Staging a property has become an excellent tool to feature a home’s best qualities and is often warranted, especially for homes that have dated furniture or a lack of furniture. Staging your home can be costly,running from as little as $1000 up to $20,000depending on the size of the home and the number of pieces of furniture required. The property may also require more extensive renovations such as painting, replacing flooring, carpeting, vanities, light fixtures, installing granite or quartz counter tops, resurfacing tubs or installing new plumbing fixtures. As an experienced Realtor I’ve learned that although warranted in many cases, staging requires discipline and the ability to determine if the cost of staging will actually net the home owner more money in their pocket than if they went without it and perhaps just followed some simple recommendations. I often find that working with what is already there, removing clutter, clearing counter tops and enhancing a few of the home’s best qualities & features is often all that is required to reach your homes highest potential marketability.