Paying attention to how your home will appear to others will help you sell your home

If you are trying to sell a home in today’s market there are a few things to keep in mind that will help your home stand apart from the pack.  Prioritize and analyze what will fit in your budget and take the steps necessary to make your home show well and appeal to prospective buyers.

• Fresh & Clean: Inspect your home inside and out. Does it need a fresh coat of paint? A new coat of paint will always be recouped in the sale of a home and is well worth the cost.  Does it look clean and spacious?  Pack up extra items that are not in use, the more clutter free the better it will show.  Just like an empty house shows better.

• Curb appeal: Pay attention to your home as if you were a potential buyer.  Is it warm and inviting?  Clean?  Spruce up your landscaping, make sure that your lawn is green and well-kept, that your flower beds are weeded and mulched, and that the exterior of your house is clean and presentable.

• Inspection: There will be a home inspection completed by the buyer after you receive the agreed upon contract. If its in your budget try to do one yourself.  Attend to as many items that could possibly hold up the sales process.

• Best areas of a home to update and remodel? The Master Bathroom and Kitchen.  Don’t spend the money to redo your entire home but remodeling the master bath and kitchen areas of your home will make it more appealing and quickly catch a buyer’s eye.

• Evaluate: Are the remodel/updates going to net you more than you are putting into them?  It is very important to pay attention to your local market and make the improvements that will help not hurt.  If you are not going to get the money back that you are intending to put into your home, don’t make changes.  Do only low-cost improvements and concentrate on making sure your home is kept neat and clean.

Check out YahooRealEstate.com for more information and helpful hints on ways to sell your home. If your interested in selling your home call Bonnie Mullinax at 770.606.0054 for a FREE market analysis.

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