{"id":11046,"date":"2010-05-24T11:33:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2010-05-24T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T19:09:15","slug":"top-three-improvements-to-sell-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/top-three-improvements-to-sell-quickly\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Three Improvements to Sell Quickly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great question <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/monday-open-thread-2010-05-24\/#comment-101710\" title=\"Comment by David McManus\">in today&#8217;s open thread<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What are the top three things you would spend money on to get a house sold quickly?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are my top three:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>curb appeal<\/li>\n<li>serious cleaning<\/li>\n<li>staging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By &#8220;curb appeal&#8221; I mean literally anything that is visible from the curb.  You want your home to make the best possible first impression on a buyer when they drive up and get out of their car.  Cut the grass, trim the hedges, pull the weeds, put down some mulch, maybe even consider painting the trim.<\/p>\n<p>As for the cleaning, <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/15\/how-to-sell-your-home-deep-clean-to-make-your-house-shine\/\" title=\"How-To Sell Your Home: Deep Clean to Make Your House Shine\">hit up this post<\/a> for a detailed look at that topic.  Also, if anyone has interest in me going back to finish the woefully abandoned <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/21\/how-to-sell-your-home-in-a-down-market\/\" title=\"How-To: Sell Your Home in a Down Market\">&#8220;how to sell your home&#8221; series<\/a>, let me know.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, when I say &#8220;staging,&#8221; I don&#8217;t mean that you have to pay a professional stager.  I just mean get rid of all the clutter around your house, simplify every room down to just a few pieces of furniture and some generic wall decor (i.e. &#8211; no family pics), and re-paint any rooms that have dingy-looking walls.<\/p>\n<p>Those are my top three.  Of course, none of that will really matter if you don&#8217;t price the house right.  But you probably already knew that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great question in today&#8217;s open thread: What are the top three things you would spend money on to get a house sold quickly? Here are my top three: curb appeal serious cleaning staging By &#8220;curb appeal&#8221; I mean literally anything that is visible from the curb. 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