There are LOTS of ways to spend your time (and energy, and money) preparing your house to sell.  But how do you know if you are focusing on the right things to maximize your sales price and minimize your time on the market?

I suggest that we walk through and around your house together to focus on two areas...

It's easy to get distracted by making small improvements that a buyer won't notice or won't care about.

Should you scrub down your baseboard moulding to make them shine?  Maybe -- but there are probably plenty of other items that a buyer will notice first and will care about more.

Should you spend time organizing everything on the shelves in your garage?  Maybe -- but only if everything inside your home is already organized.

Should you pull weeds from the flower bed at the very back corner of your lot?  Maybe -- but only if you already have a plan for the landscaping immediately surrounding your house.

Let's walk around and through your house together and build a list of where you should focus your time and energy in preparation for getting your house on the market.  We'll be talking about what a buyer will notice as well as what a buyer will care about.

We will then likely want to prioritize the tasks on the list depending on your timeframe for wanting to have your house on the market.  If you have a limited window of time to make final improvements to your home, let's make sure you are addressing the most important or the most impactful improvements on that list.

If you plan to sell your home this spring or summer, we should plan to walk around and through your house together twice... once now or soon... and once a few weeks before you are ready to list your home as a final check on any final final improvements.