Why Choose Us

Karen Otto’s love for all things “home” started when she was young and would rearrange her parents’ furniture when she got bored. She later found her niche in marketing and earned her degree at Florida International University in Miami, FL. In 2006, she cultivated her passion for “all things home and marketing” and channeled that energy into her company, Home Star Staging, in Plano, TX. In that same year, Karen earned her Accredited Staging Professional designation. In 2009, Karen became the Charter President of the RESA-Dallas Chapter, served as the 2011-12 RESA-Texas State President, and has served as RESA’s Regional Vice President and the National RESA Board.

Karen’s passion has always been helping people, and that translates whether working with clients, colleagues, or peers within the industry. In 2008, her love for teaching and her expertise in home staging culminated in a Workforce Development Course she created for North Texas home sellers, which was offered through Collin College in Plano, TX. The course was designed to help anyone understand the value and importance of staging a home for selling in any market. Karen believes an educated consumer is her best client.

An avid social networker, writer, and speaker, Karen is a nationally recognized expert in the home staging industry and is passionately committed to educating others about the power and benefits of home staging. Karen’s work, commentary, and writing have appeared on HGTV & Discovery Channel, FOX 4’s Good Day Dallas!, WFAA Good Morning Texas, The HuffPost, AOL Online, Forbes.com,  Do Your Own Home Staging by Tina Parker, as well as in blog spots, e-zines, and online publications around the globe.

Karen has been consistently recognized as one of the Top Influencers in the Home Staging Industry by fixr.com.

Karen envisions herself as part of a contingent of home stagers around the country who are leading the way to make home staging an industry standard for every residential real estate transaction.

Since 2006, Home Star Staging has been turning house hunters into home buyers! We help home sellers, REALTORS®, home builders and real estate investors market their listings. We’re a leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A pioneer in the industry, our President, Karen Otto, taught a home staging class at Collin College for 12 years and has shared the benefits of home staging on national and local TV, radio shows and countless publications online. 

We believe in maximizing the value of your home sale for the least amount of investment. We won’t oversell the services you don’t need. We want you to sell your home as quickly as possible for minimal investment so you can maximize your profit.