Every once in a while, real estate professionals get a sneak peek into how consumers really feel about staging — and agents in general. This happened to me a couple of days ago as I was perusing a former client’s Facebook feed. This person clearly understood the importance of what her agent was telling her, but I can’t say the same for several of her friends.
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