Knowing that the perceived value of your home is important, the next step is deciding how you can best increase that value. Deciding where to put your time and money can seem complicated, but understanding three key points--ugly, beauty and smart--will make it much simpler to make a decision.

1. Ugly

Before you work on moving your value up--avoid the value of your house going down! Perceived value can be increased. . . Read more. . .