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 get rid of 50 percent of your belongings. The goals are to get rid of junk you don’t need, create space and potential, and de- personalize the home so potential buyers can envision themselves living there. When the clutter is gone, move on to cleaning. Be meticulous. Tidy each room from top to bottom. Wash and scrub anything that needs to be. 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 functionality. These will be discussed more in the following chapters. A word about painting: If you haven’t painted your house in the last year, consider doing the entire interior right now. If you have painted it,
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