Marketing Your Home
Are you considering marketing/listing your home this Spring? If so, take a tour of your home through the "eyes" of a buyer. Look at your home and remember why you bought it. What about it caught your eye? Now, boost those strong points in your prospective buyers eyes. Chances are they will be attracted to your home for the same reasons you first were.
Are there any large items that need fixing or repair? Try to take care of these items before they become negotiation points for your prospective buyer. Items such as roof work or paint work are just a couple of important ones.
Have you ever been to a new model home? Remember how they decorated? Usually very nice, but sparse, not cluttered. Why? The rooms show their size much better. Even large rooms that are cluttered will seem small. You want people to see the full room size so they can get an idea of their own furniture and visualizie themselves living there.
Curb appeal. Take an objective look at your home and lot from across the street.. Remember, this is what your prospective buyer will see first and will catch their eye. You may need only a freshened landscape, or general clean up, but this is very important.