A simple truth when it comes to selling houses, is that a well-staged home will sell for more money. Not only will it make you more money on a transaction, but it will move much faster allowing you to move onto the next client. This all around makes it well worth it to invest in a professional staging company that does things perfectly, even though they are absurdly expensive.
A home isn’t a home until it has been properly decorated and buyers just can’t connect well with an empty house. It is of course just a bunch of empty rooms which is plain and boring. A house that is professional furnished and decorated makes potential buyers become much more impressed and have a much stronger connection with the property. This makes them much more willing to spend more money on it and try to get it before anyone else does. This is just human nature, so take advantage of it. If you don’t, you can be sure that someone else will. If you are just getting started as a realtor and don’t believe, just go stop in any homes with an open house at the top end of your market. You better believe that they will be decorated to the top.
Some things to keep in mind if you don’t want to be spending too much on this is that you can do it yourself with a storage location and some basic furniture. You can find all sorts of great things on sale which can start a great collection to be used in the future. St. Petersburg furniture store Furnish Me Vintage does this to make a living, finding and restoring pieces to their previous beauty. All you need to do is spend a little time putting together your own collection which can then be used over and over rather than paying out of pocket for every listing you are going to manage.
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