Nowadays, with the housing market cooling off and demand settling down, it's more important than ever to make your home look attractive and "live in ready" to make potential homebuyers desire your home over others. Here are a few ways you can make them say "wow" and remember your home when they're done comparison shopping.

From job interviews to selling your car, what's the most important thing you do when you present yourself or these items? You make sure it's clean thoroughly and looks the best it can, right? So why should a house be any different? Everything about your house should be clean and proper, from the carpets and floors looking their best to the countertops, tabletops, doors, everything being clear of dust, dirt and debris. You want them to notice everything about the house that they would like, but you definitely don't want them noticing everything they would dislike.

Cleaning the house doesn't just mean the interior, either. You want to get a professional to power wash the exterior of your home as well to make it sparkle over the other houses on your block. You also want your front and back yards to look as pristine and well kept as possible. The front yard and the exterior of the house are the first two things that a homebuyer sees, so why kill the deal before they set foot in the door?

Make sure every room in the house looks usable. Some people have that extra room that you don't really use, so you just toss some stuff in there and don't really worry about it. Well start worrying about it if you have potential homebuyers coming over. Make it look like it gets a lot of traffic. Hang new plants that look healthy so it looks like people visit. Heck, put a TV in there and a couch. You want the homebuyer to be able to picture what they want in that room, so making it empty, or a throw away room, doesn't help them with that visual.

You also need to choose the best color paints for the various rooms in the house. Remember that light colored paints make rooms look bigger than they are, so for smaller rooms around the house, choose a light and colorful paint to spruce it up and make it more accessible and homely.

There are just a few things you can do around the house. There are so many more, so feel free to use your creativity here. Just remember that you're fixing up your home to look nice for others, not yourself, so put yourself in the homebuyer's shoes and make sure you're making the best decisions for them.