of your home when they see how beautiful it is from your curb!
This might seem like an overwhelming list, but it truly takes hard work to get a home ready to sell.
STAGING YOUR HOME
In addition to creating curb appeal to attract buyers and give a great first impression, you’ll want to stage your home. Curb appeal will attract buyers into wanting to see the inside of your home, too. That’s why it’s so important to stage it. You can hire someone to do much of the hard work for you, but some things you can handle yourself: Staging begins with decluttering, tidying, cleaning, and then deep cleaning. For decluttering, use this rule: go through your home, and pack up 50 percent of your belongings. The goals are: • get rid of junk you don’t need; sell or donate to charity • create space and potential; you want your house to seem roomy, not cramped • de-personalize the home so buyers can envision themselves living there; this includes personal photos, religious emblems, ribbons & trophies, and that collection of MARVEL action figures. These are your family treasures, so pack them away for safekeeping. • once the clutter is gone, move on to cleaning. Be meticulous. Tidy each room from top to bottom. Wash and scrub anything that needs cleaning. You’ll then want to move on to painting, updating, or upgrading different parts of your home, and making other small improvements and repairs to improve the overall look and
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