Tagged : Staging

The first thing you need to remember is as soon as you decide to sell, your home is no longer your home. This could be one of the toughest concepts you've ever had to deal with, especially if you have lived there for many years. Unfortunately, the blood, sweat and tears you put into your home during that time means nothing to a stranger with an entirely different idea of what their new house should look like. Step back and think about what qualities in a home you would be searching for if you were buying a new house. Then, use those ideas to stage your home to look like it belongs to someone else who appreciates the positive aspects that convinced you to buy it in the first place.

The potential buyer's first impression occurs even before they enter your…

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…