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Home Improvements to AVOID when selling your Home!!

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When you're talking Home Improvements, you would think ANY improvement would be a GOOD improvement right?  Well, not necessarily.  If you are trying to sell your home, there are certain "improvements" that will not yield a return on your investment and some that may even turn your potential buyer away. Here are the  Top 5 improvements to avoid if you are trying to sell your home. Pools can cost $20,000-60,000 but do not add much to the home's value.  In fact, many potential buyers will only see this as high maintenance and higher insurance costs.    Home Offices can cost approximately $20,000 but the additional work space will only get about half of that back in the resale. Sunrooms are beautiful and so enjoyable but when it comes to selling your home they will only bring 60% or less return on your investment!!   A deck is much cheaper and appealing to more buyers and will give you a higher return. Master Suites are for those people that plan to live in the