Preparing Your Home for Potential Home Buyers

You're trying to sell your home. Hopefully, you've done all your homework, and are now ready to invite potential buyers into your home. Try to put yourself in their shoes...if you have a home, you've most likely worn those shoes out a while ago. Pretend that you're trying to buy a home...again. What would you NOT want to encounter? Here are a few ideas to keep your home visitor friendly. As long as you keep these in mind, you should have no problem selling your home!

What's that smell?

Have you ever walked into a home, and everything smelled like wet dog? Or maybe the air was clouded with smoke from a cigarette? Perhaps there was a lingering odor of old mold in the atmosphere? Yea, these aren't exactly appealing, even if you are a chronic smoker, or a dog lover. I love walking into homes that are vanilla-scented, or houses that have candles ablaze with sweet fragrances. You want your visitors to arrive and notice how wonderful and clean your house smells. It doesn't matter if you prefer the smell of clean linen, or if you prefer to bake cookies to give the house that 'just-baked' aroma...bottom line is, you don't want your home smelling like dirty dog or a guy's alcohol-strewn fraternity house. (Nasty!)

Get this dog off me!

If you have pets, beware. Animals have the potential of making some people very nervous. Me? Well, I don't particularly like when I am arriving at a friend's house, and their dogs start attacking me as soon as I enter. I actually dread that moment. I don't like when hairy cats pounce on top of me, or when birds are flying overhead and doo-doo is landing on me. If you have pets, keep them under control while the visitors are there. You don't want them feeling uncomfortable and leaving, along with their big bucks, due to out-of-control animals. It's just not worth it.

What's that growing in the tub?