I came upon this site called Real Estate Undressed and it had this post and i think you would like to read it. The 10 most common mistakes made by a seller. This is a really useful article, you may just learn somethings from it.

1– Not staging their home for sale. (With Professional Help)

2– Not really knowing the competition. (Knowing means seeing)

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Hey! here is another helpful article that i want you share with you. Real Estate investing is a good wealth builder and the transition from working a job to achieving wealth through real estate investing is becoming increasingly well documented. so here are 7 Reasons to invest in pre-foreclosures.
1) When people are in default on their mortgage they have stopped making payments to the bank. So when you are negotiating with the seller, and the bank, right up until the point where you buy, no-one is making the payments. For novice investors worried about holding costs this is a huge advantage.
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The problem that most people have when they try to sell their house is to decide if they will use a realtor or not.The average commission of a real estate agent is 6% of the house price. So if you have a 200k $ house and you sell through a realtor you will pay him $12000.
Wouldn’t be nice to keep that money for yourself? I am more a business person and without even thinking I will decide to keep the money for me and my family.

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1.Make an impression
Prospective buyers make up their minds about your house even before they get out of the car. To ensure they have the right idea, clean up your yard, rake the leaves, shovel the snow, and sweep driveways and porches. Get out the rags and cleanser and spend 30 minutes scouring your front door, porch, railings and steps. Then tuck away all your recycling cans and bins at the back of the house.

Debra Gould, who owns the Six Elements home-staging firm in Toronto, says it’s important to avoid planting negative associations in buyers’ minds. When attending an open house she had to climb several steps to get to the front door. “I couldn’t help but think that this could be a nuisance with groceries,” says Gould. “Then, when I finally got to the top, the recycling bins were sitting right there on the porch. I immediately told myself, ‘Imagine carrying one of those bins full of newspapers, cans down several slippery steps.’ I couldn’t see myself doing that, so I left, knowing it wasn’t the house for me.”
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NEW YORK (Money Magazine) — If prospective buyers looked at your house today, what would they see outside? A giant evergreen that looks as if it might swallow the station wagon, perhaps, scraggly old foundation plants or maybe a kitchen-table view of the neighbors’ kids’ trampoline?

If so, you have a truly inexpensive opportunity to boost your home’s curb appeal.
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Selling Tip for You.
A key part of the marketing plan is setting the list price. If a home is priced too low, it may cost you money. If a home is priced too high, potential buyers may be scared away. To determine the best asking price review the cost of recently sold homes, evaluate the competition and study marketplace trends.

Before we start, let us give you one reason to not buy a new home right now. How long do you intend to live there?
A rule of thumb is that it rarely makes sense to buy if you expect to move within two years. That’s because when you do sell, there are costs associated with selling. We’re not just talking about sales commissions to the buying and selling real estate brokers. Most owners rely on home appreciation to pay those costs and to provide the down payment and closing costs when they buy their next home. So buying a home when you expect to move before too long is a risk, especially in an uncertain market.
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Here are tips that could be helpful when looking at homes for Sale. Looking at homes for sale via the internet is fun and exciting.
At first. After a while, it gets a little frustrating, but you’ve learned a lot. You have a general idea of what homes look like in the area, prices, differences in costs for numbers of bedrooms and bathrooms and you have ideas about what community you want to search. Read more »