@James Edwards This will depend on your local market including the supply and demand.

You're less likely to get a 'discount' with that level of service but in my experience it can increase the market value of the home by 10's of thousands compared to not doing it.Just a heads up that not all stagers are good, some are excellent but some get caught up in staging and over-stage with too much clutter and furniture items that make rooms looks small.Look at an agent's previous listing photos because ultimately they are the ones who work with a lot of buyers too and should know how to handle listing prep so that it appeals to buyers (aka staged for SALE).

See what the local supply and demand is in the area.

Demand outpaces supply ...substantially. 

A quick look at prices of units not supplied by UCSB show a 3 BR with 6 students starts at ~$1k/month per student (Own bedroom is double the cost). 

In addition, I suspect there are issues/inefficiencies in the materials supply chain due to COVID.

The taxes in the state are not that bad; however, the seller did not supply the actual value.

My name is Abhi Kotti and I am a senior at Arizona State University (Barrett the Honors College) double majoring in Finance and Supply Chain Management.

Neither is the iconic international city, stanford university and berkeley, as well as strict supply constraints. 

Low Inventory With inventory less than 1 month could be temporarily suppressed as people are not wanting to move unless absolutely needed to during this time,  but less than 2 months inventory indicates demand is higher than supply which won't induce price reductions.