Today I want to write about what you need to do to sell your home?  Most of this is pretty basic but I have seen a decrease in seller awareness lately and then I wonder what their Realtor ® was thinking when they listed the home.

Sometimes just doing some basic things will help sell your home faster.

Everyone should listen to their agents suggestions.  They want to sell your home as much as you want it sold but if you do not listen to their recommendations this suggest that you do not trust your agent and do not respect their professional opinion. Remember they sell homes for a living; they most likely have sold more homes than you.

Clean the exterior of the home, remove weeds, trim shrubs, trees, grass, wash your walk and driveway, and remove cobwebs and debris in the corner of garages and entrance ways.  Add some color!

Remove excess furnishings, paintings, plants, and stuff.  I would suggest boxing everything extra and renting storage space.  You may be surprised by removing the extra chair in the family room, the flow of the room will be better and the room will appear more spacious.

Rooms and closets, yes your closet is for you to hang your clothing and shoes and store a few items but if you open the door and something is jumping out at you or your clothes are hung so tightly you need to iron them, you may want to box and store or even give away that old sweater you haven't worn since 1995.

In the kitchen, remove nearly everything from the countertop.   A coffee maker or micro would be ok but the mail,  blenders, medicine, toaster ovens,  books, or anything not useful should be put away and not on the counter.  You want to show the potential buyer that you have plenty of counter space. Maybe add flowers or a small plant.  Do not store items on your refrigerator, this tells the buyer you do not have enough storage space in the pantry, clean your dishes or put dirty dishes in the dishwasher, get them out of sight.

SMELL - Be mindful of the smell, dogs, litter boxes, food etc all smell and be sure to clean the air.

As a Realtor and a home seller I understand this gets to be a pain in the rear but this will help sell your home.  You don't want the buyer to remember your home for all the wrong things!

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