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The longer a seller's home is on the market, the less attractive the home becomes to buyers. The best home selling tricks are to price it right, prepare it for sale, hire the best listing agent and attract that excited home buyer who will offer top dollar in record time.

Knowing how to professionally spruce up your home is part of the battle. The other half is figuring out if you have too much furniture, the wrong type or a bad arrangement, and whether it's worth making repairs or staging your home to transform that house an irresistible and desirable showcase for potential buyers.

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How much is your home worth? Pricing a home is part art and part science. It's a combination marrying analytical statistics to emotional appeal and market movement. You do not want to overprice your home or try to "test the market." Like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you want to price it just right.

Effective marketing is more than sticking a sign in the yard. Successful sellers utilize dozens of marketing techniques to draw the largest pool of buyers. When buyers show up on your doorstep, here are tips on how to create a magical experience and encourage the buyer to make a purchase offer.

A good real estate agent can make or break your deal. You want to hire the best real estate agent you can find, which means hiring an agent who will put your interests first, above his or her own. All agents are different. They charge varying rates, specialize in certain areas, utilize a variety of marketing techniques and possess particular skill sets, all of which sets them apart.