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Old 06-01-2018, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by EPutnam1863 View Post
One staging designer told us that because our furnishings were traditional, we should put them all in storage and rent transitional furniture which has aboslutely no personality at all.
Realtors in our area up north are often recommending the same. I have noticed that many houses up here that have done that, along with some minor upgrades and updating, have sold very fast and usually at or close to asking price versus comparable houses that have not done so.

Realtors also stress up here the importance of the quality of the photos that are posted online. According to the realtors the younger generation, because of their busy lifestyle, filter everything online first and will totally blow off any home with not so great pics.