With a long, strong background in both teaching and interior design, Andy Capelluto acknowledges that she was born with a 'good eye.' Her passion to decorate homes began in her childhood and her natural flair has won her numerous awards. With her high energy and creative spirit, she traveled the world for 17 years in her own successful business sourcing, designing and buying furniture and decorative accessories.

As a 'trade only' supplier to designers and decorators, her pieces grace many of the top hotels and residences around the world. Her magnificent showrooms were renowned both in South Africa and at the Seattle Design Center - And so with an exciting inventory on hand, she was lured into staging by a friend who was a real estate agent. A staging business was born!

After speaking at the John L Scott Convention in 2004 - She wrote her first staging course for continuing education in Washington State. Her skills as a teacher paid off as Andy became a certified instructor, and opened a Staging School certified by the Department of Licensing. She has spent the last 4 years teaching continuing education classes to real estate agents. Her enthusiasm as a staging teacher is palpable and she inspires and empowers everyone who participates in the well structured and highly informative class.

In the early 1990's six prominent regional real estate schools started working together on a formal basis by sharing ideas and cooperating to provide their students better real estate education and training services. In 1995 Inner Circle Education (ICE), Inc. was formed and by 1998 the synergy was so valuable that participation was opened up to include a few other real estate schools.

In 2001, ICE changed its name to RealtyU® and in 2002 it was decided under new leadership to expand the network nationwide with the addition of carefully selected, ethical and experienced real estate schools and in 2004 numerous additional real estate education initiatives were added to broaden the service offerings.

With the company's 10th anniversary in 2005, the RealtyU® Group had grown to become the largest real estate education and training provider in the real estate industry, offering real estate brokers and agents a complete one-stop real estate career development service through the following companies and divisions:

• RealtyU School Network
• RealtyU Online
• RealtyU Alumni
• RealtyU Bookstore
• iSucceed, Inc.
• Real Estate Professionals Society
• Seller Agency Council, Inc.
• Neighborhood Specialists Council
• CourseDates.com
• Create A Plan, Inc.
• US Coaching
• Broker Agent Speakers Bureau, Inc.  
• RealtyU® is also co-founder of Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation The Real Estate Apprentice Foundation

With over 250 campuses, 32 websites and online educational services and over 400,000 agents trained every year, the RealtyU® Group today educates approximately one out of every four Realtors® in the United States.