If you're a seller, you'll want the most value for your La Mesa home. Here are a few smart quick fixes which can help you bring in more interested buyers. More buyers= more competition for your home, and that can mean multiple offers, which can really help boost your final price.
You don't have to do an entire kitchen remodel, or paint your entire house to make your home shine. By creating a few key focal points, and tending to a few housekeeping items, you'll make your home really stand out.
First impressions are key, and so is curb appeal. Here are 10 reasonably priced ideas to perk up the outside of your home:
1. With our ongoing drought, many La Mesa homes have brown lawns now. For $2.50 a bag on sale, you can buy bark to cover your former grass. The color selection is usually black, brown or red-- the red is really bright at first, but looks nice if you mix a ratio of 1 bag red to 1 bag brown.
2. Flower power--for under $20, you can buy several blooming flowers to brighten your front porch. Or, invest in a really nice ceramic planter (which you can take with you) and put a mid size blooming shrub inside (which you can also take with you).
3. Roll out the welcome mat-- and be a little creative. There are so many bright, vivid doormats now with flowers, beach themes, landscapes, and so many fun designs.
4. Paint your front door. Red doors, green doors, blue doors...many with a semi gloss paint...all look really welcoming.
5. Sweep the front walk! It only takes a few minutes and it really makes a difference.
6. Put away the trash cans as quickly as you can after pick-up. If you don't have a gated area where you can hide them away, you can create one with 2-3 trellises, and a few strategically placed flowering vines.
7. Power-wash your house, and keep up with it each week. Invest in a long-handled squeegee so you can wipe down the windows too.
8. If you have a front porch or an alcove, an outdoor wicker chair, or bright-colored Adirondack chair can create a focal point that buyers will remember. Or even a small bubbling fountain, or a small statue.
9. Rake up any fallen leaves, whether they're on the walkway or the roof.
10. Enhance all of the senses-- place a few colorful pots filled with scented flowers, like jasmine, honeysuckle or lavender along the entrance path. 
Remember, your La Mesa home is competing with a lot of picture-perfect flips now, and a public who is mesmerized by innumerable house-flipping TV shows...so their expectations are at an all-time high.
Plus, most buyers will see 4-8 homes in a day, and at the end, they tend to forget which home had what features. Make your home the memorable one, in a great way!
If you have any questions about selling your La Mesa home, or want a fresh update on today's La Mesa home values, visit www.sdrealty.guru
2015 Barb Fischer San Diego La Mesa
