Getting a top price for your home is determined these important factors:

1. Market
2. Marketing

You can't do much about the market you're in, but you and your agent can do a lot in marketing your property to overcome any negative market conditions that might be present. This is where an agent's experience comes into the picture. An agent who has never experienced anything other than a hot real estate market may not know how to market your property sufficiently to get you the price you want for your home.

There a lot of tips and tricks in staging your home to potential buyers for a quick sale. Sellers sometimes make the mistake of thinking of their real estate sale as a purely financial decision, but don't overlook the power of the emotional appeal of a home when presenting it to home buyers. This is called home staging, and I can take a look at your home to give you customized advice to help it sell.

There are many things you can do that will keep your home from selling in a timely manner. I suggest avoiding them!

A good real estate agent won't let your home sit forever on the market, because the job of a real estate agent is to sell houses. When a house sits too long on the local MLS, buyers and agents alike start wondering what's wrong with the home (or its sellers). You don't want that!