Selling Your House: 5 New Year Resolutions
1. I will begin thinking about fixing up my house--now.
This is a smart strategy that will only help you, no matter what you do. Because the best way to start prepping your house for sale isn't to put a For Sale sign in the yard, but to start working on home repairs. So start a list of home improvement projects. If the kitchen faucet is leaky, you know what you have to do.
2. I will clean my house--now.
While you're fixing up your home, you should really be thinking about all of the junk that has piled up over the years. Do yo really want to pack that up and move it with you to a new house? If the answer is--well, as a matter of fact, yes, I do want my junk in the next house--then invest in some cardboard boxes now and begin organizing your clutter. Might as well. It's going to take awhile.
3. I will plan now to price my house as though we're living in 2011 and not 2007.
Do the research that you need to do and see what comparable houses are going for in your neighborhood and price accordingly, even if it's really, really painful. If you're going to someday live in your dream home, you can't live in a dream world.
4. I will get a pre-inspection for my own house, before I sell it.
This is something I always recommend to my clients. Have a pre-listing inspection conducted on the home now and then have the opportunity to have any issues corrected before the buyer's inspector finds the problems and puts the sale in jeopardy.
5. I will think about moving and other logistics--now.
The point of thinking now about how you're going to haul your belongings from one house to another is that by the time moving day comes, you won't be worried. Also, you can start thinking about what you're going to do with your dog when your Realtor brings strangers trooping through your home. Your future self will gratefully look back and think your present self is an utter genius.
Ann Alderson is a Professional Home Stager and Home Selling Strategist in the Tampa Bay area.
This is a smart strategy that will only help you, no matter what you do. Because the best way to start prepping your house for sale isn't to put a For Sale sign in the yard, but to start working on home repairs. So start a list of home improvement projects. If the kitchen faucet is leaky, you know what you have to do.
2. I will clean my house--now.
While you're fixing up your home, you should really be thinking about all of the junk that has piled up over the years. Do yo really want to pack that up and move it with you to a new house? If the answer is--well, as a matter of fact, yes, I do want my junk in the next house--then invest in some cardboard boxes now and begin organizing your clutter. Might as well. It's going to take awhile.
3. I will plan now to price my house as though we're living in 2011 and not 2007.
Do the research that you need to do and see what comparable houses are going for in your neighborhood and price accordingly, even if it's really, really painful. If you're going to someday live in your dream home, you can't live in a dream world.
4. I will get a pre-inspection for my own house, before I sell it.
This is something I always recommend to my clients. Have a pre-listing inspection conducted on the home now and then have the opportunity to have any issues corrected before the buyer's inspector finds the problems and puts the sale in jeopardy.
5. I will think about moving and other logistics--now.
The point of thinking now about how you're going to haul your belongings from one house to another is that by the time moving day comes, you won't be worried. Also, you can start thinking about what you're going to do with your dog when your Realtor brings strangers trooping through your home. Your future self will gratefully look back and think your present self is an utter genius.
Ann Alderson is a Professional Home Stager and Home Selling Strategist in the Tampa Bay area.
Staging South Tampa offers home staging consultations (staging to sell), room re-designs (staging to dwell) and wall color consultations.
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Posted by Ann Alderson's Staging Blog at 12/22/2010 3:10 PM 
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Selling Your House: 5 New Year Resolutions
1. I will begin thinking about fixing up my house--now.
2. I will clean my house--now.
3. I will plan now to price my house as though we're living in 2011 and not 2007.
4. I will get a pre-inspection for my own house, before I sell it.
5. I will think about moving and other logistics--now.
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