When sellers start thinking about listing their home, one question often shapes the entire strategy: do they want convenience, or do they want to maximize their sale price?

For Lisa Greaves, a premier Redfin agent who has been selling homes since 2017, the answer determines how she approaches preparing a property for the market.

If sellers want the strongest possible outcome, the plan usually includes moving out, staging the home, painting, cleaning, and addressing the final details that help a property stand out in photos and showings. Those finishing touches can significantly influence how buyers perceive the home the moment it hits the market.

But many sellers simply don’t have the resources available to make those improvements before listing.

That’s where Notable’s pay-at-close home preparation funding becomes part of the strategy.

Lisa recently worked with a homeowner who had moved out of state and rented the property for several years. By the time the home returned to the market, it needed a number of repairs and updates before it would present well to buyers.

Without making those improvements, the home was expected to list below $600,000.

Using Notable, Lisa was able to coordinate painters, cleaners, and other vendors to refresh the home and complete the finishing touches that make a property feel ready for the market.

The improvements weren’t major renovations—but they made a noticeable difference.

After preparing the home properly, the listing price increased to $650,000, and the property ultimately sold for $665,000. The updates helped transform what would have been a lower-value listing into a significantly stronger outcome for the seller.

For Lisa, having access to preparation funding allows sellers to move forward with improvements that might otherwise feel out of reach—helping them present their home at its full potential without the burden of upfront costs.

It also gives her greater control over the listing process, ensuring every detail is handled before the home goes live—rather than leaving value on the table.

By removing financial barriers, Lisa is able to guide more of her clients toward the kind of preparation that leads to stronger offers, faster sales, and better overall outcomes.