There’s a new show on HGTV that has us up late at night. It’s called “Unsellable Houses” We love it because, well, it’s a HGTV show that miraculously transforms houses in 30 minutes or less 🙂 We also love it because the stars are two sisters. We can’t help but compare their banter to our own. The concept of the show is fresh. The featured homes have been on the market for longer than necessary and the owners are becoming frustrated. In come the sisters. Their concept is to show the owners other houses that are in tip top shape. Once the owners see what their own houses could look like, the sisters crunch the numbers and do big bang renovations to get the house to sell for top dollar. We realize it’s tv but in the episodes we’ve watched the sellers end up making at least an additional 30% on the sale of their home. A house that wasn’t selling sells quickly and for a much larger profit.

A home can make money and it should. Experts often say, you need to live in your house, it really isn’t an investment. We see it differently. A home takes up a good portion of our assets. So when we are ready to sell it why wouldn’t we try to make top dollar.

If you were going on a job interview for a dream job, first you would do your research. You wouldn’t walk into a potentially life changing interview without doing your homework. Once that was done, you’d be sure to put your best foot forward. That means a new fresh suit, perhaps a new haircut, perfectly manicured nails. You get the gist. When a first impression makes a difference, you should be certain to do everything in your power to make it count.

We argue a home is no different. Why leave money on the table? Make your home look its best for sure! Do it for yourself…. but if it is time for you to move it only makes sense to put it’s best foot forward. No sense losing money! Watch the show and see!