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You Really Think Buyers Will Use Their Imaginations When They See Your Cluttered, Unstaged House?
 
Here's the perspective of a very experienced real estate agent, Patricia Kennedy,  regarding home staging. As Pat points out, neither vacant or occupied un-staged homes show as well as a staged home. She has motivated buyers, but they are having a hard time falling in love with a house.
 
You really think buyers will use their imaginations when they see your cluttered or unstaged house? 
Well, some might.  In fact, there are some buyers who actually seek out these diamonds in the rough.  They are usually shrewd professionals looking for something to buy cheap, then fix up, stage, then resell for top dollar. 
But your buyers who are looking for their Dream House are in a whole other category.  While their agents may be able to spot a great home that, with a little elbow grease or great decor could be fabulous, many buyers looking for the place they are going to live and plant rose bushes and have a great life - well, they usually need a little bit of help.
They are looking for something that is staged to sell.
Buyers often select homes the way we select our mates.  It's pheromones.  They feel an actual physical ... more

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