Baer was diagnosed with colon cancer the day of a tax audit
Meredith Baer · Meridith Baer Home: Meridith Baer. She Started Over at 50 and Put Home Staging on the Map. · Dec 1, 2025 · at 43:32
Meredith Baer, founder of luxury staging firm Meredith Baer Home, describes navigating a major business tax audit around 2001 while receiving a severe health diagnosis.
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“It actually, the very same day I got this news, I found out I had colon cancer.”
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