Adding Value to your Home Regardless of the Sacramento Housing Market - Tip #3

Now this may seem obvious and believe me it is!

PAINT.

You have no idea the transformation a house can go through with just a little paint. And you won't believe the amount of people that are turned off by a bad paint job.
Usually, if your home is going on the market, I wouldn't recommend any drastic colors - stick with neutrals, but don't be afraid to try color. Don't paint the home all white. I wouldn't recommend white as a color to any seller unless they think an investor would buy the property to rent it out.

But then again, the reason I have luck with our rentals is precisely because we make a concerted effort to make the place look like a permanent residence for someone. There's curb appeal, flowers, landscaping and so on. It isn't just whitewashed and put on the market.

With paint, you can actually create a place people want to live in. You can change the character of a house with paint. It's the easiest and cheapest way to transform a house.

Oh, and should you paint before you put your house on the market? Absolutely.