Here in the Winnipeg market, I get many people asking me "how do we get our house ready to sell", or "what do we need to do before putting our home on the market?"  Here are a few pointer I like to suggest: Overall, there is a necessary mental shift that must take place... of no longer thinking of your house as your home, but as a commodity that you are going to be putting on the real estate market.  Letting Go After you've lived in a house, it becomes much more than four walls and a ceiling. It's a home and it has a lot of good memories. Your first step to preparing your home to sell is to realize that you will take these memories with you wherever you go, but you won't be taking the house. It can be difficult to let go, but the task will be much easier if you start to think of it as a... 05/19/2010