Dress Your House for Success: 5 Fast, Easy Steps to Selling Your House, Apartment, or Condo for the Highest Po Ssible Price!

by Sarah Parsons Zackheim and Martha Webb

Book Overview

For the three million people who move each year, Dress Your House for Success will almost guarantee a sale for thousands of dollars over the price of a comparable house. Now, for the first time, everyone will have access to marketing consultant Martha Webb's effective five-step plan. 20 line drawings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517888440
• ISBN13: 9780517888445
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Potter Style
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

If your house is for sale, buy this book

I did and I made $66k MORE than I thought I would. I did everything I possibly could right down to how I folded my towels and sheets in the closets and decorating, that's right, decorating my outdated pantry to look quaint instead of old. My family said "we can't live like this" and I told them this isn't for living, this is for marketing! My husband was unemployed and I am a housewife so the only way I could generate income for my family was by maximizing my profit from my home. I did, with this book.

Why wait until you're going to sell?

I have no immediate plans to sell my house, but I bought this book anyway. I'm following the author's suggestions and I'm very pleased with the results. If I need to move, I'll already have myself positioned to list my house quickly. If I stay where I am, I will still have a nicer looking home. By taking care of the small things now, I won't have as much stress down the road. Don't think that dressing your house for success is "fast" process, as the title implies. Some of us just don't have the time to get everything done in a short time frame. Still, this book has a lot to offer, and when I'm ready to sell I'll be very glad I read it.

The Absolute Truth

This book will pay for itself a thousand fold if you follow its directions. Our previous home had been on the market for about a month with no real response. This was in a market where homes around us were moving in two to three weeks. After we read this book and "dynamized" our home, we sold our home within two weeks at the listing price (which our realtor thought was too high based on her market analysis). We are now "dynamizing" again in preparation for selling our current home.

I use it for my real estate sellers

This is an excellent book. I used it when I was selling my home on my own and it works...and now that I am a Realtor, I give it to my customers. Martha gives not only very helpful advice about neutralizing, cleaning, etc. but goes a giant leap farther by her "dynamizing"...turning an average house into a model home. I've seen homes that are worth so much more go for $30,000 under appraisal for the simple fact that they don't know how to get their home ready to sell. This will work, use it and get out of your home what you deserve.

It's a super marketing tool!

After only 2 months on the market our house sold! That's saying a lot in that the average listing time for most homes in our area is 120 days. I have seen other homes languish for 6 months to a year or more.I believe it sold in large part to Martha Webb's help. I was told by realtors our house was the second best home listed in our price range. The first best was less than a block down the street and it has been on the market for a year.We didn't get our listing price. However, we did receive $8,000.00 more than the house was appraised for 2 years ago.The book is a quick read. There are lots of ideas, checklists, and drawings to help you move your property.A word of caution...If your spouse is like mine they might believe you've gone over the edge with Martha's tactics. Hey, it works.