I got a call the other day from a home owner that is about to list her house for sale. She was checking around for pricing on Staging some of the rooms in the house because she didn't have furniture in all the rooms. Her Realtor told her to either have furniture in every room or completely remove all the furniture in the house. Yikes! Maybe he doesn't need a paycheck very soon. That was some bad advice!
Now I haven't seen the furniture she has, maybe it was in real bad shape, but the reason many Stagers do consultations is to give some good advice on what can stay in the home in what should leave. So, Realtors, for some reason you are shy when it comes to asking your sellers to put up money to make their homes sell faster.
I can give you some lessons if you would like. You should never assume the seller doesn't have the money, can't afford it or won't spend the money until you put it out there on the table. Let them decide and tell you flat out if they will or not. I have gotton sellers to spend thousands that the Realtor thought they would never spend. And they will tell you it was worth every penny they spent because Staging works, Staging sells, vacant homes don't.
Proof is there when you run your comps, vacant VS occupied( the closest we have to Staged).
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