1. Clean It Up, Inside and Out
Time to clean up meticulously go through your home and clean everything window frames, skylights etc. Also make sure that your give your home curb appeal by pulling weeds and putting down fresh bark, also cut your lawn short and make sure that it is watered during the summer season. Clean everything and touch up paint or even repaint some rooms everything must look and feel clean.

2. Springtime is Best
Try and get ready to put your home on the market during the spring season. Everything is in bloom and everyone wants to get outside from the winter.

3. Get a Second Opinion
Have one of our agents go through your home and give you suggestions of what to change and remove from your home. Our agents will help you stage your home for selling. Make sure you listen and follow your agent instructions.

4. Make Your Home Warmer
Make your home feel like home, if you have bright and/or rich colors on your walls you should repaint your walls to a warm neutral color. Warm colors makes your rooms feel warm and cozy while rich colors can make your room cold and stand offish.

5. Brighten It Up
Clean your windows and open your shades, if you have furniture blocking windows remove them. Replace light bulbs and get brighter ones. The brighter your rooms look the bigger they feel. When showing your home makes sure that all your shades are up to let as much sun light in.

6. Now your home history
Know your home, how old it is, how old is the roof and appliances. What major repairs have you had done or done yourself.

7. Spend Money to Make Money
Be wise when upgrading your home before putting it on the market. The best thing to upgrade and the cheapest is the landscape. You get the most return for your money on the sell of your home by upgrading your landscape. If your home needs new carpet pick our neutral color and have it installed. You do not want to take on major additions like a bathroom remodel or a kitchen remodel.

8. First Impressions
Try and enter your home as a buyer and see what your first impression is. Remember that the buyers will be spending a lot of time out side your front door while they wait for the agent to open your front door. Make sure that spot is perfect along with your entry way.

9. Sell before you move.
Before you move sell your home, in today’s market most sellers are reluctant to take a contingent offer. You also need your furniture in your home to make it homey and warm. You also need to define every room for today’s buyers and leaving your furniture in your home will do just that.

10. Be Open for Negotiation
Be prepared that the first offer on your home maybe less than your asking price. Remove your emotions from the negotiation of your home. If you are flexible your will be able to sell your home.