Frankly, and to be perfectly blunt, I find it absurd that the personal property (furnishings, et al) would have to be moved back into the house in order for the moving and storage costs to be considered a legitimate advertising/staging expense (in the form of marketing the house).
Making an unnecessary move would actually serve to increase the staging costs and would result in an even larger selling expense deduction (which would be the exact opposite of what the IRS would want).
