February 25th, 2007 
Holly
Today I’m going to talk about what you can do to sell your home faster, and for more money. One of the first things you need to do is clean up! You want your home to look big and inviting, not small and smelly! What you need to get rid of is:
Any trash- this includes dishes, garbage, papers.
Personal things- box these up first, then get the boxes out of there! personal things make it harder for the buyer to see themselves in the home.
Un-needed furniture- more about this later
One of the best things you can do is paint everything a neutral color. Most people are afraid to use color and react badly to it, if you really need to use color somewhere only do one wall as an accent wall, or keep it to accessories.
Make sure the home smells clean, again people don’t like smelly homes, use febreze or another neutralizer to get rid of smells. You can also use candles during the open house, but not ones that smell. You don’t want to trigger bad memories from buyers or turn them off because they don’t like the smell you used.
When it comes to furniture, keep it simple. for a small room only use 2-4 pieces, a table and 2 chairs is good. For a medium room use 5-6 and for a large room use 6-8 no more! and make sure that all collectibles have been boxed up and moved out.
Lighten it up, a light home looks bigger then a dark home, if you have dark wood around the doors and window paint the wall a light color. If you have wood paneling, sand it then paint it a light color or if you have the time, energy and budget remove it and replace with dry wall.
Update small things, one easy way to get more money from a home is to update all of the fixtures. This includes:
Sinks and faucets
Lighting
Handles on cabinets
Door knobs, make sure they all match!
If you have some money to invest before selling, update the kitchen and bathroom if they are over 5-10 years old, stainless steel is a big thing right now, if you can afford to do it, it may help your bottom line.
There are many other things you can do to help your home sell, look around at other homes in the area, if you can look at the inside of home that have recently sold and see what the new owners liked most about the home.
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