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HOW TO PREPARE YOUR HOUSE FOR SALE
Every seller wants her home to sell fast and bring top dollar, but it takes more than luck to make this happen. It involves careful planning and knowing how to professionally spruce up your home so that you'll convince homebuyers to scurry for their checkbooks.
Disassociate Yourself With Your Home
Letting go can be difficult. You've lived here, possibly for years, and it's your home. It's become a part of you. But you have to make that emotional break. Tell yourself, "This is not my home. It is a house. It is a product to be sold just like a box of cereal on the grocery store shelf."
Make the mental decision to let go of your emotions and focus on the fact that soon this house will no longer be yours.
Picture yourself handing over the keys and envelopes containing appliance warranties to the new owners. Say goodbye to every room. Stand in each doorway and talk out loud about your memories if that's what it takes. Don't look backward. Look to the future.
Depersonalize the Space 
Pack up those personal photographs and family heirlooms. You'll have to do it eventually anyway when you move, and buyers tend to have a hard time seeing past ... more

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