Top 5 Staging and Prep Tips Before You Sell Your Texas Home

I'm a mortgage broker, not a listing agent, so I'll leave paint colors and throw pillows to the pros. But I see what happens after a seller accepts an offer. Most of the deals that wobble don't fall apart over the staging. They wobble over the buyer's loan: an appraisal that comes in low, a repair the lender won't close without, or paperwork nobody gathered until the last week.

So here are my five tips for getting your Texas home ready to sell, from the side of the deal I work on every day.

This is the part everyone knows, and it still matters. Your listing photos are the first showing.