When it’s time to sell your home, you want the right price, the right terms in the right amount of time.  In today’s housing market, how do you get all of those things? These few tips will help you sell your home quickly whether you use an agent or sell the home, yourself.

Make Your Home Look Good

It’s important you make your home look presentable before you put it on the market. First, make your house anonymous.  You want your home to have a personality, with no person.  You want people to imagine the house as their home and not your home. Remove any family photos, collectibles, knickknacks, trophies, and souvenirs.  A girl’s room can have a doll, but no girl.  Put all of your personal items in a storage unit and not in a box in the garage or attic.  The idea is to remove all that clutter that you have accumulated.

Create as Much Open Space as Possible

Removing clutter is one of the hardest things to do because the seller is emotionally attached to most things in their home.  Try to see your home as the buyer would see it.  If you are willing to take someone’s advice, ask a friend to point out trouble areas, not forgetting closets, basements and attics, drawers, shelves, and counter tops.  Don’t be defensive or argue your “right” to keep something on a shelf or in a closet.  You are trying to sell your home and your treasured item will be proudly displayed in your next home.

Uncluttering the Most Important Room in the House

Start your uncluttering project in the kitchen.  First, clear off the counters.  Remove everything—the toaster, the blender, the coffee grinder.  Put them all in a cabinet.  If you don’t have room, then start moving things out.  You have to live in your home while you are selling it, so box up things that you rarely use.  That turkey roaster, crock pot or electric skillet can go to storage.  Box up your extra set of dishes.  Clean out your junk drawer and remove all the junk.  If your cabinets are jammed full, it gives the potential a negative impression of the home.  They want to be certain all their stuff will fit in the cabinets, so give them the illusion that the cabinets are larger by having empty spaces in them.

If you have a pantry, start using the food in there.  Plan menus around the canned good you already have because you don’t want to have to move them or pay a mover to move a bunch of canned food.

Beneath the sink is a critical area.  Remove all extra cleaning supplies and check for signs of water damage. A leaky sink can discourage buyers.  Scrub the area to make it look fresh and clean.

Whether you are using an agent or finding a buyer yourself, these tips will help you get you get your home ready for selling.  FindBuyers.com is a unique real estate matching system that matches home sellers and home buyers in much the same way a dating site works.  FindBuyers.com can help you sell your home, quickly, too.