The Home Staging Fix Kit
Built for home stagers and staging companies.
Your ceiling isn't your talent or your hours — it's how many times your inventory can turn in a month before the storage rent eats what the turn earned. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 7 leaks it covers
5 you can close it · 2 a pro decides
- Install help paid as 1099 while you direct how and when they workWhere to look first: For each helper, write down: who sets their schedule, who tells them how to do the install, whose tools and truck they use, how they are paid, and whether they work for anyone else.Keep it from coming back: Before you bring on the next helper, write down how the work will be set up and run it past your CPA first.You can close it
- Staged homes sitting past their term in a slow sales marketWhere to look first: Nothing recovers a slow market. What you can control is how you bill for the time.Keep it from coming back: Every agreement names a term end date and an extension rate. Send the notice before the term ends, not after.You can close it
- Inventory purchases not tracked for depreciationWhere to look first: Make a list of every furniture and decor purchase over the last few years: date, item, what you paid, and whether it's still in your inventory.Keep it from coming back: Log every inventory purchase with its receipt the day you buy it, and mark it when you sell or retire it.You can close it
- Package prices and inventory turns never logged, so mispricing hidesWhere to look first: Pull your last ten jobs: what you charged, how many rooms, how long the furniture was out, and when it came back.Keep it from coming back: Log price, install date and pull date for every job as you go. Check the per-week earnings before you quote the next one.You can close it
- Bigger truck crossing the USDOT number line without registration or right insuranceWhere to look first: Find the GVWR on the sticker inside the driver's door. If you tow a trailer, add the trailer's GVWR to get the combination rating (GCWR).Keep it from coming back: Before you buy a truck or trailer, check the GVWR and ask your agent about coverage first.You can close it
- Self-employment tax not set aside separately from income taxWhere to look first: Know that self-employment tax is separate from income tax. It covers your Social Security and Medicare as a self-employed person.Keep it from coming back: Move the tax share the same day each payment lands, before you spend any of it.A pro decides
- Storage rent creeping up while staging revenue stays flatWhere to look first: Pull your last 12 storage or warehouse bills and your lease.Keep it from coming back: Put the storage renewal date on your calendar the day you sign. Check the rent against your lease every time it changes, not once a year.A pro decides
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Install help paid as 1099 while you direct how and when they work
You can close it- For each helper, write down: who sets their schedule, who tells them how to do the install, whose tools and truck they use, how they are paid, and whether they work for anyone else.
- The IRS looks at three things: behavioral control, financial control, and the relationship. Your answers to step 1 fall into those three.
- Take the list to your CPA. A CPA decides this part, not us.
- If you want the IRS to decide, Form SS-8 asks it to make a formal determination for a specific worker.
- Until you hear back, keep each helper's agreement, invoices and payments in one folder.
Your part: Send it, and make any classification decision with your CPA.
EMAIL TO MY CPA: Subject: Are my install helpers contractors or employees? Hi [CPA NAME], I pay [NUMBER] helpers on 1099 for staging installs. I want to make sure they're classified right. Here is how each one works: - [HELPER NAME]: schedule set by [ME / THEM]; I [DO / DO NOT] tell them how to do the install; tools and truck belong to [ME / THEM]; paid [PER JOB / PER HOUR]; works for other businesses: [YES / NO / DON'T KNOW]. Could you tell me whether these should be contractors or employees, and what I should do if anything needs to change? I can send the agreements and payment records. Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [BUSINESS NAME] | [PHONE]
Before you bring on the next helper, write down how the work will be set up and run it past your CPA first.
What this kit can't decide for you: Worker classification is a tax and legal determination — a CPA, attorney or the IRS (Form SS-8) decides. We only organize the facts. State unemployment and workers' comp rules may differ from the IRS test.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When home stagers go looking for answers, they search things like “home staging rates”, “staging furniture rental”, “home staging pricing” and “home stager salary”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
How should I price home staging packages?
Log package prices and inventory turns so mispricing shows up. The kit walks you through it.
What happens when staged homes don't sell?
Homes sitting past their term in a slow market cost you. The kit shows how to set term and extension pricing.
Can I pay install help on a 1099?
Not if you direct how and when they work. The kit flags it.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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