Preparing to Sell Your Home

When you are preparing to sell your home, there are a few steps you need to take to protect your home and ensure you sell it for the highest possible price.  With price recently up 30% year over year some people think just put it on the market and bring the offers.  While the offers will flow in, are they at the highest possible price.  Here are a few things I recommend to get your home ready to sell:

1) Remove any valuables, people will be coming through your home.  You want them to look at the home not your prized possessions.

2) Remove personal belongings, as much as possible.  A couple photos on the wall are fine but don't have a hallway full of pictures.  The potential buyers end up looking at the pictures instead of the home.  Clear and clean countertops as much as possible to open up the space in the kitchen and bathrooms.

3) Ensure the home is clean, a buyer should never have to "look beyond the mess".  If there is a mess the potential buyer is discounting the price as they look.

4) Curb appeal, make sure the front yard is weed free and tidy.  It is amazing what $30 in the flower department of the local nursery can do.

5)Be prepared to show the home.  If someone calls to look at the home, allow them.  Make arrangements for pets, children or yourself if you need to.  Your home will not sell if you refuse to allow people to look.  You can also set designated days or times that you allow people to come through.

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