The Cost of Staging
When a home is vacant, renting furniture and artwork for open houses and private tours can run thousands of dollars. “If someone says, ‘Hey, I have six bedrooms for staging,’ that can get costly,” says Karen Parziale, owner of The Real Estate Staging Studio in New Jersey and a certified Feng Shui consultant.
Even a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo may sap $7,000 in traditional staging, Goodman says. Putting virtual furniture, on the other hand, costs only hundreds of dollars.