Smart home sellers are making needed repairs, painting, replacing worn carpet and updating what needs updating to make their homes competitive. An experienced home stager can perform a comprehensive home staging consultation and create a list of what needs to be done to get your home in top selling condition. In addition, if you have any structural, mechanical or maintenance issues you should consider hiring a professional building inspector for a pre-listing inspection. That way you are less likely to have the sale of your home torpedoed when the buyers building inspector finds something you should have fixed but didn’t.