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How do we make a packed-up house look OK for an early final walkthrough?

Were closing Monday on our home sale and also buying our next place same day, so we asked for a few days of delayed possession to actually move our stuff out. Our buyer just asked to do her final walkthrough tomorrow though, which is 4 days before closing, and our house is already half packed with boxes everywhere thanks to two working parents and a toddler. Any tips for making a packed up house not look like a total disaster for her walkthrough?

House hasn't sold after 10 months of being listed. What should I do?

The house has been listed for 10 months and hasn't sold. I feel the marketing was more than adequate. The price is not unreasonable, but it is somewhat of a specialty home.

agent wants me to sign a 12 month buyer broker agreement before showing me anything, Is it normal?

Looking in Delray, around $650k. Met an agent Saturday and before we talked houses at all he pulled out a buyer broker agreement. 12 months, exclusive, all three counties. Told me he can't walk me into a property without it.nnDidn't sign. There's a line in there about me paying 3% if the seller doesn't cover it, and some protection period after it ends that I don't really follow. Asked about cancelling and he kind of brushed past it.nnThing is I keep reading the rule is on the agent, not the buyer, and that there are shorter forms , like a one-day or single property version. He never brought that up.nnS, is a 12 month exclusive on a first meeting standard down here? And will most brokerages actually do a short form if I ask, or is that just a thing people say online?

closing in 12 days and nobody's ordered the estoppel yet. How screwed am I?

Under contract on a condo in Boca, closing set for the 19th. Asked the title company yesterday about the estoppel letter and got kind of a vague "we're on it." Pushed a little and it sounds like the request may have gone out this week, not when we signed 3 weeks ago.nnFrom what I've been reading the association gets 10 business days, which is basically two full weeks, and with the holiday coming up that puts us past my closing date. My rate lock expires the 22nd.nnAlso just found out the community sits under a master association plus the building's own association. Does that mean two separate estoppel certificates and two separate 10 day clocks?nnIs there any way to push an association to rush this, or am I just stuck waiting? And who eats it if we blow the closing date over paperwork nobody ordered on time?

I built a house 24 years ago on family property. They are selling. Do I lose the house?

Should I invest in a new roof now if I plan to sell in the next year or so?

We are planning to sell in but a smaller place since we are empty nesters. My roof is 40 years old and needs replaced. To get maximum profit should I invest in replacing it or sell as is?

can my neighbor cut my tree branches?

we have a big tree that is on our property, but has branches that have grown over a little bit into my neighbors yard. they didn't even say anything to us and one day they just go and cut the branches off. it's like a big slice out of the tree. can they even do this?

do i need to tell a buyer if someone died in the house?

selling my house and partner passed away in it. i don't want to scare off a buyer and don't want to tell this or talk about it. but do i need to tell them?

Is it actually worth removing wallpaper and repainting before we list?

Got a quote back to strip wallpaper out of two rooms and repaint several others before we put the house up for sale. Now Im second guessing it because I dont know if any of that comes back to us in the sale price or if buyers just redo cosmetic stuff anyway. Our agent hasnt weighed in yet and I really dont want to spend the money for nothing.

Can my agent really charge me $3k just for letting our listing contract expire?

We've been under contract with our listing agent for about five months and the agreement expires next month. We told her we probably wont renew and want to try someone else, and thats when she brought up a $3k fee for cancellation, early termination, or expiration thats buried in the additional terms. I never scoured every line before signing and she never mentioned that fee upfront. She didnt even get the house sold in that time, we just want to let it expire and move on. Is this normal practice or did we get taken advantage of?