1. Get yourself a storage unit                                                                                                                                                                     Stashing your clutter in your closets is not a good idea. Anyone who wants to look at your home is going to check specific storage spaces. Overstuffed storage spaces like closets only lets people looking at your home know that it is not as organized as it should be. So, instead of stuffing extra clutter into a closet, go out and get a storage unit for all your extra belongings and put it there instead. For the storage unit, you typically should get rid of a third of the stuff you do not use every day. This way the home is presentable and is ready for any showings that need to be done to be able to sell the home.

2. Find and hire a professional to take pictures and stage your home

With finding and hiring a professional home stager, they will be able to see the home from a different perspective. This way, the home will have its strengths highlighted and the flaws (if there are any) softened. A professional will take great photos so that the buyer’s first impression from the listing photos will be greatly increased. This will increase the chances that more people will want to look at your home.

3. Find the right real estate agent

 Find a good established real estate agent with a great track record of sales that proves they know exactly how to sell your house quickly. Know if they’re the one realtor who can walk into your home and tell you precisely what buyers will love and hate. You should also make sure your agent promotes their properties online as well. Whether on their website or on a social media or even both.

4. Promote the house yourself                                                                                                                                                                     You don’t have to leave the marketing and promoting all up to the agent. Do what you can to get out the word that your home is being sold. Use your social media account to send out promotions to friends, family, and maybe even some people you don’t know. You never know who is going to be looking for a home. You might even consider spreading the word about your home being up for sale in your neighborhood. Send the listing to your homeowners’ association email list and let your neighbors help.

5. Remove personalized items

The reason for removing personal items will allow the prospective buyer to imagine themselves living in your house and make it easier to focus on the home’s highlighted features. Taking out personal items and putting them into that storage unit will increase your probability of selling the house faster.

6. Make small upgrades                                                                                                                                                                                 With upgrades, you don’t need to make major updates or remodels. More than likely you will not get back your money you invested in the updates. Instead, you should focus on more smaller upgrades. Most of the updates you should focus on is in the kitchen and bathroom. This is where you will make a big return on investment. So, instead of sinking in $30,000 on a full kitchen remodel, you should take some of that money and get a new sink and cabinet with a nice counter top. This will transform the kitchen from what it was into something a little bit more modern and it will also be inexpensive. Any of the small upgrades you do can have a big impact on how buyers perceive your home.

7.Light it up

With buyers coming to look at your home, make sure it is bright and welcoming. Brighten it up by using natural and artificial light as well as some light fixtures placed continently around the house. A dark and poorly lit house feels damp and depressing. Also, a fresh coat of paint can also brighten up a room. Whatever makes the rooms pop and make it feel welcoming will help dramatically.

8. Amp up the curb appeal                                                                                                                                                                          Your home’s exterior is typically the first thing a buyer sees in person and on the listing sites. If the exterior doesn’t look presentable then a buyer will not even consider looking at the interior shots. Start by tidying up your yard by trimming up hedges and shrubs, refreshing mulch, and edging the lawn before taking any pictures of the exterior parts of the house. Also with tidying up the outside of the house, you can also pressure-wash the house, walkways, driveway, and maybe even the sidewalk in front of the house to make it that much more presentable. Fresh coats of paint to the trim of shutters help a lot too. Everything matters, even the little things like brass on the front door. Clean up anything that doesn’t look very presentable and add some color to the front to make the walkways feel a bit more alive and inviting.

9. Sell at the right time                                                                                                                                                                                   The best time to sell your home is typically around Spring and Summer time. If you can wait until that time, you should consider listing it around that time. But be warned that spring and summer buyers can be a little bit pickier. Also, you need to price your house right. Just because you want to sell it for a certain amount doesn’t mean your home is worth your magic number, unfortunately. Do some research about area comps, get some listing price suggestions from a couple different agents, and then listen to your agent when it comes to negotiating.