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Is this the best time for a home move up?
We make a lot of decisions that add to our expenses and detract from our enjoyment derived from them.  Buy new tires for the car, and trade it a week or month later.  The short time enjoying the new tires cost you $5 to $20 or more a day, and the trade in value is substantially unaffected.  Remodel the kitchen or bathroom just before you put the house on the market.  The upgrades may affect the sale price, but you received almost no benefit from them other than return of some of the cash outlay.  The same improvements made a couple years ago would likely have the same effect on sale price, along with your couple years of use and enjoyment.
The day of realization is often the day a home owner decides to put the house on the market.  The objective analysis of the agent or the staging consultant may include a list of improvements that will help bring top dollar for the home.  Carpeting, landscaping, updated fixtures, etc. all could have been completed a couple years ago and still bring top dollar for your home.  What could have been a moderate lifestyle improvement a couple years ago is now ... more

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