Home Owners and Home Sellers, you may or may not realize this, but what you are doing right now in your home, whether it is on the market or not, will make an impact on how long it takes your home to sell, how much you will make on the sell of your home, and how difficult or easy the sell will be.

You will learn that when your home goes on the market that any semblance of privacy goes out the window. Your house becomes more of a display piece than a home.

Since we are taking a look in the bathroom, you will agree that there are some things (sights, smells, sounds, etc...) that buyers (visitors) will not want to experience while in that room.

So what do you do to prepare that bathroom for guests?

We have identified four things to do to prepare your bathroom for guests, and these are:

1. Clean
2. Fix
3. Sanitize
4. Finishing touch

Today, we want to discuss step 3, Sanitize! Some may wonder why this isn't the same as step 1. Sanitizing and cleaning are closely related, but, let's be honest. Most of us don't really sanitize when we clean. We throw away, wipe off, and reorganize.

I am assuming that you have already cleaned and fixed and re-cleaned after you made a mess fixing things. Now, what you need to do is look around the walls, ceilings, crevices in the shower, around the tub, in the sink, and around the toilet. You are looking for all the mold, mildew, and just general grime that normally doesn't come up with just the bathroom cleaner. We want it looking like new.

I know this was short, but it needs to be reminded of and remembered. Next, we will look at the finishing touches.

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Jason Secor & Stephen Wolfe

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