Often Sellers ask me, should they clean up their yards before marketing their homes?  Short answer is yes!  Ever hear that saying about first impressions?  Well it definitely applies here in the housing market.  You do not have to spend thousands with a professional landscaper.  But cleaning up garden spaces, trimming back bushes and cuttng the grass can do wonders!  Bark is inexpensive.  Make the investment.  I've seen Buyers turn around and not even go into the house, because the yard is trashed.