As far as not being able to get below market value, well that's true, but as I expect appreciation to occur, in a year or three I will have made up for the net-loss up front, and over time hopfully the newer materials, mechanicals, and transparency of the house (e..g, no furniture to get in the way of inspections) will pay dividends in the bottom line.

To compare, I looked into rental furniture for doing the staging set up ourselves.

Old tv's, appliances, furniture...just shtuff...in the hallways...and the basement?

They take up a great length of wall space that tenants often are not willing to give up, so they place their couches and other furniture too close to the heater, which is a fire hazard.

Good clean neat tenants with nice furniture make a place look nice and rent quicker.

They said they want 90 days because they are going to deplete their cash with the down payment/closing costs and they want to save up for furniture.

A dwelling-house, as such,contributes nothing to the revenue of its inhabitant; and though it is, no doubt, extremely useful to him, it is as his clothes and household furniture are useful to him, which, however, make a part of his expense, and not of his revenue.'

What I got back from one of the cities is a list of code enforcement complaints from neighbors of problem properties who have made complaints ranging of all sorts of things such as burnt lawns, overgrown vegetation, abandoned cars left on driveways, furniture being left in the front yard, occasional building permit issues.

I was thinking of using one of these companies for my staging furniture.

All the buildings are literally packed with boxes, some furniture, and lots and lots of junk.