Today’s guest blogger and Professional Home Stager, Alice Chan, shares some tips on how to organize the  selling of your home and make the process go more smoothly.

The mere thought of preparing for a move is enough to send most people over the edge, let alone actually preparing it to sell.  Keep in mind that these two events go hand-in-hand and the more you invest in the process upfront, the easier the entire experience will be.

While you are preparing your home to sell, you’ll begin the editing and packing process which will be extremely helpful when you finally physically move.  This is when having an organized schedule and a game plan will be your best friend.

Let’s talk about how to manage this process.

• Get a notepad and pen and walk through your entire home, inside & out, and make a list of the following for each space/room – repairs needed, upgrades needed, what can be packed up, or sometimes what may be easier is to indicate what can stay and know that everything else should be packed up.

• Evaluate the list and determine what you can and will do yourself and what needs to be outsourced (i.e. painting or handyman work)

• Get a calendar and map out your schedule.  For best results, use a year-at-a-glance type calendar where you can see the entire month.  Start with your target market date and work backwards.  For example, if your target market date is say the first Saturday of next month, that means you should have your home staged by the Thursday before, which means the housecleaner should come the Wednesday before, etc.  You keep moving backwards and attach a date to everything that needs to be completed and schedule appointments with the appropriate vendors accordingly.  This will do a couple of things for you.  It will help you see whether or not you’re being realistic about your time frame, whether or not it’s realistic for you to do all the work yourself, and it helps you stay on track to get everything done on time.

The important thing is to take it one step at a time and before you know it, you’re ready to show off your hard work, sell your house and do the happy dance all the way to your new home.

About the Author

Alice T. Chan is the Home Buyer Attraction Expert and creator of the Home Buyer Attraction System.  As a Professional Home Stager, Alice helps Real Estate Professionals and Home Sellers create irresistible, market ready homes that sell.  Her Do-It-Yourself Home Buyer Attraction System was created to empower home sellers to stage their own homes so they STAND OUT from the crowd and make buyers STOP and TAKE NOTICE!  For FREE tips and resources on how to get your home ready to sell, visit Alice at http://AliceTChan.com.  You can also find Alice on Twitter and Facebook or send her an email – info [at] alicetchan [dot] com.

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