Staging a House? Medium Neighborhood?

[Steve L.]

We have been staging the houses we renovate. Basically, kitchen table, family room furniture, basic bathroom stuff and a master bedroom.

Our landscaper called us Saturday and said the kitchen table and master bedroom mattress was missing. So sure enough we got robbed.

The neighborhood is not that bad. But this has made us debate is staging worth it? The value of the stuff taken was not huge, but it adds up.

What do you guys do? We are questioning if we should stage at all? Should we put up real cameras? Fake Cameras? Will that turn off buyers?