Selling your home....What gets buyers to say, "Honey...Stop the Car!"?

Honey, Stop the Car!

Many homes look exactly the same from the outside. The buyer may not even stop to look at all of your improvements. The picture of the home on the internet or the appearance when diriving by needs to scream, 
"Honey...Stop the Car"!  

How you ask? Make the home look happy and inviting. Make it smile! Nobody wants to look at a grouch. 


A "Happy Home" that "Smiles" will get noticed when a prospective buyer drives by

Honey, Stop the Car!....The List...The Outside

Think about a distintive feature that will set your home apart from all of the others when prospective buyers drive by:.

1. A Fountain
2. An inviting curving path
3. A porch with a rocker
4. A Magnificent plant
5. A Picket fence
6. An Archway
7. A Stunning door
8. New spectacular shutters or awnings
9. Planters under the windows and potted plants on the porch
10. An American Flag!

After they have stopped....The List....The Inside

After, they get to the front door after they called you? According to the HomeGain survey, the top five home improvements that Realtors recommend to home sellers based on cost and return on investment (from highest to lowest ROI) are:

1. Cleaning and de-cluttering ($200 cost / $1,700 price increase / 872% ROI)
2. Home staging ($300 cost / $1,780 price increase / 586% ROI)
3. Lightening and brightening ($230 cost / $1,300 price increase / 572% ROI)
4. Landscaping ($320 cost / $1,500 price increase / 473% ROI)
5. Repairing plumbing ($385 cost / $1,250 price increase / 327% ROI)

Where to Start?

If you don't feel like you know where to start call your Realtor or me. We know what improvements will get the "I think we could live here" response from buyers.

Feel free to contact me at Selling my home in Arizona with any questions or comments. I would be pleased to help sellers in Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills and Northeast Phoenix. A Realtor from my office can help you anywhere in Arizona.