Selling a home in Reno:

My three biggest advice: Price your home in the top 3 of your competition, have a remarkable showing, if possible sell your home April or May (consistently highest in buyer demand).  In my experience, this has produced the fastest results for my clients.  But your home is one of a kind, so doing a little bit more research will help a great deal.

Some things to think about: The National Realtors Association  conducted a survey of buyers (getting 1,500 responses), this is what they found out...

• Seventy-eight percent of home buyers rank a garage as very important, compared to 74 percent for a living room.  Organize your garage.
  

• (surprise surprise...) A laundry room is more critical than a family room.

• People still like a formal dining room for festive Holiday occasions.  Make this room "extra special".
  

• Buyers prefer to have more than 2+ bathrooms.

• In bathrooms, high-quality fixtures and good tile is a plus.  A lady friend once told me, "we love bathrooms and kitchen.  Everything else is secondary!"

• Home Buyers age 44 and less tend to want homes in the suburbs or in subdivisions, along with access to schools, parks and playgrounds.

• Older buyers are more likely to want a home that is one story, less than 10 years old, and have a flat lot and lawn sprinkler system.

• First-time buyers are less likely to place a lot of value on some of the "extras," like walk-in closets in the master bedroom, granite kitchen and stainless steel appliances.

• Buyers are doing their homework online before they start to shop. Make sure your agent has the capability to maximize your "online views".

• Buyers don't like "house odors".  Buy glade, spray anything vanilla, get a plug in wick (nature springs scent)..something! =)

• No dogs meeting buyers in the doorway.

• Dirty Bathrooms. No-no.

• Last but not the least, sellers try not to be present on showings.

---Don't be sad if you do not meet all the above "requirements".  Some things you just can't change (e.g, no walk in closet).  But the things you CAN improve, please do =).

A few tweaks can go a long way in selling your home for top money. 

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