As long as I keep it to under a $1000 I'm happy with a couple of grand in mortgage payments I'll have to cover whilst it's vacant. I'm still contemplating staging it. That would cost another $2 k, so all up around $5,000. I'm not sure I'd recoup the cost of the staging though.
Also what if the buyers ask questions about who lived there/who lives there? She would say it was tenanted, but what kind of tenant would have such nice looking furniture & be decluttered. Wouldn't it be obvious the place is just for show and it's not lived in. Ie there won't be clothes in the wardrobe. What about the fridge? Do you hire a fridge with food.... That kind of thing?
Also what if the buyers ask questions about who lived there/who lives there? She would say it was tenanted, but what kind of tenant would have such nice looking furniture & be decluttered. Wouldn't it be obvious the place is just for show and it's not lived in. Ie there won't be clothes in the wardrobe. What about the fridge? Do you hire a fridge with food.... That kind of thing?