Stage your home to sell

You use many of the items you already have around the house to stage it for a quick sell. You could place a board game on a table and set it up to look as though a few people were in the middle of playing a game. Go ahead and put real cookies and refreshments such as cold soda pop cans for people who tour your home with their Realtor or come to your open house.

Get rid of clutter to sell home

If you are serious and want to sell your Minnesota home in a matter of days instead of months, make sure you get rid of the clutter. Since you are probably moving anyway, it's time to put everything in boxes and into a storage facility that does not need to say as part of the "stage" that prospective buyers will see.

Realize your home is no longer a place for you to relax and enjoy being with your family. It is now an investment. In order to get the most out of your investment you need to detach.

Make your home warm, but generic

While you want to make your home feel warm and inviting in order to sell it quickly, you don't want to make it feel too much like a home that belongs to someone else. In other words, a prospective buyer will have a hard time visualizing himself or herself in the home if it's filled with photographs of your family. Put away items that are too personalized. Instead, decorate the walls with nature scenes that anyone would enjoy.

Finally, never underestimate the power of getting all of the senses involved when you are trying to sell your home. Bake bread to fill your kitchen with the aroma of fresh baked bread. Use lavender essential oils in the bathroom. Burn scented candles. Make sure your home does not smell like mildew. You may want to open the windows for a few days to give the home a fresh smell. Just make sure you get out the flyswatter and start swatting before you the showings if you want to sell your Minnesota home.