When selling your Everett real estate, you will want to try and keep your home free of very intimate details of your life

When to keep it personal and when not too:

Purchasers are not buying your home . . . they are buying a house to make their home! They want to see square footage. By removing personal items such as family photographs they will be better able to focus on the highlighted features of the home itself. You want them to visualize their family photos on the wall, and their family sitting around the dining room table for the holidays! When they can imagine themselves living in the home . . . they have made that all important 'emotional connection'.

Don't let your emotional ties to your home affect your judgment. When preparing a home for sale it's important to remember that the way you live in a home, and the way you sell a home are two very different things!

First Impressions Are not always 'Everything'

Statistics have shown that 'first impressions' are formed within 10 seconds of entering a home, both positive and negative. And there are no do-overs. You don't get a second chance to make a great first impression!

Keep It Vacant

The decision to leave a home vacant on the market is often a costly decision for the seller to make. A well furnished home is your most effective marketing tool, designed to generate market interest from your qualified buyers. Homebuilders have known this for many years, spending thousands of dollars to merchandise each of their model homes. They consider it a minimum investment for a maximum return! Your Everett home can sell but in this market the need for perfection in displaying a home can mean getting your price or not.