• Remove any extreme political materials.
  
• Clean up any spills on the driveway or garage.
  
• Visit a model home and see the ultimate example of staging.
  
• Thin out your wardrobe and donate to a charity (lighten up the closets).
  
• Remember what you loved about your house the first time you saw it and tell your realtor what it was.
  
• Have a garage sale for all the items you do not use or need.
  
• Figure out your monthly utility bills to give to the buyers if asked.
  
• Find pictures of your home in different seasons especially if your home is on the market in the winter. Place with other marketing items for you home.
  
• Make sure all toilets flush properly.
  
• Add an automatic toilet bowl cleaner to every toilet.
  
• Clean out and organize the cabinet under the kitchen sink (for some reason men tend to look there).
  
• Put out a new welcoming doormat at each exterior door.
  
• Pressure-wash the exterior of your home.
  
• Replace your house number, or be sure it is clearly visible from the street.
  
• Replace all burned out light bulbs. Consider replacing with softer light in certain rooms.
  
• Spray silicon spray on all squeaky or tight hinges, sliding door tracks, etc.
  
• Get some lightly scented air fresheners that are not overpowering.

Source: Seven Steps to Sold by Donna andShannon Freeman