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Preparing Your Home For Sale
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First impressions make a significant impact on a buyer's decision-making process!
Once your home goes on the market, it becomes a product. This is not a market where hiring a home stager or doing major updates or improvements will get you much of a return on your dollar. But the better you house shows the easier it is to sell. Mostly de-cluttering, cleaning and some simple, low cost improvements can help you beat out the competition.
 
Try out these helpful styling tips—things you can do for little or no expense—to put a home in prime showing shape.
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Clear out closets and clutter—sellers can give away or pack up toys, linens, and small kitchen appliances to store offsite. Buyers are also forgiving of storage boxes neatly tucked away in a garage or basement.
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Focus most on the most visible areas—the foyer, kitchen, living room, master bedroom, and family room.
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De-personalize the home by removing photos, mementos, and dated items.
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Use plants in colorful pots or inexpensive wicker baskets to fill in empty spaces.
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Look to home catalogs for little details on beautifying the home. For instance, group books, pictures, and objets d’art appealingly on bookcases.
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Try angling one or two pieces of furniture slightly and move furniture 4 inches to 6 inches from the wall to create more interesting room spaces.
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Put away large collections— porcelains, plates, and so on.
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Remove valuables, prescription medicine, collectibles, and breakables.
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Trim trees, prune shrubs, and make sure the lawn is mowed and watered regularly.
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In summer, turn on the sprinklers for five minutes, 30 minutes before the open house. It makes the lawn and driveway sparkle.
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Refrain from cooking anything that leaves a distinctive odor, such as fish, garlic, or cabbage.
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Hire a professional service to clean the home, including the carpets and the windows.
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Set the dining room table with attractive linens, dishes, and stemware.
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Arrange fresh or silk flowers throughout the home.
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Light a fire in the fireplace in fall and winter.
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A mirror in a pretty frame can make a small room feel more open.
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Use as much natural light as possible. Add extra lamps in dark rooms or corners.
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Make functional repairs—fix dripping faucets, sticking doors, and broken fences.
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Bring in another pair of eyes—even if it’s not a professional stylist. The person may see problems you and have missed.
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Online Reports - Getting Your Home Ready To Go On The Market
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Below are some articles suppled by Lowe's. I read the articles before attaching them to this site, and surprisingly they are much less a commercial for Lowe's and very informative. I think it's common knowledge that the housing market in Michigan has not been as robust the past few years as we had gotten used to. The market is flooded with foreclosures and short sales thought the inventory of homes has declined to a 4-6 month inventory. The good news is that interest rates are still extremely low; there ARE buyers. Also, prices have started to level out and in some areas are even on the rise. There is a lot of competition for those buyers, so sellers need to showcase their homes in a manner that sets them apart from that competition. The National Association of Realtors has an agreement with Lowe's that allows us to pass on these articles. We can also obtain coupons for our clients for 10% off entire purchase at Lowe's as well as discounts on paint, carpet and more. The only registration required to receive these articles is your e-mail address, since the articles will be e-mailed to you within minutes of you hitting the "send" key.
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