Simple Rules While Selling Your Home

Here are some general guidelines to help sell your home. These pointers are inexpensive ways to persuade that buyer to make an offer!

1. Clean up your counter space: It's a hassle to store daily appliances that you use multiple times a day. However, keeping your counter space clean and efficient will create the sense of larger space, more room to work with, and will also give buyers the opportunity to envision where they can put their own appliances. So unplug the toaster oven, the electronic can opener, the blender, and so on, and store them away.

2. Rent a storage: You probably have a lot of things stored in your garage, basement, closets, and anywhere else you can find. Just because buyers can't see your clutter without opening any doors, they will find it! By keeping your storage spaces clean, buyers will be able to see the amount of storage the house can hold, and will be more inclined to see the space as actual "storage spaces" for themselves.

3. Put away personal photos: It's great to show off your family's photos to friends that come over, but it's really unnecessary for buyers. You want buyers to focus their attention on the structure of your house, not for them to spend their time guessing how old your children are.

4. Keep the lights on: Light will invite the buyer to step into your home and explore all areas s/he can see. In a dark house, many buyers will skip to turn on the lights for each room, and will potentially miss a great feature of the house that would have otherwise been noticed. Bright lighting will also open up the space, making it seem bigger than it really is.

5. Open the curtains and blinds: Like the point above, letting the sun light into the house will definitely help make your spaces seem larger and more inviting.

6. Keep your pets at petcare: Often times, buyers are intimiated by a barking dog or a growling cat. This will definitely encourage a potential buyer to turn away from a home at its front steps. Because you want your home to appeal to all potential buyers, it's best to keep your pets out of the home during showings.

7. Clean, clean, clean: Before you put your house on the market, make sure to wipe down every window, door, table, chair, and so on. A clean and organized home will give buyers a sense of order and the comfort to make the space their own. Don't forget to put away the dishpile in the sink.