Designed to Sell Top 35 Selling Secrets

Three teams from the hit show Designed to Sell have put their heads together and come up with their top 35 ideas for bringing in top dollar from a house sale.

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You have 10 seconds to make a first impression, so make it count. "Selling a home is a lot like getting a date," says host Michael Johnson. "That first impression is big and just like that, it could be over — just like dating."

"Make sure nothing hits them in the face but good things," says real estate expert Donna Freeman of the L.A. team.

"What a seller needs to do is stand at the threshold of their front door, and it's really difficult, but sellers really need to be objective and really judge themselves as a buyer would," adds daughter Shannon Freeman, also of the L.A. team.