Decorate it well.

Pick nice colors for the pillows, rugs, bedspreads, decor items and art work so that the room is not boring.   

If you're completely color inexperienced, you may even want to bring in a designer/decorator to help you.

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However, I think that staging can certainly help create an ideal of what the house could look and feel like if it were decorated.

My wife enjoys decorating the house for the seasons.She listens to me talk about commercial real estate investments and development and is interested but likes doing her own stuff.There are teams out there that both love real estate and other partners who find joy and currency in many other different things.I celebrate the differences as it is another unique angle in life to experience and enjoy.The big question is if your girlfriend is okay with having 3 tenants living next door to her?

You did an incredible job decorating that! 

It was a forclosure and needed a little work...did the big stuff the first month then  I rented out rooms like roommate situation (but didn't live there but could come and go) for the first 8 months to complete the minor renovations and decorating etc.  

You mean, that I can decorate houses and make money with it, but don't have to have anyone else tell me what they want?'

Although I have loved my career, and had years of relatively tax-free income while living overseas, I really wanted a change of interior brain decor.