I'm selling my house sometime soon and am surprised and dismayed by how much work needs to go into it. On the plus side, it's going to look great. On the minus side, it will look great for someone else.
There's the real quandary. There are 8 million things that can be done to raise a home's value: carpeting, painting, window coverings, appliances. But what it really comes down to is a cold calculation: will the money I put in pay back in the sales price?
Take window coverings. If you have a blank window, do you do blinds, blinds and curtains, just curtains? Do you do cheap blinds, moderate blinds or nice ones? Do you pick things to impress or just plan for the new buyer to install new stuff?
I almost feel like all these questions could somehow be formulated into yes/no questions and that a coin flip would be as reliable as consultations with friends, relatives, and realtors.* Of course, you'd need a fair coin and for those of you who've studied probability, that's a whole other ball of wax.
*for friends, relatives, and realtors who read this, I do value your advice. That's more of a "big thought" for blogging.
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