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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe not staging, but often removing some of the very personalized items/furniture, decluttering the space and introducing a few "generic" pieces can help other people imagine themselves living there easier.  It doesn't have to cost a lot. Some realtors include this into their service fees. [/quote]

This is what our parents did when they sold their homes--take out the family photos and childrens' artwork, clear surfaces of clutter, fix what needs to be fixed, and repaint. Back in the day, any realtor worth their salt would have done this on a walk-through with the client, pointing out this old light fixture that needs to be replaced, or that stained carpet or ugly chair that should be removed before the house goes on the market.

When did this become something extra, something worthy of becoming a special line item that's priced into service fees--i.e., used to jack up fees? It's not like realtors hold the secret MLS keys anymore, so why not spend that free hour walking through the seller's house with them? [/quote]

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