| Are you getting ready to sell your home or | | | | cosmetic touches can make a big difference |
| another piece of Missouri real estate? The | | | | when it comes to selling Missouri real |
| real estate market is tough right now and it | | | | estate. |
| can be hard to get someone to buy your | | | | |
| Missouri home for a fair price. | | | | 3. Stage the house -- Staging has been proven |
| | | | to sell home faster and usually staging will |
| But if you take the time and put in the | | | | get you a higher offer. Staging is the |
| effort to do a few simple things before you | | | | process of renting or buying furniture, art, |
| get ready to sell your home, you have a much | | | | and other items to make the home look lived |
| better chance of getting your full asking | | | | in. |
| price for your property. | | | | |
| | | | Much like dressing a stage for a theater |
| Here are five things that you should do to | | | | production, you are creating an atmosphere |
| drive up the value of your Missouri real | | | | using this furniture to place an image in the |
| estate before you put it on the market. | | | | buyer's mind of what the house would look |
| | | | like with their furniture in it. If you |
| 1. Make inexpensive improvements -- Anything | | | | don't have a lot of design experience you |
| that you can do to make the house look more | | | | should hire a design consultant to stage the |
| attractive to buyers without spending a | | | | house for you. |
| fortune is worth the financial investment. | | | | |
| Put new cabinet doors on old cabinets to give | | | | 4. Compare comparable listings -- Before you |
| them an updated look, or get bathroom tubs | | | | set the price for your Missouri real estate |
| refinished to make them look new. Install a | | | | look at comparable properties in the |
| new sink or new light fixtures to give the | | | | neighborhood and see what they are priced at. |
| house a more modern, updated look without | | | | If you price your home too high you might not |
| breaking your budget. | | | | get a buyer right away, but if you price the |
| | | | house too low you might price yourself out of |
| 2. Add cosmetic touches -- Selling a home is | | | | a profit. |
| all about selling the idea of a cozy family | | | | |
| gathering place, so adding any cosmetic | | | | 5. Clean the house -- You'd be surprised how |
| touches that you can to evoke that image in a | | | | many people forget to really clean the house |
| buyer's mind will help you sell that Missouri | | | | thoroughly before showing it. Hire a cleaning |
| real estate faster and for a higher price. | | | | service to come in and give it a good scrub |
| | | | from top to bottom before you start showing |
| Repaint the walls, have the carpets | | | | it. Nothing will entice prospective buyers |
| professionally cleaned, fix up the yard and | | | | like a sparkling clean, professionally staged |
| add some new plants for curb appeal. The | | | | home. |