Imagine this—your property went “Active” in the MLS last night. It’s 4:30 pm on the first full day on-market, and you’re sitting at your dining room table with your REALTOR® who has just set two signed offers in front of you—one set to close in a month, the other for over asking price! It’s the dream of every home seller, but it doesn't have to be a pipe dream.

There is no denying it, moving is one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. But we all have to deal with it sometimes. And moving can be one of the most exciting events in your life, as well, despite the loads of stress that come with it. Here are a few ways to manage the stress and enjoy the excitement that comes with relocating to your new home.

Meet our friends, Art and Judy. We met these two lovebirds in September of 2018. They had lived in their beautiful Lyndhurst home for 50 years together, raising children and filling the home with love and laughter. Judy still clearly remembers the day she found the lot, called the builder, and designed the home that they would live in. But after all that time, with their children grown and scattered across the country, Art and Judy had decided that it was time to move on. When they contacted VNTG Home, they were planning on downsizing to a small apartment, but needed some help with the logistics of cleaning out their old home and getting it sold.

Finding your dream home is almost impossible. More than likely, you found a home with some character and some heart and decided that you could see yourself living there, despite some obvious flaws. But now you’re in a position to make a few changes to that home you like in order to turn it into a home that you’re head over heels in love with. Well, you might want to do some research first because someday you might want to sell and not everything that you see as an improvement really looks that way in the eyes of a buyer. Here are a few suggestions for the home improvements that you could make that will bring the most value to your home.