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Under $0.08 per image, sampler schedule—not model choice—binds virtual staging quality; default to 25–30 steps, escalate for listing-grade realism. Independent technical note mirroring the canonical version: https://lionvaplus.com/blog/virtual-staging-cost-pick-a-diffusion-sampling-tradeoff-under-008image.php Sources consulted: https://www.bluusun.com/
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