Andy Kaufman, a real estate agent in the Easy Bay area of San Francisco points to an interesting article that looks at the return on investment of various endevours a home seller might undertake. Return on investment means the lift in price of the home divided by the cost of undertaking that activity (e.g. staging the home).
Not surprisingly it is the very simple things – cleaning up the inside of the home (973% return), changing the light bulbs to brighter ones (865% return) and cleaning up the yard (426% return) that help the most.
For the other seven go and read the full article.
