Many houses are on sale right now - in fact, almost too many. You may even have come to wonder how your for sale by owner home is going to ever sell. You have tried a number of methods to market your house, but have not found yet how to sell your home fast. To make matters a little worse, your neighbor also has his house for sale, too - and it is a nice one. Here are some tips for you to be able to make your ads and home stand out.

People often will judge a house by its appearance. In fact, they may not even want to go in the house and take a look unless the outside - the yard - is appealing to them. Home staging means that you should remove the dead branches, shrubs and weeds. Follow that up with new grass seed on all barren spots and new flowers, so that the yard appears to be well groomed. Paint where needed, and do any repairs. Careful home staging could enable you to ask more for your home - giving you a bigger chunk of change.

Your home, if you want to sell it fast, needs to be priced just right - at market value. Mispriced homes are a big reason why homes languish on the market.

If your neighbor down the street is also selling her house, you may want to do something a little different. Start out by not having an open house at the same time. You could also have an open house with some light refreshments, or a garden party, or a few other things.

One thing that has been done elsewhere is to announce that a particular caterer would be hosting the snacks - preferably if the caterer is well-known in the community. Keep the snacks rather light, though, or you could draw a lot of people more interested in eating than seriously looking.

Making an ad stand out depends on where you are located. You may not just want to focus on the house itself, but on a feature of the community - like "two blocks from school," "within walking distance to the beach," or "large shopping center nearby." Make your choice by the specific selling points of your particular community.

When it comes to making your house for sale known, it should be your goal- to sell the house quickly. This means you need to focus on advertising in whatever ways you think might be able to reach people that are interested in buying.

Here are some ways of advertising that you may want to try:

Flyers can have many applications and types. You could make one to put in the stores, the library, and your office. Smaller ones can be used as flyers to invite a few of your neighbors and encourage them to invite someone else that may be interested.

Sometimes it will take a little extra to get a potential buyer to act. If your neighbor is also selling, you want to poise your house to sell faster by making your offer a little more attractive. Throw something in with the house that would actually make your offer the better deal. You might leave appliances, a boat, an ATV, or a car - just make sure that it is actually something that the new owners would want.