They send you work68Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Financial advisors hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Title Company
Two-way67Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You and title companies both get the call when somebody puts a house on the market, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Real Estate
Two-way64Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You and real estate attorneys both get the call when somebody puts a house on the market, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Attorney Estate Planning & Probate
They send you work64Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Estate planning attorneys hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Junk Removal & Hauling
Two-way63Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You and junk removal companies both get the call when somebody puts a house on the market, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Real Estate Investor
Two-way61Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You and real estate investors both get the call when somebody puts a house on the market, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Real Estate Appraiser
They send you work60Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
Appraisers hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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CPA / Accountant
They send you work60Trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
CPAs hear about it when somebody dies and an estate has to be settled, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Home Health Care
They send you work60Trigger: an aging parent needs a different living situation
Home care agencies hear about it when an aging parent needs a different living situation, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Residential Cleaning
You send them work60Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before residential cleaning companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Title Company
Two-way60Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You and title companies both get the call when somebody puts a house on the market, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
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Real Estate Agent (Residential)
They send you work59Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
Residential real estate agents hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
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Photographer
You send them work59Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before photographers do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
You send them work57Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before carpet cleaning companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
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Pest Control
You send them work56Trigger: somebody puts a house on the market
You hear about it when somebody puts a house on the market, before pest control companies do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 03
Land title association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: title companies, real estate attorneys, and appraisers.
Title agents and closing lawyers. They touch every deal on its last day.
Chapter finder → - 04
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 05
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, financial advisors, and title companies.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 06
Local mortgage bankers or brokers association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: title companies and appraisers.
Loan officers know a house is selling 30 to 60 days before anyone else does.
Chapter finder → - 07
BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder → - 08
LeTip International
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Weekly referral chapters. One person per job. Strong with trades and home services.
Chapter finder →
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 02
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 03
Land title association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: title companies, real estate attorneys, and appraisers.
Title agents and closing lawyers. They touch every deal on its last day.
Chapter finder → - 04
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: financial advisors and CPAs.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 05
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, financial advisors, and title companies.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 06
Local mortgage bankers or brokers association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: title companies and appraisers.
Loan officers know a house is selling 30 to 60 days before anyone else does.
Chapter finder → - 07
Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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An independent local leads group
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
Most cities have small leads groups you will never find online. A realtor or insurance agent usually starts them. Ask three people in your trade who they meet with.
Let us be straight with you. For home stagers, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one home stager per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for home stagers, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Home Stager
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Real Estate Agent (Residential) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody puts a house on the market - Financial Advisor (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled - Title Company (Two-way)
Shared trigger: somebody puts a house on the market - Attorney Real Estate (Two-way)
Shared trigger: somebody puts a house on the market - Attorney Estate Planning & Probate (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody dies and an estate has to be settled
The three rooms to be in
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
- Land title association: Your partners are in this room: title companies, real estate attorneys, and appraisers.
- Your local Realtor board or association: Your partners are in this room: residential real estate agents, title companies, and real estate attorneys.
- Your local estate planning council: Your partners are in this room: financial advisors, estate planning attorneys, and CPAs.
- Land title association: Your partners are in this room: title companies, real estate attorneys, and appraisers.