Before Listing Prepare your home as you would for a buyer before inviting agents to inspect you home. First impressions count and while most real estate agents can anticipate what the presented product may be, they may well be influenced in their value judgement by the presentation that they meet. Remove unnecessary furniture to give your home a more spacious feel and de-clutter as much as possible and touch up obvious defects such as chipped paint, broken doors and windows, torn carpets etc