| For a quick sale, you need to make your home look | | | | underneath it all. Then make the beds. If you want to |
| better than the competition. When I look through | | | | do more, and really you should, take a hard look |
| pictures of real estate online, I see so many pictures | | | | around. Are your surfaces covered in decorations? If |
| of messy rooms. People haven't taken the time to | | | | so, are these here because they enhance the room, |
| even tidy up a little before they or their agent take | | | | or because they have sentimental value? If the |
| the photos that will be any buyers first impression. | | | | answer is the latter, get rid of it, at least for the |
| So often in these photos, the tv's are on and there | | | | time being. Start packing, even if you don't know |
| are cans of pop on the coffee table. This looks so | | | | where you are going to move. You will be glad you |
| ugly! So I think the easiest way to make your home | | | | did for at least a couple of reasons. First, potential |
| look better than most is to simply clean it up. | | | | buyers won't be distracted by your clutter, and |
| First off, tidy the surfaces. Clearing away dishes and | | | | second, you'll be that much further along when it |
| your daily clutter is the bare minimum you can do to | | | | does come time to move. |
| at least let a buyer see the house that sits | | | | |