The open house serves one purpose. It is to get potential buyers into your home and enticed by all the positives. To make sure they have a positive experience, you need to make sure the home is going to shine for them.

When you live in a home, it is part of your family life. When you put it on the market, it becomes nothing more than a product. Make sure you understand this distinction. With this in mind, here are the key tips that will make your open house a hit.

I am continually amazed at how often I attend an open house and see what people do with the windows. More often than not, they leave the blinds covering a window that has a good view. Do not make this mistake. Leave them open!

Every family produces lots of trash. In contrast, products should not come with trash. Your home is now a product. Remove all trash in the home. Yes, from trash bins. Also, make sure the bins in the home do not stink to high heaven.

The shower doors are often a closely inspected item. Do not just clean them. Go the extra step. Clean them and then use a window squeegee to finish them off. You want them to look brand spanking new.

The toilets are another area that will get attention. Clean them thoroughly. Make sure to get the area behind the area where they tilt up and the outer section of the bowl where it meets the floor. The seat should be left down.

Another vital room is the kitchen. Buyers will inspect it like a diamond. Everything, and I mean everything, should be sparkling. The kitchen is a room that can make or break a sale. Bake an apple pie to make sure it smells nice as well.

If you need a priority list for cleaning the kitchen, start at the stove. Top to bottom, inside and out, it must appear to be not clean, but new. Buyers know this is where the action occurs every day and will inspect it closely.

The place we store our food is next on the list. The refrigerator is nearly impossible to always keep clean, but you need to do it now. Do a big clean the day before the open house and then give it a once over an hour before hand.

Now make sure to walk the home and remove the clutter. In this case, clutter includes family members and pets. They should not be present at the open house no matter how cute you might think them.

Ever sold your car before? Did you keep the fuzzy dice or yank them out? You yanked them to improve the prospect of selling it. Your home should be treated the same way. Follow these tips and you should be on your way to getting offers.

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