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These have been touched upon in many articles in many different ways. We thought that bringing them together in a simple format would be helpful for those who are considering selling your home. There really are only six factors that contribute to the successful sale of your home.

When looking at these six factors it is vital to understand exactly who has control over them and their relationship to each other. 

• The seller (you) controls three of the six factors.
• The real estate marketplace controls two of the six factors.
• Only one of the six factors is controlled by your Realtor®.

Sellers Control

1. Condition – A well maintained home will affect how long it takes for the home to sell and the price finally agreed upon. A home…

Despite current market conditions, sellers must do as much as they can to present their homes as best as possible to prospective buyers. Doing so will increase their chances of getting more traffic thru the doors and selling the home. A house that does not look inviting on the outside will only scare and discourage buyers, who will turn around and will not want to continue the tour.

A tour of a home starts on the outside, in the neighborhood, even before reaching the street the home is on. Prospective buyers look at all that surrounds the home, in order to visualize themselves living there. Many buyers confess driving at all different hours of the day and night, to make sure that "all is well" with a house that they are interested in.

One issue sellers…