Looking Your Best! listing your home for private sale (MLS)

Wanting to get the most for your home? Here is an excellent web video from Local Mega Broker John C. Jones.

I must say I couldn't have said this any better!

"If you’re out there thinking about selling your home, let me give you three or four things that are must do’s if you’re getting ready to prepare to sell your home.  The first thing, cleanliness.  Get that thing clean inside and out.  Declutter, start throwing things away.  Decluttering, moving things out of that house that you don’t need.  Another thing, paint.  Paint is the simplest, cheapest thing you can do that has the most profound effect on a home.

We hate to paint most of us, but I‘m telling you, it’s one of the best things you can do whether the house just needs paint or maybe there’s some dark colors or some colors we need to neutralize, painting is huge.  Plus, it gives it that smell.  A new paint smell is huge when somebody is looking at a home.  Also, flooring, carpeting.  It’s almost impossible to sell a home with nasty carpet.  If your home needs new carpet, put in new carpet.  Don’t try to do an allowance.

People cannot visually see an allowance, but they can see dirty carpet.  So carpet is huge.  For the penalty you take for not putting in the new carpet, it’s definitely worth doing. 

Landscaping outside, everything trimmed, everything remulched, everything looking perfect, deweeded, all that stuff.  

The next level I would probably go to would be updating some lighting fixtures and plumbing fixtures.  Those also usually aren’t huge ticket items to kind of bring up to date.

Another big thing today is door hardware.  Brass is kind of going out, so your polished or your brushed nickel or your antique bronze or brushed bronze are becoming more popular.  

Yeah, it’s kind of a pain, but it’s not that expensive. "

Watch the video at http://www.johncjones.com/Blog/Tips-To-Get-You-More-For-Your-Home