Meredith Baer

Everything Meredith Baer said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Real estate brokers coined the term 'staging' to describe Baer's work

“Ok, what happened was, the brokers started to call it staging.”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 28:40 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

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Baer requires all home staging jobs to be paid up front

“I learned quickly to ask to get paid up front, and to this day, I'll only do the job if I'm paid up front, because then I had to run around and buy things, and I would shop the way I always shopped, you know, whether it was estate sales or thrift stores or wha…”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 32:24 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

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Meredith Baer Home now operates a fleet of 36 moving trucks

“I mean, I now have 36 trucks, but I never thought I'd be a girl who had 36 trucks.”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 34:49 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

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Baer was diagnosed with colon cancer the day of a tax audit

“It actually, the very same day I got this news, I found out I had colon cancer.”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 43:32 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

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Meredith Baer Home now employs approximately 320 people

“About 320.”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 53:34 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

HOW I BUILT THIS Disclosure

Baer built a staging empire without ever taking interior design courses

“I never took a course, anything like that, and so it's just something that I enjoyed. I never took it very seriously.”

Meredith Baer Dec 1, 2025 ▶ 26:43 Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map.

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Meredith's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER	Founder & CEO, Meredith Baer Home	1	30	50% 1/2	full record on How I Built This →