Video — Agent Insider — How To Prep The Inside Before Selling

For many homes and markets, professional help from someone in staging makes good financial sense. Like this video say,check your staging options first. If you are doing it yourself,here are 5 key tips. One - Depersonalize. You want the buyer to envision this house being their home? Remove the things that make it YOUR home - photos, awards, collections, and STUFF. Two - MOVE the stuff. It is tempting to shove things in closets and atticsbut your prospective buyer will see a much smaller house if those spaces are full. Move it to a storage space or a friends garage. Three - Warm it up. Baking bread or cookies adding fresh flowers and colorful pillows and throws are touches used by professional stagersto make a place warm without your stuff. Four - Light it up! Light sells homes. Clean windows, inside and out. Light bulbs all workingand curtains open or even gone. Five - Go Away. Dont hover - leave. Pack for a day tripand have your realtor tell you when to return Buyers will not envision themselves buyingif you are around. Depersonalize and move stuff out; Warm it up and light it up. Then leave and let your realtor do their job.