Post your best tips for prepping for an appraisal

[Paul J.]

Hey all, I am preparing my home for an appraisal. Looking to open a HELOC to fund my continuing real estate adventure, and the higher we go, the more I will be able to do to expand the business.. So, I was wondering what folks thought the best tips for getting the most out of your appraisal. We have kept up pretty well on updates and repairs, but looking for things we can do in the last 2 weeks to present the house well. So far I have heard: *prepare a list of updates and costs that you have performed *have some pre-printed comps to present to the appraiser. *do not hover over him or her too much, point a few things out but mainly let them do their job *lock up your animals Any other quick tips for staging or getting max value that anyone knows of??