Selling a home in today’s miserable real estate marketplace is certainly a chore. More than ever, we need to be smart when planning on the sale, even before listing the home with an agent, broker, or doing a “for sale by owner”.

First impressions are everything to a potential buyer. The loveliest home doesn’t have a chance with poor photography. Whether the listing occurs in the newspaper, real estate flyer, or on-line, photos are the first impression of your home for many buyers. With so many listings posted in some areas, trying to make out details in dark, blurry photos when there are a lot of other listings to look at could have a very negative effect.

Once you have enticed the prospect to a “walk through”, consider just how clean and presentable is your curb? Does it need to have sand, dirt or pebbles swept clean? Does it need to have leaves, cigarette butts or other debris cleaned up? Are there weeds or grass growing in the cracks and crevices of your curbs and sidewalks? Concrete curbs, sidewalks and driveways that are badly cracked or broken should be replaced.

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