Preparing Your Atlanta Home For Sale

In Metro Atlanta's competitive real estate market, it's imperative that you position (aka stage) your home in the best possible light while appealing to the widest number of prospective buyers. And remember, before a potential buyer makes an offer on your house they must first envision themselves living there.

Here are a few things that you can do today to your home to achieve this:

1. Declutter. Declutter. Declutter.
2. Paint rooms to a neutral color.
3. Clean EVERYTHING. Twice.
4. De-personalize. This includes removing family photos, organization affiliations, religious items and changing "themed" rooms. Your home is THEIR new home.
5. Eliminate odors. Common culprits include cat litter boxes, dogs and carpets.
6. Create curb/entryway appeal.
7. Use fresh flowers and real plants.
8. Make it appear "up-to-date"
9. Spaciousness is in. Remove unnecessary clothes from closets and place all but essential furniture in storage.
10. Let the Sun shine in. Allow as much natural light to come into the house as possible.

Achieving Homeownership in Atlanta Despite Tightening Lending Guidelines

As you may know, many lenders are tightening their lending guidelines. Nonetheless, FHA remains a good source for borrowers with little money and less than perfect credit who want to achieve homeownership in Atlanta.

Here are some of the benefits of the FHA program:

• Low down payments (as little as 3% which may be a gift from a relative, employer or charitable organization)
• Easy credit qualifying & eligibility with less than perfect credit
• Money for repairs
• Competitive interest rates