| Everybody understands that every city's housing | | | | sounds so obvious, but you would be surprised at |
| market is distinct. In the Kansas City area, there | | | | how many times I've driven up to a house in a |
| are hundreds of people trying to sell property in a | | | | nice Olathe or Gardner subdivision and wondered |
| market that is currently loaded with new | | | | something like "Did they not happen to notice the |
| residential construction. You can't expect to simply | | | | gate hanging off its hinges?" This is even more |
| put a sign in the yard that says "For Sale" and | | | | important in places like the newer subdivisions in |
| wait for the phone to ring anymore, especially if | | | | Blue Springs where neglect of curb appeal will |
| you need to sell quickly. With all the choices | | | | stand out even more. But this doesn't mean that |
| buyers have, you have to do all you can to make | | | | you have to spend thousands of dollars on |
| your house look like the best deal. Here are three | | | | professional landscaping. Simple things like keeping |
| often unnoticed things to consider when you need | | | | your grass mowed, picking up the dead tree |
| to sell quickly: | | | | limbs, touching up the paint on that railing and |
| 1. Curb Appeal | | | | fixing that twisted downspout can make a huge |
| How your house looks from the road is VERY | | | | difference. If buyers are turned off when they |
| important. If you aren't careful, buyers can make | | | | pull into the drive, it could well be that nothing in |
| up their mind, subconsciously, NOT to buy even | | | | the inside will win them over. |
| before walking through the front door. This | | | | |