What is virtual staging?

I'm always going to recommend first that you do real staging when trying to sell your property.

You want buyers to fall in love with your home the second they walk in.

Staging will allow the buyer’s emotions drive their purchasing decision.

If you refuse to have your home staged, virtual staging is the next best thing.

I have even had my graphic designer work with the current furniture that is in the home.

The designer can use their digital furniture in conjunction with your real furniture.

That way you don't have to move a single piece of furniture at your home and your marketing pictures will still end up looking great.

Virtual staging is better than showing an empty room

If you are getting ready to sell your property, you should consider staging your home.

That is when a home stager comes in and furnishes your house with modern, new, clean furniture. It makes your home look like a model home.

The problem with staging is that it costs money. The minimum cost will be around $3k.

If you refuse to do that, you should consider virtual staging.

This is where you take a picture of an empty room in your house, then a graphic designer edits the picture and ads computer-generated furniture.

In most cases, your marketing pictures will end up looking great.

You will definitely get a lot of attention to your online listing and will bring people in to see your home.

The problem arises when the buyer shows up to tour the home.

They came to see a beautiful model looking home and they end up taking a tour of a bunch of empty rooms.

This is not the ideal situation to put a buyer in.

But, virtually staged photos are better than showing a vacant room or a room filled with furniture from the 1980's.