Sell Your Home for Top Dollar

From low-cost, instant upgrades to large scale makeovers, here are some ideas from TV pros on how to get the most money for your home.

Sellers want to get the highest price ASAP for their homes while investing the least amount they must before the sale.

Strategy: Since you're the seller, you control the rules of the game. But if reality forces you to make the decision of selling, rather than it being a personal choice, your strategy will differ.

Do you have the time but little money, to invest in improving your home to make it earn top dollar? Here are some inexpensive tips to give your home curb-appeal and buyer-appeal for few dollars.

Do you need to sell quickly because of illness or possible foreclosure? Speed dictates selling at the best possible, and lowest market-price recommended by a Realtor professional. A Realtor should know your area and what similar homes are selling for. Don't be unrealistic. Recognize that every month you stay costs you more and makes the deal less profitable.

The following tips will include a range of expenses for preparing your home for sale. Pick what you can afford or what you can do in your allotted time frame.

Most people will hire a listing agent to represent them for "open houses" and negotiations. If you attempt to do this yourself, you should be fairly savvy about home marketing and the laws involved in legally representing a home to a buyer.

For D-I-Y sellers, you will probably need an attorney or some legal help to close a deal.

1. Spend money to make money: If you've got money to spend on home improvements that will add profitable dollars to the deal, and time is not against you, you've got a wide-open field of choices.

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