There have been times when staging has backfired, ... People like it so much they don't want to move.

People are tired of seeing white walls. If people don't know what they're doing, their paint colors can easily take $20,000 off the price of a $300,000 house.

[Clutter is a problem buyers have trouble looking past.] Everything should be crisp, clean and very minimal, ... Walk through a model home and use that as your model.

Sellers should never be home.

People want a house to feel like a haven.