Is staging an occupied home necessary?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a money grab from your agent. You don’t need their staging.

Honestly. Staging just makes the house look worse.

No it doesn't. It just depends. If you have crappy stuff, your house needs to be staged. Some people don't realize their house looks like sh*t.

This is accurate…

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I think staging a home is beneficial in that it can maximize its potential to prospective buyers.

It can show buyers how desirable or comfy the home can look with some creativity.

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Anonymous wrote:I prefer this. Staging is weird looking.

+1. Unless your furniture is truly awful, I would think it’s a waste of money to do staging, and 15k is crazy. We paid 2k to do staging of our condo after we vacated it and listed it when it was entirely empty and I know houses would cost more but 15k is crazy. You could buy nicer furniture for that amount if yours is bad and keep it for your n

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Anonymous wrote:We've used two realtors and both of them included staging as part of their commission.

meaning they paid for it out of their commision?

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any recommendations for good stagers? for an empty house. and how common is it for the selling agent to cover the cost? I guess it couldn't hurt to ask them??

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Here's the thing. DCUM hates real estate agents. To them, they're no different than used car dealers. You can't trust any of them. They're all stupid. They just want to rip you off.

Good staging will absolute help sell a house. You don't have to break the bank on it and you don't have to stage every room. But yes, done right, it will make a difference.