Dave Kimbrough

First, develop a budget for what you can/are willing to spend, and set a timeframe for completion to meet your time goal. This can make some of your decisions easier. Next, ask your agent what your return on investment will be on major items. Is the expected return in a higher sales price, a shorter time on market, or hopefully both? Once those things have been developed, create a list of priorities that includes a timeline for getting the items completed, to see if you can realistically make it happen to hit your goals This is all about a give and take assessment of your priorities and working with your agent to help you accomplish the goals that fit your financial capabilites, yets still provides you a path to reach your price and timeframe goals. Should be a fairly easy assessment if your agent has experience helping sellers go through the process. Every agent has "go to" repairs and cosmetic facelift items that have big ROI, and I would focus on those along with any other "deal killer" items that need to be corrected, so once you have your buyer, you dont lose them over something that could have been prevented. Every market, house and price range are to be evaluated on a case by case basis......there is no "one size fits all". Happy Selling