[Maximo]

Originally Posted by DBlain

not sure where you live but for most spring is the best time, but in MI spring has not sprung, we still have patches of dirty snow and our grass looks like crap, it's half dead, matted and filled with holes from small animals hunting for acorns. The lawn gardens, deck and so forth are covered with dead sticks, branches and wet dead leaves. Our property would be important to the sale of the house because we are on a lake and to walk someone around now would not be impressive, it would be a soggy mess and it will not look good until at least mid May. So any photos the agent would take now would look like crap. Many people use the virtual on line tours before ever visiting the property so photos are important. So while spring is a great time to put a home up for sale, depending on where you live spring starts at different times. I would also think that if you live in FL Jan-March might not be bad since many people from the north are visiting or wintering down there then, in fact my GF just closed the sale on her Key West property this week, she sold it to some people that were in town from Texas. Note to anyone thinking they might sell in the next few years, take lots of photos during the time when your property looks it's best. I did that a few years back just in case. I have some beautiful gardens so I wanted to make sure that those would be in listing photos if for some reason we had to list in the winter or early spring.

Good luck whatever you decide to do

Excellent point Donna! Our yard would also be a major selling point, so I would want it to look its greenest with the trees leafed out.