The Pre-Listing Contractor Checklist — What to Fix (and What to Skip)

Every seller asks me the same question: "What should we fix before we list?" The answer has two parts — a short list of items that pay for themselves many times over, and a longer list of projects that return pennies on the dollar. Most sellers get this backwards, so here's the checklist I use with

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The $2,000 Refresh That Added $15,000

When a family called me last spring, their $350,000 starter home had good bones and tired finishes. They assumed their only option was to list as-is and accept a discount. Instead, we spent about $2,000 across ten days — and the house sold for $15,000 over what they expected. Here's exactly how the

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