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1.) Have your home available and ready at any time

Your Michigan home should always be available for show, even though it may occasionally be inconvenient for you. Let your listing agent put a lock box in a convenient place, to make it easy for other agents to show your home to homebuyers. Otherwise, agents will have to schedule appointments, which is an inconvenience. Most will just skip your home to show the house of someone else who is more cooperative.

Most agents will call and give you at least a couple of hours notice before showing your property. If you refuse to let them show it at that time, they will just skip your house. Even if they come back another time, it will probably be with different buyers and you may have just lost a chance to sell your home.

2.) Try Not to be Home

Whether it is a Wayne county Home, or an Oakland county home Homebuyers will feel like intruders if you are home when they visit, and they might not be as receptive toward viewing your home. Leave the house, go anywhere, take a walk, go shopping, get out of the house and off the property. If you absolutely cannot leave, try to remain in an out of they way area of the house and do not move from room to room. Do not volunteer any information,  many times sellers show how anxious they are to sell or give the buyer information to make the buyers bargaining position stronger.  

3.) Lighting

When you know someone is coming by to tour your home, turn on all the indoor and outdoor lights ? even during the day. At night, a lit house gives a "homey" impression when viewed from the street. During the daytime, turning on the lights prevents harsh shadows from sunlight and it brightens up any dim areas. Your house looks more homey and cheerful with the lights on.

4.) Fragrances

Do not use scented sprays to prepare for visitors. It is too obvious and many people find the smells of those sprays offensive, not to mention that some may be allergic. If you want to have a pleasant aroma in your house, have a potpourri pot or something natural. Or turn on a stove burner for a moment and put a drop of vanilla extract on it. It will smell like you have been cooking.  or burn a chocolate chip scented candle. 

5.) Pet Control

If you have pets, make sure your listing agent puts a notice with their front desk that takes the listing appointments.  They need to tell the buyers agent about the pets. The last thing you want is to have your pet running out the front door and getting lost. If you know someone is coming, it would be best to try to take the pets with your while the homebuyers tour your home. If you cannot do that, It is best to keep dogs in a penned area in the back yard. There is nothing worse than a barking dog or a smelly pet to ruin a sale.  Try to keep indoor cats in a specific room when you expect visitors, and put a sign on the door. 

6.) The Trash Cans 

Especially if your kitchen trash can does not have a lid, make sure you empty it every time someone comes to look at your home ? even if your trash can is kept under the kitchen sink. Remember that you want to send a positive image about every aspect of your home. Kitchen trash does not send a positive message. You may go through more plastic bags than usual, but it will be worth it.

7.) Keep the House Tidy

Not everyone makes his or her bed every day, but when selling a home it is recommended that you develop the habit. Pick up papers, do not leave empty glasses in the family room, keep everything freshly dusted and vacuumed. Try your best to have it look like a model home ? a home with furniture but nobody really lives there.