REAL ESTATE
Heipful hints when selling

FIRST IMPRESSIONS are
important. An attractive
and well-maintained home is
going to sell faster than one
with peeling paint, loud
colors, leaky faucets or
overgrown gardens. Poten-
tial buyers have a hard tinie
visualizing what a house can
look like all spruced up, so
help them out by showing
them!

You can add to the value
of your home by simply
cleaning and tidying up,
taking care of minor repairs
and doing minor improve-
ments. Closets that are neat
and organized look like they
can store more than closets

@ down. Low main, garden
@ extras.

A LOW $300’s

where everything is piled in
a heap. A fresh coat of
off-white paint is more ap-
pealing to the eye than pur-
ple walls. Carpets in heavy
traffic areas look in better
shape if they are cleaned.
Make sure that all light
switches work, burnt out
bulbs are replaced and
dripping taps are fixed. Cut
the grass and weed the
garden. Clean out the gut-
fers and straighten up the
basement. Remember it’s
your job to have your house
make a lasting and favor-
able impression on potential
buyers. Your agent can help
you by making suggestions.

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It’s not 4 good idea to
spend a lot of time or
money redecorating, unless
your house really needs it.
Everybody has different
tastes and the buyers will
want the house to reflect
their own style and person-
ality.

Let your agent show the
house without vou. Pro-
Spective buyers may not be
as willing to look around
and ask questions if you are
there. If they feel they can’t
adequately view the house,
they may be put off from
making an offer. It may not
be 2 bad idea to let people

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