Clean up the yard for a late fall home sale. Trim and mow the lawn, mow it diagonally if possible. Remove fall debris, rake leaves and remove spent plants. Add a little color with plants such as kale, mums or marigolds.  This is a good time to remember …

Fall is upon us. When selling your home during the fall season, it is very important to maintain good curb appeal, so clean up all that fall yard debris. Keep the driveway, sidewalks, and walkways free from leaves and branches. In the yard, rake up all the leaves and …

Before you purchase a home or sell your home, get to know the real estate market where you are looking or where you live. Working with a local, professional real estate agent, such as those at the Franco Team, is the best way to accomplish this. Real estate agents …

It is time to put away bright and light summer colors and stage your home with deep fall colors to inspire feelings of warmth in potential buyers. Accessorize with colors such as deep reds, deep oranges and deeps yellow. Also put out fresh cut fall flowers such as mums accessorized …

Just because it is turning to fall outside, don’t forget about the curb appeal.  Potential buyers begin forming opinions about the property as soon as they pull up to the curb. Keep the lawn mowed, diagonally if possible, it is more visually appealing. Keep leaves raked up, and …

When you are staging your home for a fall home sale, choose autumn accent colors to add a pop of color to your interiors. Try colors such as oranges, deep reds and golden yellows. Add these colors in accents such as throw quilts, throw pillows of vases of fresh …

As summer is coming to a close, we are still having very warm days.  If you are selling your home during this time, keep the air conditioning set at a comfortable temperature. You do not want potential buyers rushing through your home because it is too hot. Keep …

If you are selling your home during the summer months, play up the outside areas. Outdoor areas add to the square footage of the house. Play up outdoor spaces such as gardens, patios and terraces and the pool area. Stage these areas as you do indoor spaces, so people …

It is especially important to keep your property well maintained if you are selling your home during the summer months. Outdoor spaces are a great way to extend the living space of the house and are great for entertaining, so show them off. When staging the outdoors, be sure …

Keep the temperature of your home comfortable, regardless of the time of year, you are selling your home. This can be trickier in the summer. The majority of potential buyers prefer temperatures between 65 and 70 degrees. Trying cooling the house down a little more prior to home showings and …