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Tips on Preparing Your Home for Sale
While I can certainly help you sell your home, you, the homeowner, also play an important role. Here are some tips that will help you get the best price:

Make a Good First Impression. Make sure your yard looks good -- trim and edge the lawn, rake leaves, replenish rocks and bark you're using for groundcover. You may even consider painting the front door to give it a fresh look. Anything you can do to let prospective buyers know your house is well cared for will enhance its curb appeal.

Clean the Inside. Make sure everything looks great -- clean the appliances, touch up paint (or put on a new coat of paint for a really fresh look), fix leaky faucets, changed burnt-out bulbs, mop the floors. Regrout and caulk where that's needed. Put out your best towels and bathmats. Clean the place as if you're expecting company, and then fix it up some more!

Brighten the Place Up. During the day, pull back drapes and open blinds so everyone can see how bright your home is. Turn on lights in rooms and hallways that don't get natural light. At night, turn on all the lights, inside and out, to welcome your potential buyers.

Enhance Storage Areas. The person who buys your home is looking for more than just a nice place to live. They’re also looking for storage space. Try to make sure any attic or garage space you have for storage is free of unnecessary clutter.

Make it Safe. You may have learned to live with the slippery rug or the precariously perched boxes on the top shelf of that closet, but prospective buyers and Realtors® have not. Make your home as safe as possible for visitors.

Maximize Closet Space. It's simple: a well-organized closet seems larger than one that is in disarray. Box up the clothes you haven't worn for years and donate them.

Don't Be There. When your house is being shown, be sure to find someplace else to be. Prospective buyers already feel like intruders, and if you're there, they may hurry through. Your absence allows them to more leisurely look at and appreciate the great things about your home.

Watch Your Pets. You may love your pets, but they should not be around when your home is being shown. Take them with you or, at the very least, ensure they are safely put away somewhere where they will not be a bother to your visitors.

Follow these tips and the sale of your home will go much more smoothly and quickly!