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I hate to tell you this, but if you're thinking about selling your house and you're on a limited
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budget, which most of us are, here are the three things that you must absolutely do to get the best
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return on your investment. You might be wondering, why am I going to be putting all this money into
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my house and renovating it before I even sell it? And the way that I like to look at it is we have
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two options. Option one, we do a little bit of a light lift. We get the basics that all home buyers
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are really looking for when they first walk into a property and what translates into great return
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on your investment. Or option two, we do nothing. We sell it as quickly as possible, possibly for the
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least amount of money. And somebody else gets to do those renovations and make that money with their
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return on investment. But like I said, this all depends on your budget and honestly where your
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location is. Like for us, our home is located here in San Francisco. So what we decided to do
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is do option one, a light lift with a limited budget, but we know that's going to really truly
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create a nice wow factor and help get the best return on that investment. Remember how I said
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there were three things that are must-haves for the best return on your investment? Here we are
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number one, floors. You must, must, must refinish those floors or replace the flooring throughout
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your home. I know that this feels like this might be a big task, but honestly, it's one of the key
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checklist items that new homeowners are looking for. Because I mean, let's be honest, do you really
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want to have to move all your furniture in and then move all your furniture back out to refinish
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your floors or update them So let make it easier for new homeowners and let refinish those floors that way that is one thing less they need to worry about Item number two walls Walls walls walls walls walls walls Okay Here the thing New homeowners want to be able to
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envision themselves moving into your home. They want to create that emotional connection
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And if we have dingy walls and like crusty colored walls, they're not going to want to move into that
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They're not going to want to feel that connection. So my suggestion, something that is a must have
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is let's paint out the walls a nice, fresh, crisp, clean color, something that's neutral that they can
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envision themselves in. But also, if you want to add a little bit of interest and really stand out
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in the crowd, something that's inexpensive and easy to install, peel and stick wallpaper. Add a
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little bit of visual interest, set yourself apart from other people, and that's going to help you
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get that wow factor. And for our third and final installment of the must-haves, how could we forget
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lighting. Lighting is such an easy fix and it's going to make such a huge difference. You know
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there's items that you can purchase from Amazon, from Wayfair, that if you have recessed cans
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you can help update those to LED because nobody wants to look at a giant bulb in a recessed can
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That screams dated, okay? The last thing is, you know, in each of the rooms, if you have light
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fixtures, you don't have to break the bank to get something that is timeless, something that is
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modern, something that just gives a nice wow factor. Because when people are walking in
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you know, they're going to see walls, they're going to see floors, but also they're going to
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be looking up. And when they look up, you want them to see nice, modern, updated lighting
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Try to stay away from things like modern farmhouse, something that is too niche. You want it to
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encompass and embolden everyone to place an offer on your house
