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