@jgeorges45
If there is a distinction to be made, it is between property that you own and property that you do not own, but that you are using for staging. When you are moving property that you own back-and-forth, the risk is that the IRS would interpret that as you trying to get a tax break for your personal moving expenses. I don’t have any concerns with you hiring someone else to move their property into your home temporarily. My concern is with you paying moving and storage expenses for your own property and trying to use that to reduce your capital gains.
