How not to stage your house for sale

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https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2019/08/michigan-police-officer-suspended-after-kkk-memorabilia-found-in-home.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/09/kkk-memorabilia-michigan-officer-suspended/1965241001/

Prospective buyers walk through a house for sale, see Confederate flags and a framed application to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan on the wall, post on social media. Seller is a police officer and is put on administrative leave.

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Racist and stupid!

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I bet the neighbors are doing the happy dance at the thought of them moving away.

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And more brazen these days.

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if the house was “perfect” why would you tell the realtor that you wouldn’t be writing an offer? To borrow my mom’s favorite expression when I was kid… “you’re cutting off your nose to spite you face”.

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  1. The buyers may not want to give any of their money to the seller.
  2. The buyers (who are black) may fear that someone who apparently likes one of the US' most infamous terrorist groups would then know where they live and target them.
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I once toured a house for sale…opened the closet and found S & M clothing and gear. It creeped me out and i got out of there.

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Looks to me that it was successfully staged as far as he is concerned. He got the result he apparently wanted.

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Why would you not make an offer on a house owned by KKK members? Well, lots of reasons. #1 for me would be principles - I wouldn’t want to give money for any reason to people whose actions and outlook repulse me. I wouldn’t patronize a store that was known to discriminate, why would I buy a house from someone who does?

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https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2019/08/police-chief-uncertain-if-officer-with-kkk-memorabilia-violated-department-policy.html has more information about the police department’s policies.