Good preparation is about helping buyers understand your home, not guessing which improvement will pay off. Decide what needs attention, what can be presented clearly as it is and when the home can be shown.
For Menands single-family homes and condos, townhouses and apartments, the typical time on market for homes that sold was 11 days in the latest market report. The latest market report recorded 7 homes sold in Menands for those property types. Those homes sold for an average of 99.14% of their asking prices in the latest market report. The latest market report lists the typical age of a Menands home as 75 years.
The time on market measures marketing, not the time needed to close, and it does not prove which preparations helped a sale. I would focus on making your home's condition easy to understand rather than promising a return from any particular project. Clear information about repairs and a workable plan for home visits can make the listing process easier to manage.
Walk through the home and separate necessary repairs from cosmetic work you can reasonably leave alone. Collect records for improvements and note any condition questions you want to resolve before photographs are taken. Choose times the home can be shown while accounting for the notice you need in your daily schedule.
