8. Sheetrock repairs, paint prep and interior painting
Begin putting the interior back together and getting it ready to paint. Make sure all the holes and cracks are filled, and that all of the preparation has been completed when you begin to pain. Plan you work and then work your plan. Put a fresh coat of paint on all previously painted surfaces, and remember that cabinets that are nice and white and shiny are very attractive to a used homebuyer.


9. Trim out
Time for light fixtures, cabinet knobs, new faucets and sinks, new locksets and wallpaper if you like it. Those pretty white cabinet doors will really sparkle when you add a round polished brass know to the fronts of them. The place has to look like a model home. Make it special; it has to look better than it has ever looked so that your buyers will just not be able to resist writing you an earnest money check.

12. Paint touch up
The people who hang the light fixtures and the people who put in the flooring and the people who do the make ready cleaning sometimes leave little handprints and dings on your new paint job. Make sure that the painter takes one last trip through the house to really polish the paint job. Make sure the lines are perfectly straight and everything inside and out looks the very best that it can.