Decluttering and organizing your space will go a long way in appealing to potential buyers. When a home is clutter-free, buyers can focus on the actual home instead of the excess stuff sitting around.

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Start by painting over those bright orange and green walls with neutral colors. Stick to whites, light grays, light beiges and “greige” wall colors. These shades will make your home appear bigger, brighter and more welcoming.

When selling a home, you want to strike the perfect balance between depersonalization and the appearance of a warm, welcoming home. This means putting away most framed photos, bulletin boards and personal items throughout the home.

Go ahead and stock up on light bulbs. When showing your house to potential buyers, all light fixtures and lamps must be turned on. For this reason, it’s important that all lights in your home have working light bulbs.

When getting a house ready to sell, you should have your handyman on speed dial. Make sure anything and everything that needs to be fixed (locks, leaky faucets, running toilets, cracks in the walls, broken appliances, etc.) is fixed before listing.

Staging your home really help it sell faster...and for more money. Fortunately, staging your home’s interior can be easy and affordable. Don’t forget to also spruce up your home’s curb appeal when staging the home.

A potential sale is lost quickly if a buyer won't get out of their agent's car because the exterior of your home turns them off. Make the exterior more appealing; consider painting your front door, adding a wreath, or placing one or two flowerpots on your front porch. 

Almost every home shows better with less furniture. Remove pieces that block or restrict paths and walkways, and put them in storage, along with distracting furniture, artwork, and empty bookcases.

Letting go of your home can be difficult. You've lived there, possibly for years, and the house holds many memories. To detach from it emotionally, you must realize that without you in it, the house is just a shell to be filled by other occupants. Look to the future, where you can make new memories in your next home.

There’s nothing like walking into a room flooded with bright sunshine! The house will feel larger, cleaner, and more inviting than dark rooms that feel closed off. So do yourself a favor and always open all of the window treatments in your home.