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Sell Your Home With These Quick, Cheap Fixes

by: HalJames
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To say the current real estate market is slow is a major understatement. From the credit crunch to the mass of foreclosures, things are pretty grim. If you need to sell your home, these inexpensive suggestions can make a difference.

Smoking is not only bad for your health, it can turn off potential home buyers. If you or someone living in your home smokes, you need to deal with it. Clean the walls, floors and remove butts outside. Also replace the air filter in the heater.

Dripping faucets in the middle of the night are a form of torture. They also turn off buyers. Check all your faucets. If they leak, replace the washers. If they are beaten up or don't turn well, replace the entire faucet.

They say the eyes are the path to the soul of a person. In a home, the same is true for baseboards. They tell a story. If yours are beaten up, they tell a scary tale to a potential buyer. Replace and paint as necessary.

Walls are a flat single color surface. This makes them a natural target and they get beat up over the years. If yours are dinged up, fix them. Cracks should be repaired. Make sure the paint blends naturally with the rest of the wall.

Some simple, inexpensive fixes are right in front of our eyes, but we just don't see them. Screens fall in this category. Inspect them all. If they have any problems, replace them.

First impressions count. Give your front door the evil eye to see if it measures up. If it is a bit plain, consider painting it. If you are going to spend some money, a new front door is the place to do it.

There is one repair you can make that costs practically nothing. Landscaping. Trim back the jungle. Do some weeding. Consider buying some new plants. If you have a dull area of the yard or home, spruce them up with landscaping.

I know next to nothing about roofing, but I know a missing or damaged shingle is a bad sign. Give your roof the once over. Have broken shingles replaced. Remove anything that is lying on the roof such as tree limbs. Repair broken gutters.

A cold real estate market is not a frozen one. By this, I mean that homes are being bought and sold each day. You can be successful at selling your home. Follow these suggestions and you'll be on your way.

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Hal James writes about real estate issues for FSBOAmerica.org. Join our free real estate newsletter at FSBOAmerica.org.

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