Curb Appeal is EVERYTHING...

I hear a lot about CURB APPEAL, but what does it mean????

A buyer's first impression of your home for sale means everything!!!! You never get a second chance to impress those picky house hunters! In today's market you are competing against 30 or 40 other homes within 5 miles of yours! Similar in price, condition, beds and baths, and square footage. When they are touring ten homes a day, how can you make yours stand out?

• Paint is cheap! Paint your porch, trim, front door, and whole exterior if need be

• Paint is cheap! Paint the inside of your home. Nothing pops like clean walls!

• New hardware, new front door, new entry mat.

• Clean all the windows!

• No Pet smells (biggest turn off by far from my independent research)

• Mow the grass. Pull the weeds... trim the hedges.

• Paint is cheap! Paint the fence or stain the fence!

• Pressure wash EVERYTHING: Driveway, garage doors, annoying neighbor kid

• Clean and de-clutter your entryway!

• Nothing in the yard! Put away the toys, bikes, and garbage cans

Hint: Have waterbottles for potential buyers with your property on it on a sticky label! I do it for ALL of my listings and it gets attention. Now you have buyers walking around the rest of the day with your home on their bottle (and on their mind)!!!!

Jim O'Day

RSVP Real Estate

425-359-2708

Jim@rsvpRE.com