Residential Transition Specialist™

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For the first time in history, seniors will outnumber the younger generation! And they want and need your help Downsizing and Rightsizing.

Many older adults are deciding to downsize now, cashing out while the market is hot, to enhance their retirement savings with unexpected equity gains to finance a simpler, retired lifestyle. Some have already downsized and are realizing their current furnishing and décor doesn’t fit their new space, at the same time seniors are transitioning into Assisted Living and Care Facilities due to age and health concerns. This dynamic has created a high demand for Residential Transition Specialists with continued market growth projected for years to come!

Stagers are well-positioned to take advantage of this rapidly expanding revenue stream, having already had experience in preparing homes for sale, managing client moves and assisting homeowners with staging to live after settling into their new dwelling. Further developing your existing skills and knowledge with the Residential Transition Specialist Training will create the perfect opportunity to confidently diversify into the Downsizing and Rightsizing business.

Join award-winning Residential Transition Expert Rachel Borrelli with host Christine Rae for the information-packed, 3x2hour learning experience which focuses on guiding and assisting mature clients with their need to downsize to a new location or right-size in their current space. From preparing to planning, editing to organizing, leading to coordinating, to understanding the unique challenges encountered when working with this clientele[and their families], this comprehensive training covers it all.

Participants will learn:

Examine the growing trend and increased need for Residential Transition Specialists™.
Discover how home stagers, designers, organizers, etc. are well positioned to complement their business model with Residential Transition Specialist™ service offerings.
Diversify your company by assessing the different levels of services that will meet the needs of your specific clients and market.
Acquire the information needed to create a business model that combines design, staging, organizing and project management into downsizing /rightsizing services.
Adapt existing skills and knowledge of design elements to meet the specific needs of clients who are downsizing/rightsizing.
Prepare to plan, organize, lead and coordinate every phase of the process for transitioning clients .
Gain the confidence to smoothly transition a client from their current state to their new lifestyle.

The Residential Transition Specialist Training walks you through every phase of the process, providing you with the all the knowledge, tools, insight, emotional sensitivity and situational awareness to create smooth transitions for all of your clients, ensuring every job is REWARDING and PROFITABLE!

This programs earns you 3 CEU’s towards your Masters Designation.

Type of Course: WEBINAR/ONLINE COURSE

Duration: 6 Hours

Fee: CSPs $349; Non-CSPs $399

DATES AND TIMES

This is a 3 session program.

SESSION 1: WEDNESDAY July 14 , 2021
SESSION 2: WEDNESDAY July 21, 2021
SESSION 3: WEDNESDAY July 28, 2021

All sessions run from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm EST

3 CE Credits

Earn three CE credits for the CSP International™ Masters of Real Estate Staging and the Residential Transition Specialist™ Designation

INSTRUCTOR:

Rachel Borrelli, CCSP® Bio:

Rachel Borrelli is the owner and lead Property Stylist of Diversa Designs Home Staging and Redesign. As a member of the Canadian Certified Staging Association and Residential Transition Specialist Instructor, she has a passion for Real Estate Staging as well as helping mature clients rightsize and transition into their new home. As a graduate from the University of Calgary Visual Design program, specializing in Interior Design, Rachel creates safe, functional, and beautiful spaces for people to call home. Rachel is the recipient of a RESA 2019 Top 10 Canadian Home staging award and the current Alberta Provincial President, Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)

Read Rachel’s article: Do You Fit In Your Home

Testimonials:

“As the population is living longer and staying more active – they’re also moving on to their preferred type of living situation. And even though Seniors know what they want for their next step, they don’t often know how to get there! They need assistance with planning for right-sizing or downsizing, as well as with the actual packing and moving process.

And that’s where we come in – The valuable CSP Transition Specialist course has taught me to better understand the needs of the older generation, while learning how to guide them as they start a new chapter in their lives. I now feel prepared to market myself as a Residential Transition Specialist, qualified to help Seniors downsize, right-size or relocate thanks to the wonderful CSP course. I look forward to adding this important new dimension to my thriving staging business. Thank you.”

Rochelle M. Iserson, ASP, RESA,
“Staged Right!” by Rochelle
Residential Transition Specialist

“The Residential Transition Specialist training exceeded my expectations. You know the saying ‘You don’t know what you don’t know’, well, wow, I had no idea how much I didn’t know about helping the senior population. Rachel was thorough and shared her immense experience with ease, always leaving enough time for questions and class participation. Her passion for making sure we had the education, materials and understanding we needed to start helping clients right away was evident. I now feel so much more equipped and confident in my ability to help seniors age in place/right-size in a way that feels truly meaningful. Thank you Christine and Rachel!”

Shelly Chatterelli RTS
Ann Arbor, Mi

“I highly recommended the “Residential Transition Specialist” course with Rachel Borrelli & Christine Rae. The content is informative, well constructed and valuable. I was able to secure a client after the second week! The Lifestyle Assessment positioned me as an Experienced Professional. ‘The Process’ I learned in class was easy to follow and implement. Well worth the time and investment.”

Sylvie Bigaouette CCSP, RTS, CLIPP, La Maison Staging & Design

“I recently completed the Residential Transition Specialist course to establish a niche for my business that is underserved in my area. I’m a first year CSP graduate currently networking with real estate agents to establish a core business in my area. The properties that benefit the most from the CSP consultation/showcasing process are 20+ year-old custom-built houses often owned by couples downsizing. In addition, there are many Senior Living Communities opening in the area for all levels from 55+ Active Communities with single level houses to Luxury Senior Independent Living complexes that transition to memory care. The course provided a lot of information on the needs of this demographic for all scenarios from aging in place to relocating to a smaller residence, so you are prepared to work with any client. It also stressed the importance of building a team and included interviews with those team members to demonstrate the total process to become a full-service project manager. There were many great tips provided for maximizing space in the new location that will be helpful. By specializing in this niche, you can provide multiple services throughout the process from the consultation/staging to sell the property to planning layouts, decorating the new space and many services in between to increases the average revenue per client. With the growing competition of stagers in real estate, I highly recommend this course to specialize in a segment that will continue to grow for years to come to differentiate and grow your business.”

~ Laura

“The Residential Transitional Specialist program is one which is very informative and thorough in identifying the unique and challenging needs our clients may present. This designation is like no other in that you get to work with the clients during possibly one of the most stressful and challenging times of their lives while providing a strong, professional, and educated portfolio with which to be supportive and efficient in helping them deal with these challenges.”
~ Michelle Allen CCSP, RTS, RRPM, CCC

“Having recently completed the Residential Transition course, I think it can be a very valuable course to take whether you do Home Staging, Downsizing Services, or Relocation Services for people who are downsizing. Not just as an additional service to add to one’s business plan, but also serving as a different reference point when working in diverse situations with a side range of people.
Rachel provides excellent information, gained through personal experience, on how to approach people who are encountering those stressful situations; and the service, as well as assistance, one can provIde for them. Ironically, it also gave me some valuable tips on how to ‘downsize’ the years to accumulated clutter and obsolete possessions in my own home.”

~ Pamela Merrill-Schwartz

“I had the pleasure of attending the Residential Transition Specialist program in the Spring of 2020 with Rachel Borrelli. I had no idea what I was in for! The course is jam packed with information on not just how to add a transition specialty to your staging business but how to do it with compassion and understanding of what kinds of emotional adjustments the client would be going through as well as their physical needs. It is extremely thorough, well laid out, and easy to follow and understand. Later on the course was expanded to be provided over three days and supplemented with a virtual hands on practicum where participants learned to actually plan out several rooms to accommodate the changes a client might face while going through a transition, whether downsizing or right sizing. Rachel teaches the extensive and detailed course in a calm and empathetic manner which makes for a perfect pairing. I would highly recommend the Residential Transition Specialist course for any stager to compliment their business and prepare for what is already a highly sought after skill in this industry.”

~ Corinne Janzen, Certified Staging Professional®, Fraser Valley Essential Staging

Is Staging Certification Necessary?

The home staging industry is unregulated and there is no “governing and regulating association”. Don’t let this alarm or dissuade you from pursing your dream. The Home Inspection industry is non- regulated also, in fact many industries are rooted in non-regulation. What it means is simply anyone can say they are a stager and anyone can provide a training course, online or in person………….. without ever having staged a home! Shocking isn’t it? We believe as a new business starting out you need as much ammunition and information as possible to position you as an expert instead of a newbie. Certification for a stager is as vital as a license is to a real estate agent.

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HIGH PRAISE

I don’t know where to start. It was a fantastic class; it was such a pleasure to meet Christine and Lynelle…It was a lot of information in 3 days! I am happy and thrilled that I took this class – Thanks to everbody for their help!!

Mira B.
Mississauga, ON
The first house I staged sold over asking last night!! Put on the market at $339K and sold 9 days later for 400K! The happiness I feel is so indescribable!! I just want to thank you so much for BEING CHRISTINE RAE! I don’t think I could ever have done this without your guidance and amazing program! CAN’T WAIT FOR MORE PROJECTS! The real estate agent wants to work with me too !! WOOHOO!

Yzabelle Sanico
CCSP
“Having gone through my first CSP training class years ago, and then taking a refresher class recently, I still feel that you cannot get a better staging education than CSP.”

Robin LeVine