Make Your Home Investment Pay Off

Tweak the Front Yard

Trim your shrubs, cut your grass and place potted flowers at the entryway. Paint the front door and invest in new doorknobs, a mailbox and house numbers. "First impressions make a huge difference," says Lynn Anderson, Realtor® with ZipRealty, East Bay, Calif. "Perspective buyers tend to make up their mind before they even walk into the house. If they don’t like the outside, they’re not going to like the inside."