I also like the staging furniture - I think that it being a little more modern helped really set the house apart.

I'm considering using a virtual broker due the fees and requirements many of the brick and mortar ones require.

It's been tried on many things, beyond just apartments, bikes, furniture, cars etc."

Lots of beer cans, carpet usually ruined (by pit bulls and beer spills)   Furniture torn up if even existent, mattresses on floors, surrounded by unwashed clothes.  

So take those comments with a grain of salt, as well of course she is going to deliver the exact same message she delivers on virtually everyone of her posts.

I'm not big on the various BP "rules", but this sort of house in this sort of neighborhood strikes me as a virtually certain candidate for 50% of gross going to expenses.  

Things like raised beds also take a few seasons to amortize out.If three acres is the minimum, can you set up an LLC for the land, then sell, say, 25% shares as a virtual subdivision, with the co-owners being "tenants in common?"

For that price you could have all the furniture and appliances that are still in the house.

They initially ordered a drive-by appraisal which got virtually everything wrong - sq footage, number of rooms, number of bathrooms, number of bedrooms, etc...  

As mentioned, staging does sell houses and if you're going to be doing more of them, investing in some furniture and accessories OR having it staged really does help and that's something I personally learned the hard way!