To say the current real estate market is slow is a major understatement. From the credit crunch to the mass of foreclosures, things are pretty grim. If you need to sell your home, these inexpensive suggestions can make a difference.

Smoking is not only bad for your health, it can turn off potential home buyers. If you or someone living in your home smokes, you need to deal with it. Clean the walls, floors and remove butts outside. Also replace the air filter in the heater.

There are certain signs that tell buyers whether a house is well cared for or not. One is faucets. Clean them. Make absolutely sure there are no drips. If they do not turn on and off without problem, replace the washers or entire faucet.

Certain parts of a home tell a potential buyer all they need to know about how you took care of the home while living there. The baseboards are one such area. Make sure yours are in perfect shape with no dings, scratches or marks.

In a perfect world, we would never even touch most of the walls in a home. This is not a perfect world as we all know. If you have holes, dents or cracks, hire a handyman to repair them for a nominal fee and match the paint.

Some simple, inexpensive fixes are right in front of our eyes, but we just don’t see them. Screens fall in this category. Inspect them all. If they have any problems, replace them.

The front door of your home is a focus point for buyers. A quality front door can make a good impression. The opposite can occur with a poor one. Guess which one you want to have? Do what is necessary to make it happen.

And then there is sweat equity. Yep, landscaping. You might have a thing for the jungle look, but most potential buyers will not. Cut back the jungle. Cut the grass. Edge the pathways. Plant some flowers. Just have at it.

There are certain parts of your home that are out of sight, out of mind. Your roof is one. Nothing screens run away to a buyer like a roof with problems. Inspect yours and have all broken shingles and so on repaired.

Although the current real estate market is slow, it is not dead. There are buyers. Homes are selling. The key is to moving your home is in the details. Buyers have lots to choose from so don’t give them a reason to walk away from yours.