Want to Sell Your Home at a Profit? 5 Things You Need to Do

In real estate, you're often at the whim of the market. Your ability to sell a home (particularly fast or for a profit) depends largely on when and where you do it.

Sell in a hot market with little inventory, and it's money in the bank. Sell when rates are high and tons of homes are for sale, and you could find yourself taking a loss.

It's not all out of your control, though. While market conditions do play a huge role in how fast you sell and for how much, there are some moves you can make to help your chances -- no matter how hot (or cool) housing is at the moment.

Source Fool.com