Preparing Your Home For Market

You’ve come to the point now that you have a conservative idea as to what you will net from the sale. Now it is time to consider what you will do to prepare your house for market. There are a couple of things to consider. If your house is about to be foreclosed on- don’t worry about fixing a hole in the wall, an investor will be buying your house and he already knows what he will have to put into and what he will get out. You need to sell fast and save your credit! For just about any other circumstance, there is a minimum that you should do if you realistically want to sell your home in a reasonable amount of time. The obvious things are cleaning: washing windows, vacuuming and treating carpets, touch up paint, scrubbing down bathrooms, etc. Staging a home is also necessary, and you can consider it your first step to an organized move out. Staging, in its most modest application, can be done by simply eliminating clutter, or its most profound applications, by having a professional decorate and design the furniture layout and bring in all the furnishings. This is very common in the luxury home markets like Rancho Santa Fe and La Jolla as well is with new homes.
You may also want to consider a remodel before selling. Although it is time intensive, it may maximize your homes potential to sell fast and at top dollar. Don’t plan on getting every penny out of an improvement. Here is a list of some of the best improvements to make, and how much of the cost you can expect to come back to you.